Derek Llambias will meet the latest consortium to express an interest in the club, according to reports today.
The new group called Fanbase - fronted by former Spurs star Graham Roberts - will meet NUFC's Managing Director Derek Lambias today for talks.
However, sources close to the club played down the likelihood of a deal being struck.
All it does show is that Barry Moat seems a million miles away from buying the club, as Mike Ashley was not convinced he had the dosh in the first place!
YESTERDAY'S NU-MAD ARTICLE:
This is NOT a wind-up ... former Rangers and Tottenham defender Graham Roberts claims he is spearheading a takeover of the Magpies on behalf of little known supporter group Fans 410.
The Glasgow-based 50-year-old (who has been under a lot of stress recently) claims that Toon fans would have to "get involved" in the takeover via the Supporters Trust and that mystery funds worth £100million would be made available if they are successful.
However, early indications of the mooted takeover have been ignored by Seymour Pierce indicating they have a little chance of being contenders.
Roberts: "We want fans to get involved and we are looking forward to meeting each other.
"We want to make it a debt free club, I can't go into real detail at the moment, it's ongoing.
"We have tried Seymour Pierce and Mr Harris would not even come on the phone.
"One of the directors of the company I am helping has Derek Llambias' number and he will contact him."
Yet this audacious claim has already been privately played down by the club.