FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - General views outside Newcastle United's St James' Park stadium - St James' Park, Newcastle, Britain - October 7, 2021 General view of the Bobby Robson Statue outside Newcastle United's St James' Park stadium Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith
LONDON (Reuters) - For the Toon Army, the nickname of Newcastle United's success-starved followers, news that the club's sale to Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund appeared to be on the brink of completion on Thursday, will feel like an early Christmas present.
To be more precise it will feel like all their Christmases have come at once.
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