By Martin Samuel for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:00 GMT, 4 January 2019 | Updated: 08:43 GMT, 5 January 2019
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Peter Kenyon’s bid to buy Newcastle is not over, and he has contacted Mike Ashley personally with a promise to resume negotiations this month.
It was thought that the consortium led by Kenyon had given up on the deal, having failed to find the £300million funding required to tempt Newcastle’s owner to sell.
But a letter sent by Kenyon shortly before Christmas, and seen by Sportsmail, makes it plain that discussions will continue and the sale is still on — with the former Chelsea and Manchester United executive in pole position.
Peter Kenyon's bid to take over Newcastle is not over and has promised to resume negotiations
Mike Ashley was sent a letter by the former Chelsea and United executive before Christmas
Sent via the club for Ashley’s personal attention, Kenyon writes of a ‘serious determination to finalise the agreement we have… as soon as possible in the New Year’. He adds: ‘I would like to personally assure you that I am committed to conclude our deal as soon as possible … we are both perhaps frustrated that we have not progressed as quickly as we would have wished.’
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