Simon Jordan has quipped about Newcastle United supporters’ literacy skills after Wor Flags’ banner mocking the former Crystal Palace owner. A pre-match display before Newcastle United's 5-1 win against Brentford referenced a comment made by the 55-year-old about the Saudi-backed takeover.
Just days before the Premier League approved the deal, Jordan insisted the takeover had zero chance of completion. Mike Ashley - represented by renowned sports lawyer Nick De Marco - had taken the top flight to a public Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) one week previously.
“This idea that Newcastle is going to get bought by this PIF fund is deader than a dead thing from dead land,” Jordan told talkSPORT last year. “It’s only the people that want to keep it running for their own motivations, whether that’s Amanda Staveley because she wants to save face for the Horlicks of a deal she’s manufactured, or whether it’s Newcastle fans because they’re wishing and wanting.
