‘Do what is right’: Newcastle fan groups urge Mike Ashley to sell or invest funds

• Eight supporters’ group write letter to club owner
• ‘To fail to do so, would seem both reckless and foolish’

A fans’ collective comprising eight separate Newcastle United supporters groups and fanzines have joined forces to write an open letter to the club’s owner, Mike Ashley urging him to either sell up or provide Rafael Benítez with the transfer market funds needed to ensure Premier League survival.

The 757-word missive implores Ashley “to do what is right this month.” In an ideal world that would involve the sports retail tycoon offloading the club to a “suitable” purchaser willing to meet his £300m asking price but with on-going takeover talks with assorted, opaque, groups seemingly at an impasse, the letter’s authors ask him to relax the purse strings.

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