BBCNEWS BBC News January 4, 2022 22:52:00
By a company backed by serbian media mogul, dragan solak. the telecoms magnate's sport republic business is buying chinese businessman gaojisheng 80% stake in the club. gao took over at st mary's in august 2017. the former majority owner, katharina liebherr, is retaining her 20% stake. newcastle united have agreed a deal to sign kieran trippier from atletico madrid. the signing is set to be the first since the saudi—backed takeover at st james�* park. newcastle have agreed to pay £12 million for the 31—year—old england international. for an initialfee of £10 million. everton have sig...