BROTHEL CREEPER MISSES PEEPING TOM

Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd has launched an astonishing attack on the regime at Manchester United. Speaking at the annual Soccerex conference in Dubai, Shepherd claimed the club had lost its way both on and off the pitch.

He said:

'First they lost the captain of the ship in Martin Edwards, then they suffered from losing David Beckham. They lost two characters there. Over the last two years they have lost a bit of stardust. They miss Martin Edwards hugely because it's like a ship without a sail.'

He continued:

'I met Magnier in February playing golf and he said he was there purely as an investor. He made it clear he was only there as that, nothing else.'

Shepherd insisted he and fellow major shareholder Douglas Hall would never do the same at St James' Park.

He said: 'Both of us are fans through and through and we've never sold a share. We’ve spent £300million in the last 10 years and we run the club as a business but at the end of the day we are fans.'