Hello and welcome to the Newcastle United live blog for Sunday, January 21.
Mike Ashley walked away from takeover talks with Amanda Staveley and PCP Capital Partners after talks proved to be 'exhaustive'.
It is a blow for Newcastle fans, but the club remains on the market and the search for a new buyer continues.
Nonetheless, Benitez has been 'given the green light' to bring in up to three new recruits in what is a critical fortnight for the club.
We'll have the latest on the takeover and also all of the January transfer rumours that are starting to stack up. Meanwhile, on the pitch, we will have all of the fallout from Newcastle's 3-1 defeat to Man City yesterday.
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Good morning!
Hope you had a lovely Saturday evening! Now it wasn’t the result we wanted last night but there were plenty of positives.