We’re no financial experts, but Mike Ashley might want to reconsider how he’s spending his money as of late.
Maybe the extreme cold weather of Tyneside has driven him mad, but the controversial Newcastle United owner happily splashed out £12m for Jonjo Shelvey just a few days ago after the England international appeared to give up on his former club Swansea.
Now Ashley is using his fortune to run a £2.4m jacket giveaway to his club’s fans if the Magpies beat West Ham at St James Park on Saturday.
OFFER: £2.4m jacket giveaway… go to https://t.co/3gDhPiiwb7 to enter #win #SDGiveaway #freejacket pic.twitter.com/Y6Cb4Nn3DF
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) January 14, 2016
But despite the apparent generosity of the Newcastle owner, the news wasn’t well-received on by fans on Twitter.
@NUFC hope we go down purely because of this tweet, thanks for ruining my 2016.
— Jack (@jdr1892) January 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/RyMorris95/status/687718839325429760
https://twitter.com/BigChiefZangief/status/687716174981902336
Some had ideas as to why there were some extra jackets lying around to give away…
@NUFC did Callum the intern screw up the bulk buy?
— … (@Iwantcurlyhair2) January 14, 2016
While other simply doubted the value of the jacket being offered…
@NUFC Lads, I think you have the . in the wrong place #£5.99
— Marc Duffy (@MarcSDuffy) January 14, 2016
@NUFC "£59.99" pic.twitter.com/hY5LUnJ7DZ
— Gav (@Gav_Ivison) January 14, 2016
But some fans found a way to turn it into something worth doing…
@NUFC signed up . Give to homeless charity if we win .
— gazza_nufc (@howay51) January 14, 2016
@NUFC everyone could always do it and give jacket to homeless 😉
— gazza_nufc (@howay51) January 14, 2016
Tough crowd.
