There is a mistake in the voice-over of this video. It should state "Ashley *owned* a significant stake of Rangers". It currently says "owns". Ashley sold his stake in 2017. Apologies for any confusion.
Tifo Football I like your videos on football owners and it’s investments into the game now that football is big business I think you should do more videos on the finances of football as I like watching them videos but keep up the good work as I am a big fan since September 2016 guys.
photom2 we were Dunstable drivers that were lie to and kept in the dark and often asked about the knew Shirebrook DC we were told our jobs were safe! Even by his side kick Ian Baldwin who I once considered my best mate we were shafted. We were called in to work on the Monday morning and walked out with no job that day.. no offer of a transfer to Shirebrook which I would of gladly taken.
Ashley doesn't regret buying Newcastle one bit. The free advertising Sports Direct enjoy at St James Park has no doubt raised the company's revenue significantly. He'll see buying the club as a genius move. He wants to maintain that free advertising by the cheapest means possible.
I recently stayed near Newcastle before the Manchester City - Newcastle game and the owner of the b&b we stayed in noticed my City shirt and jokingly pretended to spit at me. I got in conversation about Ashley and he got very frustrated. It's really clear to see that Ashley's ownership of Newcastle isn't just about football. The people who support that club have it in their blood. A damn shame to see it being run so badly.
@Voke Btw He doesn't need to. He owns the football club. He can do anything he wants with it. If the club is not fan owned, fans don't have a say in how it is run. Simple as that.
@@nobad6134 Sure he employs thousands. But expoliting people by paying them less than minimal wage, no insurance and no vacation isn't legal. Even if he found loopholes, why should thousands of people slave for pennies just so one guy could become a billionaire?
@@andrew7taylor Less than minimum wage? We know for sure that is illegal if he truly did that. I need to see the evidence of where and how he paid less than min wage. And people go to those jobs voluntarily. No one forces them to take the job. If there was no entrepreneur putting up the capital, then there would be no need for labour. It's a transaction both sides agree to terms about.
The way these videos aree layed out are so visually pleasing. I love the format, especially at the end how it speeds through all the drawings you've gone through in the video. It's just really well done
Thank God, I just took and interest in Scottish football and my jaw dropped when I clicked on this vid and heard that Ashley owns a decent share of Rangers. Sent me in an hour long frenzy reading on the history of Rangers' ownership.
Technically true but the video is about Ashley and his ownership/dealings with Newcastle, the retail deals etc. although obviously orchestrated by Ashley are conducted through Sports Direct so technically he doesn't directly profit.
@@MrBostonceltics99 The Newcastle fanzine "True Faith" did an excellent podcast with a Rangers fan group where they delve into the shocking exploitative business practices of Ashley whilst he was a shareholder in Rangers including using Ibrox as collateral for loans the club didn't need and signing over club image rights to himself. You should definitely check it out
@@MrBostonceltics99 He's finished at Rangers.The Rangers support forced him out!It wasn't easy but!We can only now buy official club merchandise after 3 or 4 long years because of him!Even now Rangers retail arm will take months to recover because of this man.Rangers were getting 4p in the pound for kits etc and Sports Direct were getting the other 96p!!!
He knew how loyal the Newcastle fans are that's why he got involved with the club.Same with Rangers supporters.Thankfully we are rid of him now.Many a sleepless night we had over him but!
What would be different if the fans ran the club instead of Ashley? Ashley is neither pumping money into the club (like the owners of PSG and Man City) nor is he bleeding it for profit (like the Glazzers). As they don't have millions to invest, the fans would have to run the club with a sustainable model, ie. the club's revenue should cover its costs. So, basically the same way as Ashley runs it. Yes, the workers might be treated better than the Ashley's Sports Direct employees, but the fans don't give s**t about this. All that matters to them is that the club doesn't get relegated and with a sustainable business model it's harder when other clubs don't follow the UEFA FFP rules.
My team in Dublin BOHS are a fan run club but to be honest are club us not rich and the irish football league is in bits but were getting are new stadium in 2023 so theirs something good for us
Also, slight technicality, Keegan resigned because Ignacio Gonzalez and Xisco were signed without his approval as a favour to agents. He wasn’t sacked, it was proven to be constructive dismissal.
There was actually a £350million bid on the table last November. £150million up front, then £200million in instalments over the next few years. It even included a bonus of £50million up front if we were to qualify for the Champions League. Seems a pretty reasonable offer in my opinion. Rafa will probably leave at the end of the season when his contract expires, gutted Ashley is still in charge.
