Newcastle: 6 Shocking Revelations About Kevin Keegan's Departure
4. Mike Ashley Was Not The Real Problem
As Keegan said on ESPN ahead of Alan Pardew's first game - at home against Liverpool - the problem with the set-up in the upper echelons of Newcastle is that Mike Ashely "doesnt know anything about football" and didn't surround himself with people who "know what they're doing.' The long and short of that, according to the former boss, is that the club is now a shambles. During the talk-in, Keegan echoed the same sentiment, though apparently with less ire than he has done in other interviews, especially in terms of his opinion of Ashley. When asked about his second stint at the club, Keegan almost apologetically said his brief time under Ashley had been "okay" - to the shock of some fans, no doubt - and that the real problem is with the people the Newcastle owner surrounds himself with, naming in particular, Tony Jimenez, Dennis Wise, and later, Derek Llambias.
