Newcastle takeover: Fan says ‘we just want rid of Mike Ashley’
Newcastle boss Steve Bruce has pleaded with the prospective new owners to give him a chance to prove himself when they assume full control of the club.
Mike Ashley is close to selling Newcastle in a £300million deal to a group of wealthy Saudi Arabia investors.
Crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is one of the key figures who will be bankrolling the club - if they pass the Premier League's owners' and directors' test.
Rumours have been rife that they want to appoint ex-Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino once the sale is completed.
But Bruce has sent a message to his potential new bosses asking for a chance to build a squad capable of challenging for the Premier League title.
"We all aspire in management, we all aspire to be Pep [Guardiola], Jurgen [Klopp]... these great managers who've been a breath of fresh air to football. Jurgen Klopp coming into this country, you just have to applaud him for his tactics and the way Liverpool play," he told Sky Sports.
Steve Bruce has sent a message to Newcastle's prospective new owners (Image: GETTY)
"If it's good for Newcastle, and the club are going to try to compete with these teams, to be part of it would be great.
"I would love to see it and I'd love to be part of it. I hope it's where it goes, but in the meantime I'll just crack on, wait, roll my sleeves up and get on with trying to get some results to try and get the club going forward.
"If that happens for Newcastle in the future, then great - I'd be delighted. You do get labelled in the game, and that's why I enjoyed my time managing in the Championship. I'd back myself against most people in that division.
"But to be in a position where you're actually challenging, and you have a good enough team as Newcastle did in 1995 and under Sir Bobby Robson as well, then it would be wonderful. I'd back myself, of course I would.
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