Yes, the nightmare continues indefinitely. At least last season there was a glimmer of hope for the first half of the season. I doubt anybody will pay £400million for this club. Too much damage has been done to the clubs brand by Ashley. He expects that there will be no cost or consequences for his decade of mismanagement. Shocking.
Aylez... defo buddy rafa is offski... it's a shame under a proper chairman rafa could of made the toon great again... Mike Ashley is a grade A wanker... don't know if he was born 1 or came 1 with practise but by fuck he has excelled as 1
Not sure where you got the idea that he's a Newcastle fan? According to multiple sources including Derek Llambias, former Newcastle United Managing Director, he's a lifelong Chelsea fan
@@alexchorltonwilson2642 "Mike is a Chelsea supporter. Everyone thinks he is a Tottenham supporter, by the way, and that upsets him. But if Stamford Bridge was changing names, he'd have a view. It will always be Stamford Bridge." - Derek Llambias
I love these videos (to all at Tifo) and this one especially is great. However, I would just like to point out that Mike Ashley has not made Newcastle United financially stable. He has doubled the debt of the club which has been relegated twice under his stewardship. Just because the debt is owed to him, doesn't mean the club is stable financially. It has a massive impact.
The worst owner ever, seriously. You may say "oh, yeah, he got rid of all the debt" but what about taking a champions league competing club and relegating it 2 times? No ambition whatsoever, ended this transfer window once again in profit, hates the fans, refuses to speak out publically...
But Newcastle were no longer a champions league team when he took over Newcastle in 2007. Newcastle haven’t been in the champions league since 2003. Newcastle we’re already on a massive decline before he took over yoyoing between bottom half and top half finishes.
ed kal maybe not. I just couldn't help myself pointing out that Newcastle were no longer challenging for the champions league like you suggested in your comment.
I honestly believe that our club will die in the coming years if we don't stand up to him now, however protesting outside his shops will only inconvenience some poor 0 hour contract teenagers, yet I digress, we are no longer Newcastle United, we are Sports Direct FC. It is proven that Ashley only cares about money and therefore the only way to get him out of our club is to not show up to games and to starve him of that revenue, but I know we can't and that kills me inside...
RB Leipzig and RB Salzburg are in the same Europa League group. Your earlier Leipzig coverage was excellent. Can you make a video about UEFA rules on owners having more than one team compete? It's my understanding Red Bull is violating these. Even if they aren't, this issue will grow as RB and City expand their enterprises. Your journalism would be incisive.
This is fantastic As you mentioned there is a lot of emotion towards Mike Ashley and this was told in a balanced manner We can all see the atrocities that he has done with his own companies and Newcastle but from a business scene he is a success which is sad to see with our current government allowing him to get away with Zero hours etc.
Enjoyed the video, quality video keep it up. I hope that Mike Ashley leaves Newcastle as soon as possible, I want to see Newcastle back fighting for at least a Europa League place.
Do one about Pinto da Costa, the president of FCPorto, he is the president who has the most titles in the world. He is the president since 1982 and still is to this day.
I'm a proud Newcastle fan and honestly what he is doing with our club is wrong and unacceptable and I'm a child who was raised to hate mike Ashley by my family
As a liverpool supporter and watching football since early 70's. I've always had a soft spot for Newcastle. When huge money started coming in, I always wondered why the likes of Newcastle and Forrest where passed by with people with huge bank accounts. If this happens for Newcastle, I hope they don't go the way like cheaty. More know as man city. Good luck Newcastle, I hope Ashley gets kicked well and truly out of your club.
Guess you haven’t been reading the news Newcastle has just been sold to the Saudi royal family being worth more than 1 trillion becoming the richest football club in the world
A Newcastle fan my arse!! A true fan would not have bought the club unless they were going to invest into the team, Mike didn't do this and instead used us as a cash cow.
You listed treading water and avoiding relegation as his priorities but he consistently refuses to invest enough to allow for any kind of confidence that we can avoid relegation. He's taken us down twice and at the time of writing we are heading for a third demotion under his ownership. So as well as being one of the worst people in the country he's also incompetent.
As an Arsenal fan, I can feel Newcastle`s fans pain... Mike Ashley is just a businessman, he has no passion whatsoever for football. At least Newcastle may get rid of him soon. Kroenke looks like he`s gonna own Arsenal for his whole life :(
Being a former Arsenal fan I don’t feel bad for Newcastle fans, because they choose to support the club while it’s owned by someone who won’t commit back to them. You want radical changes to things you love you need radical actions, even if it means boycotting.
