If the burly Newcastle owner ever sits next you to at a game, here’s what to talk about.

The lager-swigging man o’ the people who has just brought the Geordie messiah back to Newcastle isn’t your average club owner. He is an intensely private billionaire, who doesn’t play by the rules of club ownership or the city. Here are ten interesting facts about Mike Ashley, should you feel like showing off while drinking.

» He once bought his (now ex-)wife an Aston Martin DB4, and owned a 7-series BMW, but choose to drive around in an old Vauxhall Cavalier. He later traded it in for an F reg Ford Sierra.

» He divorced his Swedish wife Linda in 2003, and it cost him