He’s trying his best to sell the club, honest
Mike Ashley, Dennis Wise and Derek Llambias will fly back from Dubai today after an unsuccessful sales trip. It wasn’t unsuccessful because of complicated financial negotiations, but rather because they chose to skip the boring business bit and drink mojitos instead:
According to arabianbusiness.com, Dubai investors were waiting for Ashley in the Mina A’Salam Ramadan Tent in the Madinat Jumeirah Hotel for their 11pm meeting but he was instead in the nearby Bahri Bar knocking back cocktails.
Surely the Arab businessmen knew the meeting would never materialise if it was scheduled for 11pm. By that time, Ashley has usually downed his sixth pint and removed his ‘King Kev’ Newcastle shirt, and Wisey is conducting his second or third assault of the evening.
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1 Dubai Resident // Sep 18, 2008 at 7:12 am
Its Ramadan, nothing happens in Dubai until after the breaking of fast, which is (at least for the type of people that would be trying to buy a football club) a multi-hour feast after the sun goes down. Not surprising the meeting was so late.