@RobC I stopped supporting them because I realized how important of a role ownership is to a club. Everything starts from their commitment and decision making. I can get behind questionable decisions but I have no tolerance of taking advantage of fans' undying love for their own profits. As long as this ownership remains the club will not act on behalf of the fans' interest, and it will always be owners first and fans last. If they don't care about fans I don't have many reasons to support them like a sheep. Now I just enjoy watching football without a team, and it's healthier for me this way.
Fair play Mike Ashley is kind of self made, however a 10,000 pound interest free loan isnt something everyone can start with. I think Richard Branson also had a lot of help from his parents.
Not sure where you got your info from but Ashley isn’t a Newcastle fan, not by a long shot. He’s a Spurs fan (although some sources say Chelsea.) Whatever he is, I think it’s clear he’s 100% not a Newcastle fan.
Suraj182 I worked for him for 16 years he’s not even a particularly big football fan when he bought the club we were told he only bought it for a bit of fun and publicity.
Alan Shields Hamilton South Lanarkshire Scotland. Ashley is only bring Newcastle United down & I feel so sorry for The Toon Army they have buy far the most loyal fans in all the U.K as Newcastle United have won nothing since The Inter City's fairs Cup that is to say major trophys. Also Ashley may not have a stake in Glasgow Rangers but he still has a massive hold over the club through Sports Direct whare the club make very little from the merchandise that is on sale through Sports Direct Glasgow Rangers only makeing 45p from every £ of Club Merchandise sold through Sports Direct. All in all Mike Ashley should have nothing to do with any Sports team of any kind greed is his only motivation.
If possible, and the slim chance you're reading this, could you possibly do an Oyston meet the owners, being a blackpool fan myself, it would be fascinating for me. Many thanks.
After learning about Newcastle in the last couple months I've learned how much hate is there for Mike Ashley. And I thought Mark Davis of the NFL Team Oakland Raiders (Soon to be Las Vegas) was bad.
To anyone who's not British and thinks this zero hour contract sounds bad, we also have a large number of workers with similar contracts working in our hospital for the National Health Service. So the government making a fuss over Mike Ashley is pretty hypocritical as it happens in the hospitals they oversee.
Ashley did pump about £110 million into the club to take the debt off the books but he effectively transferred the debt onto himself and said the club owed him all the money back plus the money he spent to buy it. So while the debt was taken off the books it wasn’t actually cleared and I don’t understand how you’re owed the money back that you’ve spent to buy something. He wants the club to be self sufficient and not in debt and that’s all very well but you live and die by decision making in football and he’s got too many decisions wrong, especially with appointments and not remaining competitively or he’s dithered making decisions and then panicked and got it wrong, he wants the club to be in the premier league but you can’t stand still and hope to scrape by with unproven cheap french players which he undoubtedly tried to do because he didn’t want to spend huge amounts of money to get decent players and therefore go into debt but that’s where football is a vicious circle and they were relegated again because of poor investment and so the club owed him money again in his eyes because he put another loan in to get promoted straight back. As for a takeover I do actually thinks he wants to sell but he wants the new owners to give him advertising and merchandise rights and they can buy the players so it’s not his problem anymore.
Can you do a FFK, (Fredrikstad) decline video, from winning the Tippelagen in 2006, playing in Europa League to playing in the Norwegian 3rd division. Notable players such as Celso Borges (Costa Rica captain) and the two Elyounussis (Tarik, for Heerenveen/Hoffenheim) and Mohamed who just signed for Southampton
A video about Fulham owner Shahid Khan would be interesting as how he could fork out more than a 100 million in the window when most owner in the premier league couldn't
Ashley: saves Newcastle from oblivion. Newcastle fans: spend our way into administration or get out. Here, have double Vs from me you bloody Neanderthals.
If he wants to pay his workers zero contracts that's the government's fault for allowing it. The government won't end zero hours, they're making too much money.
tbh at least he bothers to sell away his controlling stakes in Newcastle United as he knows he can't financially compete with the likes of Man City and etc. Arsenal have owners who doesn't think like this.
Hope it works out with crazy Geordies ,,Definitely deserve better than what you have had ..Be careful there are worse owners out there .We know from experience (Liverpool fan)
John Hall was too hasty selling Newcastle to Ashley, Hall admits he went to London with the intention of selling quickly, he met Ashley’s people I don’t think he actually met Ashley himself which is bizarre, surely you’ve got to see and talk to the man you’re selling to but Hall didn’t do his homework on Ashley to find out what kind of man he was, he just wanted out. Ashley perhaps had different intentions when he initially bought the club but he made some poor decisions in regard to the appointments he made, he sacked Sam Allardyce who was doing ok results wise to bring back Kevin Keegan, you can understand Ashley wanting his own man but his fatal error was appointing Tony Jimenez for player recruitment when he was an amateur alongside Dennis Wise and the lack of structure, who was doing what, meant it went badly wrong, Keegan was badly undermined and he left and Ashley’s never recovered from the PR disaster of that.
