Llambias said the tycoon is enthusiastic about the future ... despite the owner trying to sell the club back in September ... and Llambias is hardly a man many see as trustworthy.Far from it!
Ashley is a man who doesn't seem to show much loyalty to one particular club, and his efforts to convince the Geordies that he has his heart on Tyneside have been laughed off as a joke.
He supported Spurs until he bought Newcastle ... yet he insisted: "I have never liked Tottenham, and I have never supported them". When it is common knowlewdge he WAS a regular at White Hart Lane.
He put Newcastle up for sale, then took it off the market because no-one was interested, and now says he has "a five year plan"! Absolute rubbish ... because everyone in the game knows he will dump NUFC the second he gets the asking price!
Llambias: "This is his passion. He's a football supporter generally.
"He loves Newcastle. I can't remember when he went out before or after a game.
"He misses that. He loved being out in the Toon after games.
"Even during the time he wasn't coming to matches, he was at his local pub kicking every ball in front of the TV."