Mike Ashley: "I would be quite happy to sell 1 percent. Just local guys, mad Newcastle fans and everything. "I meet them and they say the only thing we regret is when you took the club, we then couldn't be a shareholder. If you want 1 percent of Newcastle, buy 1 percent of Newcastle for exactly the same price I paid for it.
"You can put in your money every year like I do, sit on the pitch and say this is one expensive season ticket, but I am having a lovely time.