All of it in addition to what has transpired at Newcastle since the making of this video suggests a reprehensible human being and a dreadful club owner whose interests lie solely in maximizing profits and using the club as a means to generate revenue and promote personal interest at the expense of competitiveness. I can only imagine what the fans of the club have gone through during his tenure.
There is a mistake in the voice-over of this video. It should state "Ashley *owned* a significant stake of Rangers". It currently says "owns". Ashley sold his stake in 2017. Apologies for any confusion.
Too sincere you lot are
Tifo Football I like your videos on football owners and it’s investments into the game now that football is big business I think you should do more videos on the finances of football as I like watching them videos but keep up the good work as I am a big fan since September 2016 guys.
Thank you for admitting that.
Tifo Football make a video about red star belgrade qualifying for UCL for the first time since they won it in 1991 and about their team
There was also a mistake in the beginning when you said Mike Ashley is a devout Newcastle fan. He's only a fan of money.
Mike Ashley’s the kind of guy who would unplug your life support machine to charge his phone
and then charge you to have it back
Haaa I worked for the dog.. him and his ass licking prick Ian Baldwin
photom2 we were Dunstable drivers that were lie to and kept in the dark and often asked about the knew Shirebrook DC we were told our jobs were safe! Even by his side kick Ian Baldwin who I once considered my best mate we were shafted. We were called in to work on the Monday morning and walked out with no job that day.. no offer of a transfer to Shirebrook which I would of gladly taken.
I dare Alan Shearer to say that on Match of the Day. xD
Haha and then Rio Ferdinand would tell you you're lucky for him doing so!
*True Geordie rage intensifies*
You lot
Check out my highlights
When he's not backing up ImAlexx
Haha that guy is such a meathead. Tifo > Malcolm Meatballhead
EVERY GEORDIE RAGE INTENSIFIES!
There can be no joy in the world until Tifo have a video entitled "The Death of Mike Ashley."
Unprofessional Gamers grow up
@@williamhaines7876 Never.
Never
@William Haines Never
..Said Kevin Keegan !
Ashley doesn't regret buying Newcastle one bit. The free advertising Sports Direct enjoy at St James Park has no doubt raised the company's revenue significantly. He'll see buying the club as a genius move. He wants to maintain that free advertising by the cheapest means possible.
LOL Bullshit!
He is selling it
‘Buying Newcastle is free advertising’ 🤦🏽♂️
Free?
I recently stayed near Newcastle before the Manchester City - Newcastle game and the owner of the b&b we stayed in noticed my City shirt and jokingly pretended to spit at me. I got in conversation about Ashley and he got very frustrated. It's really clear to see that Ashley's ownership of Newcastle isn't just about football. The people who support that club have it in their blood. A damn shame to see it being run so badly.
Rafa, the players, Newcastle, and the fans deserve better than Mike Ashley
Goodbye Rafa :(
The premier league...
Why should he put his own money into Newcastle when returns are not guaranteed at all?
@@siu281 he shouldn’t buy a football club then
@Voke Btw He doesn't need to. He owns the football club. He can do anything he wants with it. If the club is not fan owned, fans don't have a say in how it is run. Simple as that.
Mike Ashley is the epitome of what is wrong in Britian and in English football.
in the world
Really? He is a great entrepeneur who saw an opportunity and expanded. Nothing he has done is really illegal. He employs thousands.
@@nobad6134 Sure he employs thousands. But expoliting people by paying them less than minimal wage, no insurance and no vacation isn't legal. Even if he found loopholes, why should thousands of people slave for pennies just so one guy could become a billionaire?
@@andrew7taylor Less than minimum wage? We know for sure that is illegal if he truly did that. I need to see the evidence of where and how he paid less than min wage. And people go to those jobs voluntarily. No one forces them to take the job. If there was no entrepreneur putting up the capital, then there would be no need for labour. It's a transaction both sides agree to terms about.
He is the best of Britain a self made entrepreneur. Noone is forced to work for him. As for nufc fans they just want someone to splash Arab money
The way these videos aree layed out are so visually pleasing. I love the format, especially at the end how it speeds through all the drawings you've gone through in the video. It's just really well done
Ashley sold his shares in Rangers. You are also sorely mistaken if you think he has only made £4m from Newcastle. No mention of retail deals etc...
