{"id":350093,"date":"2011-03-30T16:01:14","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T16:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/30\/ashley-sets-newcastle-europe-goal\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T16:01:14","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T16:01:14","slug":"ashley-sets-newcastle-europe-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/ashley-sets-newcastle-europe-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley sets Newcastle Europe goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"61.927659574468\">\n<div readability=\"60.252927400468\">\n                    <span><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/4725f2cb003331195-1.jpg.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" alt=\"Newcastle defender Steven Taylor\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    Newcastle last played in Europe during the 2006\/07 season<br \/>\n  <\/span><br \/>\n<!-- empty related-stories for Wide -->                      <\/p>\n<p>Newcastle owner Mike Ashley wants the club to be challenging for a European spot on a regular basis as part of his long-term strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley, who took over in 2007, watched the Magpies slide into the Championship two seasons ago before winning back promotion at the first attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Managing director Derek Llambias said: &#8220;Mike knows where we should be in four or five years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to be challenging for Europe every season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle last played in Europe during the 2006\/2007 season, when they reached the last 16 of the Uefa Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Details of Ashley&#8217;s vision come on the day that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-12901992\" title=\"Newcastle move further into red\">Newcastle reported a loss after player trading of \u00a317.1m<\/a> for the year ending 30 June 2010.<\/p>\n<p>However, the figures also revealed that the owner added a further \u00a342m into the club in interest-free loans during the reporting period, taking the total he has loaned the club to \u00a3139.8m.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mike Ashley&#8217;s money has kept this club buoyant,&#8221; added Llambias.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Quite honestly, Newcastle United would not be here without him, it is as simple as that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has never taken a penny out of the football club, but he knows what he has to put in every year and he is keen to grow it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/football\/12896192.stm\" title=\"Lighting up the Premier League\">BBC&#8217;s Mike Henson on the stunning rise of Newcastle&#8217;s Michael Richardson <\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/4725f2cb003331195-1.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/12912826.stm\" title=\"Ashley sets Newcastle Europe goal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ashley sets Newcastle Europe goal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Newcastle last played in Europe during the 2006\/07 season Newcastle owner Mike Ashley wants the club to be challenging for a European spot on a regular basis as part of his long-term strategy. 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