Was looking at an article by an expert on Football club Takeovers
He said they can take as short as merely a matter of weeks like when the Arabs bought Man City ( probably paid cash !! ) or up to 15 months like when the Chinese bought Southampton.
On average though it said 4 - 6 months
Mike Ashley says he wants to off load Newcastle before Xmas and they only got the offer in this week from a consortium.
So in summary *** knows