Thank God, I just took and interest in Scottish football and my jaw dropped when I clicked on this vid and heard that Ashley owns a decent share of Rangers. Sent me in an hour long frenzy reading on the history of Rangers' ownership.
Technically true but the video is about Ashley and his ownership/dealings with Newcastle, the retail deals etc. although obviously orchestrated by Ashley are conducted through Sports Direct so technically he doesn't directly profit.
@@MrBostonceltics99 The Newcastle fanzine "True Faith" did an excellent podcast with a Rangers fan group where they delve into the shocking exploitative business practices of Ashley whilst he was a shareholder in Rangers including using Ibrox as collateral for loans the club didn't need and signing over club image rights to himself. You should definitely check it out
@@MrBostonceltics99 He's finished at Rangers.The Rangers support forced him out!It wasn't easy but!We can only now buy official club merchandise after 3 or 4 long years because of him!Even now Rangers retail arm will take months to recover because of this man.Rangers were getting 4p in the pound for kits etc and Sports Direct were getting the other 96p!!!
How can he be a newcastle fan???
he's not, he supports Spurs
@@ScharAznable that's even worse
He knew how loyal the Newcastle fans are that's why he got involved with the club.Same with Rangers supporters.Thankfully we are rid of him now.Many a sleepless night we had over him but!
@@1882Stu He doesn't support Newcastle
He probably is a legit Newcastle fan, but he is a bigger fan of making more money.
The fans shuold take over newcastle, just like swansea
What would be different if the fans ran the club instead of Ashley? Ashley is neither pumping money into the club (like the owners of PSG and Man City) nor is he bleeding it for profit (like the Glazzers). As they don't have millions to invest, the fans would have to run the club with a sustainable model, ie. the club's revenue should cover its costs. So, basically the same way as Ashley runs it. Yes, the workers might be treated better than the Ashley's Sports Direct employees, but the fans don't give s**t about this. All that matters to them is that the club doesn't get relegated and with a sustainable business model it's harder when other clubs don't follow the UEFA FFP rules.
This should happen with every club.
LOL
My team in Dublin BOHS are a fan run club but to be honest are club us not rich and the irish football league is in bits but were getting are new stadium in 2023 so theirs something good for us
Also, slight technicality, Keegan resigned because Ignacio Gonzalez and Xisco were signed without his approval as a favour to agents. He wasn’t sacked, it was proven to be constructive dismissal.
There was actually a £350million bid on the table last November. £150million up front, then £200million in instalments over the next few years. It even included a bonus of £50million up front if we were to qualify for the Champions League. Seems a pretty reasonable offer in my opinion. Rafa will probably leave at the end of the season when his contract expires, gutted Ashley is still in charge.
Yes, the nightmare continues indefinitely. At least last season there was a glimmer of hope for the first half of the season. I doubt anybody will pay £400million for this club. Too much damage has been done to the clubs brand by Ashley. He expects that there will be no cost or consequences for his decade of mismanagement. Shocking.
Aylez... defo buddy rafa is offski... it's a shame under a proper chairman rafa could of made the toon great again... Mike Ashley is a grade A wanker... don't know if he was born 1 or came 1 with practise but by fuck he has excelled as 1
Guys you should do a video on Red Bull company acquiring football teams and trying to rename them...RB Leipzig & Salzburg being the most interesting.
My Gran taught Mike Ashley maths, so should she be accountable for Newcastle’s problems.
Hahaha brilliant!
Not sure where you got the idea that he's a Newcastle fan? According to multiple sources including Derek Llambias, former Newcastle United Managing Director, he's a lifelong Chelsea fan
Friends of ashley from his childhood
Yeah he’s not a Newcastle fan, always heard he was either a Chelsea or Tottenham fan
MemeMaster420 he’s a spurs fan
@@alexchorltonwilson2642 "Mike is a Chelsea supporter. Everyone thinks he is a Tottenham supporter, by the way, and that upsets him. But if Stamford Bridge was changing names, he'd have a view. It will always be Stamford Bridge." - Derek Llambias
Tottenham fan I believe
I love these videos (to all at Tifo) and this one especially is great.
However, I would just like to point out that Mike Ashley has not made Newcastle United financially stable. He has doubled the debt of the club which has been relegated twice under his stewardship.
Just because the debt is owed to him, doesn't mean the club is stable financially. It has a massive impact.
The worst owner ever, seriously. You may say "oh, yeah, he got rid of all the debt" but what about taking a champions league competing club and relegating it 2 times? No ambition whatsoever, ended this transfer window once again in profit, hates the fans, refuses to speak out publically...
