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Mike Ashley takes action to try force through Newcastle United's Saudi-led takeover bid
Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has taken action as he still looks to sell the club to the Saudi Public Investment Fund.A £300m takeover looked close earlier in the year though the PIF withdrew in July, citing delays and post-Covid economic problems.Newcastle and the Premier League remain at loggerheads over the takeover with the Magpies recently issuing a statement accusing Premier League chief Richard Masters of acting inappropriately, and claiming the league had rejected the deal “in its owners and directors test.”But Ashley is still hopeful of getting a deal done and has now engaged top sports QC Nick De Marco in a bid to force through the takeover.Blackstone Chambers today revealed that “Shaheed Fatima QC and Nick De Marco QC are acting