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Guillem Balague claims Mike Ashley wants Newcastle United fans to appreciate him

Well-known football journalist Guillem Balague has written in Sport that current Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley and the club’s fans do not like each other.

Balague has claimed that Ashley thinks that he has does a lot for Newcastle, and that the English businessman should be appreciated for that by the fans.

According to The Sun, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund are on the verge of buying he Magpies from Ashley.

Balague wrote in Sport, as translated by The Mag: “The Newcastle fans are about to get rid of an owner who despises them.