“Worst owner ever” lol yeah no mate
But Newcastle were no longer a champions league team when he took over Newcastle in 2007. Newcastle haven’t been in the champions league since 2003. Newcastle we’re already on a massive decline before he took over yoyoing between bottom half and top half finishes.
Adam Hallsworth from my point of view obviously he would be. he is the worst owner in the premier league tho, without a doubt
Create Mistakes Irrelevant. I'm absolutely sure it would not have had such a big decline like 2 relegations without Ashley.
ed kal maybe not. I just couldn't help myself pointing out that Newcastle were no longer challenging for the champions league like you suggested in your comment.
Do a Leeds under Bielsa tactical profile
I honestly believe that our club will die in the coming years if we don't stand up to him now, however protesting outside his shops will only inconvenience some poor 0 hour contract teenagers, yet I digress, we are no longer Newcastle United, we are Sports Direct FC. It is proven that Ashley only cares about money and therefore the only way to get him out of our club is to not show up to games and to starve him of that revenue, but I know we can't and that kills me inside...
Very sad indeed mate
That poor pregnant woman 😔😢
It’s their choice to have a child. It’s her choice to work there.
Ains Mas it’s people like you why those with power mistreat people and when people refuse to do these jobs you call them lazy.
Mike Ashley: "there's no way I can compete with the new breed of owners like Sheik Mansour".
Tottenham: 4 consecutive top 4 finishes and CL finalists.
I’d be interested in a video on PSG under Tuchel and/or Dortmund under Favre
after 1 game?
he was not fired, he left due to the bus bombing and the way the club treated the incident...if my memory serves me right
Val K I don’t mean right now, but sometime in the future
RB Leipzig and RB Salzburg are in the same Europa League group. Your earlier Leipzig coverage was excellent. Can you make a video about UEFA rules on owners having more than one team compete? It's my understanding Red Bull is violating these. Even if they aren't, this issue will grow as RB and City expand their enterprises. Your journalism would be incisive.
This is fantastic
As you mentioned there is a lot of emotion towards Mike Ashley and this was told in a balanced manner
We can all see the atrocities that he has done with his own companies and Newcastle but from a business scene he is a success which is sad to see with our current government allowing him to get away with Zero hours etc.
Ashley is killing the club! Ashley out
Enjoyed the video, quality video keep it up.
I hope that Mike Ashley leaves Newcastle as soon as possible, I want to see Newcastle back fighting for at least a Europa League place.
I hope he sells the club
“Behind every great fortune lies a great crime”.
- Honore de Balzac.
of course
0:50 He’s not and has never been a Newcastle fan of any kind 2:55 erm 😂😂
is that background meant to be there?
Oh, so he’s not just a terrible team owner, he’s a terrible employer in general. Splendid.
Wow brilliantly put guys.. you inspire me so much to post good content.
Do one about Pinto da Costa, the president of FCPorto, he is the president who has the most titles in the world. He is the president since 1982 and still is to this day.
This man took newcastle to the ground.
Mike Ashley .... The human embodiment of the Conservative Party
No he is just the human embodiment of ruthless business he's not even in parliament
Keep crying libtard
typical comment from a wanker leftist lol
Do one on villas owners: Nassef Sawiris, Wes Edens and Tony Xia
He sold his stake in rangers
I'm a proud Newcastle fan and honestly what he is doing with our club is wrong and unacceptable and I'm a child who was raised to hate mike Ashley by my family
As a liverpool supporter and watching football since early 70's. I've always had a soft spot for Newcastle. When huge money started coming in, I always wondered why the likes of Newcastle and Forrest where passed by with people with huge bank accounts. If this happens for Newcastle, I hope they don't go the way like cheaty. More know as man city. Good luck Newcastle, I hope Ashley gets kicked well and truly out of your club.
Guess you haven’t been reading the news Newcastle has just been sold to the Saudi royal family being worth more than 1 trillion becoming the richest football club in the world
His theory that he doesn't have a billion dollar in bank is absolutely true. Most normal simpleton people don't understand that
I wish the FA, UEFA or hell even FIFA come down hard on these vermin owners and stop them from exploiting clubs not just here but across the sport.
I feel we were just a advising space for sports direct I’m glad we now have owners who want to invest in our club for the long term
A Newcastle fan my arse!! A true fan would not have bought the club unless they were going to invest into the team, Mike didn't do this and instead used us as a cash cow.
