Is THIS why Freddy Shepherd is in L.A.?

By Matthew Jones
July 26 2003

Will it be a signing? Manchester United, Celtic, Juventus and Barcelona are all in America at the moment on a pre-season trip. Could Dyer be leaving St James' Park and joining Old Trafford? OR, is Shepherd selling stakes in the club?

All the club said, was that Freddy was going to the States on business and to tie up a major deal.

Well, we have a few ideas for you to chew over.

Firstly, Manchester United, Celtic, Juventus and Barcelona are all currently in America on pre-season duty. Newcastle have made only ONE pre-season signing, Lee Bowyer. Could United be ready to do buisness again?

Secondly, could Shepherd be ready to negotiate selling Kieron Dyer to Manchester United? After playing down recent talk, the club did stick a £25M price tag on him!

Thirdly, could Freddy Shepherd (And Douglas Hall) come back with a new ownership for the club? Sky Sports reported that some American lawyers representing a South American consortium are in talks about buying a major stake in a Premier League club. Who else is out there? Oh, and this club IS NOT Aston Villa...

All will be reavealed as soon as we find out ourselves! Comments as to what the "major deal" actually is, are welcome on the message board, and anybody with any information that they wish to tell me, they can e-mail me here.

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