Allegedly ... Newcastle will make an announcement on Monday over ongoing efforts to sell the club.
Owner Mike Ashley was expected to make a decision by the end of this week over whether or not to accept one of the bids currently on the table, or to continue running the Magpies himself for another season.
However, talks with local businessman Barry Moat, as well as two other consortia, are continuing as Ashley looks to strike a £100million deal for the club he bought for £134.4million a little more than two years ago.
The news will do little to appease fans who are sick to the back teeth of "deadlines" and seeing star players walk out of the door, without being replaced.
Should Monday's announcement be that Ashley has decided to take the club off the market for the second time after a lengthy, but ultimately futile search for a buyer, he will then face a decision over his manager.
And that RULES OUT Alan Shearer!
The pair are further away from a deal than ever before, now that Shearer has blasted Ashley in public for rthe shoddy way he has run the club.
Ashley has made the excuse "greater experience is needed", and wants Joe Kinnear back, when we all know it is HIS way of getting back at the fans who CANNOT STAND Kinnear!