You listed treading water and avoiding relegation as his priorities but he consistently refuses to invest enough to allow for any kind of confidence that we can avoid relegation. He's taken us down twice and at the time of writing we are heading for a third demotion under his ownership. So as well as being one of the worst people in the country he's also incompetent.
As a man u fan i really feel for newcastle its a great club with a rich history and ashleys put a stain in that history
Who’s here after the Arab takeover didn’t go through?
Yh, me mate.
and whose here after the arab takeover has gone through? 🥳🥳
As an Arsenal fan, I can feel Newcastle`s fans pain... Mike Ashley is just a businessman, he has no passion whatsoever for football. At least Newcastle may get rid of him soon. Kroenke looks like he`s gonna own Arsenal for his whole life :(
Ashley came across as likeable in front of the select committee. MP's were spun .
What a sad and depressing story.
Being a former Arsenal fan I don’t feel bad for Newcastle fans, because they choose to support the club while it’s owned by someone who won’t commit back to them. You want radical changes to things you love you need radical actions, even if it means boycotting.
@RobC I stopped supporting them because I realized how important of a role ownership is to a club. Everything starts from their commitment and decision making. I can get behind questionable decisions but I have no tolerance of taking advantage of fans' undying love for their own profits. As long as this ownership remains the club will not act on behalf of the fans' interest, and it will always be owners first and fans last. If they don't care about fans I don't have many reasons to support them like a sheep. Now I just enjoy watching football without a team, and it's healthier for me this way.
Such a quality channel 👌
Fair play Mike Ashley is kind of self made, however a 10,000 pound interest free loan isnt something everyone can start with. I think Richard Branson also had a lot of help from his parents.
What is Tifo Football's view on the upcoming Red Bull derby.
Love how there was a sports direct advert on this 😂
Great video, guys!
Mike Ashley will probably try to get Newcastle United players on zero hour contracts aswell!!!
The horrible little specimen what he is!
Respect
Good 1
It doesn't matter who you support, you bloody hate Mike Ashley
Not sure where you got your info from but Ashley isn’t a Newcastle fan, not by a long shot. He’s a Spurs fan (although some sources say Chelsea.) Whatever he is, I think it’s clear he’s 100% not a Newcastle fan.
Suraj182 I worked for him for 16 years he’s not even a particularly big football fan when he bought the club we were told
he only bought it for a bit of fun and publicity.
Would love to see a video about the brief owner of Inter Milan from Indonesia...!! Please?? 🙏
Alan Shields Hamilton
South Lanarkshire Scotland.
Ashley is only bring
Newcastle United down & I feel so sorry for The Toon Army they have buy far the most loyal fans in all the U.K as Newcastle United have won nothing since The
Inter City's fairs Cup that is to say major trophys.
Also Ashley may not have a stake in Glasgow Rangers but he still has a massive hold over the club through Sports Direct whare the club make very little from the merchandise that is on sale through Sports Direct
Glasgow Rangers only makeing 45p from every £ of Club Merchandise sold through
Sports Direct.
All in all Mike Ashley should have nothing to do with any Sports team of any kind greed is his only motivation.
If possible, and the slim chance you're reading this, could you possibly do an Oyston meet the owners, being a blackpool fan myself, it would be fascinating for me.
Many thanks.
Ironic that Wonga has gone out of business...
Great mention of the Swiss Ramble. They are always great for the finance details...
After learning about Newcastle in the last couple months I've learned how much hate is there for Mike Ashley. And I thought Mark Davis of the NFL Team Oakland Raiders (Soon to be Las Vegas) was bad.
To anyone who's not British and thinks this zero hour contract sounds bad, we also have a large number of workers with similar contracts working in our hospital for the National Health Service. So the government making a fuss over Mike Ashley is pretty hypocritical as it happens in the hospitals they oversee.
He is not a fucking newcastle fan! Don’t ever say that again
Pls do leeds under Bielsa
samuel idakwo trust me, bielsa ends up destroying your squad mentally
Stand up,if you hate ashley,stand up,if you hate ashley...
stop going if you hate Ashley.
Ashley did pump about £110 million into the club to take the debt off the books but he effectively transferred the debt onto himself and said the club owed him all the money back plus the money he spent to buy it. So while the debt was taken off the books it wasn’t actually cleared and I don’t understand how you’re owed the money back that you’ve spent to buy something. He wants the club to be self sufficient and not in debt and that’s all very well but you live and die by decision making in football and he’s got too many decisions wrong, especially with appointments and not remaining competitively or he’s dithered making decisions and then panicked and got it wrong, he wants the club to be in the premier league but you can’t stand still and hope to scrape by with unproven cheap french players which he undoubtedly tried to do because he didn’t want to spend huge amounts of money to get decent players and therefore go into debt but that’s where football is a vicious circle and they were relegated again because of poor investment and so the club owed him money again in his eyes because he put another loan in to get promoted straight back. As for a takeover I do actually thinks he wants to sell but he wants the new owners to give him advertising and merchandise rights and they can buy the players so it’s not his problem anymore.
