Well hes not quite as cockdure of himself as he was a few days ago. Neither are a lot of the Geordies commeting it seems.
I'll be frank here, as I have no inside knowledge, but judging possibilities, each day that goes by the possibility these guys are bluffers seems to grow to me. I'd now say it has more chance of.completely collapsing than a Cityesque takeover.
We are now well into week 3 since papers were signed, and beyond tenuous stuff on Pochettino very little information is kicking about.
Martin Samuel, a good friend of Ashley (or close to him) essentially wrote a couple of weeks ago, Ashley thinks they're bluffing, there is no money and is going along with it to prove it to Newcastle fans. He hasn't ever been shown any money. Maybe they feel if they get so far along, Ashley will buckle and accept less?
The fact Bruce seems not in the loop at all seems odd too. There is just lots of fishy things, which in isolation make sense, but taken together paint a certain picture.
Or maybe they are signing Dybala and Koulibaly.