Club reporter Luke Edwards believes Lee Charnley may have been left ‘paralysed’ when it comes to making a decision on Rafa Benitez’s future, suggesting he may still be waiting for the green light from Mike Ashley.
As the Telegraph’s north-east writer reveals, Mike Ashley has been away on an Easter break and, despite his wish to keep Benitez at the club, this break (combined with his big financial losses at Debbenham’s) may have distracted him from giving Charnley the all clear to get this deal done.
Here’s what Edwards has had to say when speaking to the Chronicle:
This could well be right, but it would sum up Ashley’s total neglect of Newcastle United, highlighting how his ignorance continues to slow down any decision making process at the club.
He’ll claim he’s not involved and instead allows Lee Charnley to deal with footballing matters, but it often feels like he leaves the club’s managing director with his hands tied – and this is what Luke is suggesting here.
As he states in the clip above, Edwards is still backing Benitez to stay, but the Spaniard is bound to be frustrated by the time it’s taking to sort out such a vital decision.
One single word encompasses the whole sorry situation at Newcastle United spanning the last 12 years…
INCOMPETANCE…!
Peter Henderson(Quote)
Spot on!
Olly Hawkins(Quote)
These reporters nowadays are as “Daft As A Brush”, When it comes to trying to second guess Ashley and his motives !
Meanwhile, Back on planet Earth, Rafa is probably going to get done in a similar fashion to the way Alan Shearer was when he give Ashley a list of demands.
Shearer is still waiting to this day for a response from Ashley about the tools he was asking for to do the job !
No theories here other than Ashley being Ashley…
Joe Hawkins(Quote)