He is a smart guy, Newcastle fans are just pissed off because of where they live
ashley was never a devout newcastle fan ..he wanted to buy spurs way before newcastle
Don't forget that WWE Chairman Vince McMahon also showed interest in purchasing the club.
You must do the oystons at Blackpool, the clubs been run into the ground by the worst owners in English football
Great as always.
Could you please do: Tactics, Steven Gerrard's Glasgow Rangers.
They did do 👍
Who's here after the Saudis came?
Me
Hopefully this will be the start of the end for mike ashley
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@@kartotelefwno271 this did not age well😂😂
Nope but here after they left!
The End......
Shut your shops and create a trade catalogue. Do something with postage.
Who's here after he sold the club?
No one because it'll never happen
What? How is this 4 weeks ago? He hasn’t even sold it yet?!
He is now
Saudis are buying
Newcastle will become real Newcastle
Royal club is shall be
@@mkodyglobalsouthsoldier Well like Khabib vs Mcgregor you got smeshed
I’m watching this under the forth takeover attempt since this was uploaded 😂😂😂😂
Can you do a FFK, (Fredrikstad) decline video, from winning the Tippelagen in 2006, playing in Europa League to playing in the Norwegian 3rd division.
Notable players such as Celso Borges (Costa Rica captain) and the two Elyounussis (Tarik, for Heerenveen/Hoffenheim) and Mohamed who just signed for Southampton
Not sure if it was the intention, but this piece made think of Mike Ashley in a more positive light as Newcastle owner... That's mental x
4:50 Tom Watson looking like Chairman Mao in disguise.
What app do you use to make your videos?
I liked this one. Hahha “I simply don’t have it”
A video about Fulham owner Shahid Khan would be interesting as how he could fork out more than a 100 million in the window when most owner in the premier league couldn't
And why am I not surprised about any of this
Fucking hell! Just renaming the arena is a sign for me that Newcastle need new owners.
He’s still there.. September 2019 😒
He 's still there
28th of January 2021
Ashley: saves Newcastle from oblivion.
Newcastle fans: spend our way into administration or get out.
Here, have double Vs from me you bloody Neanderthals.
If he wants to pay his workers zero contracts that's the government's fault for allowing it.
The government won't end zero hours, they're making too much money.
Bet he was pissed off when Rafa & the players wouldn't accept zero hours contracts
tbh at least he bothers to sell away his controlling stakes in Newcastle United as he knows he can't financially compete with the likes of Man City and etc. Arsenal have owners who doesn't think like this.
@tifo football is there a video about liverpools owners?
Yes we have a few on the channel about FSG and the training complex development
Hope it works out with crazy Geordies ,,Definitely deserve better than what you have had ..Be careful there are worse owners out there .We know from experience (Liverpool fan)
John Hall was too hasty selling Newcastle to Ashley, Hall admits he went to London with the intention of selling quickly, he met Ashley’s people I don’t think he actually met Ashley himself which is bizarre, surely you’ve got to see and talk to the man you’re selling to but Hall didn’t do his homework on Ashley to find out what kind of man he was, he just wanted out. Ashley perhaps had different intentions when he initially bought the club but he made some poor decisions in regard to the appointments he made, he sacked Sam Allardyce who was doing ok results wise to bring back Kevin Keegan, you can understand Ashley wanting his own man but his fatal error was appointing Tony Jimenez for player recruitment when he was an amateur alongside Dennis Wise and the lack of structure, who was doing what, meant it went badly wrong, Keegan was badly undermined and he left and Ashley’s never recovered from the PR disaster of that.
If I say I detest public speaking can I skip court dates?
if you have the cash and contacts to influence barristers and magistrates...
Do a meet the owners for real madrid, barcelona, etc
This is why, buying Newcastle in Fifa is a wise choice
Ashley's a saint in comparison to what the Glazers done at mu
All of it in addition to what has transpired at Newcastle since the making of this video suggests a reprehensible human being and a dreadful club owner whose interests lie solely in maximizing profits and using the club as a means to generate revenue and promote personal interest at the expense of competitiveness. I can only imagine what the fans of the club have gone through during his tenure.