Peter Kenyon was Manchester United chief executive from 2000 to 2003 and then held the same post at Chelsea until 2009Former Chelsea and Manchester United chief executive Peter Kenyon is heading a consortium that is in talks to buy Newcastle United. It is believed a potential deal with Kenyon is what Ashley was referring to. Kenyon is understood to be working with the American financial advisory firm Rockefeller Capital Management. That makes a December purchase date optimistic - even if a deal was to be agreed in the coming days. Other suitors are also reported to be interested in the club, which Ashley formally put up for sale in 2017.

Source: BBC December 05, 2018 07:18 UTC