Mike Ashley launches Debenhams broadside

Sports direct boss asks why store refused his £40m loan despite ‘worst November for retailers in living memory’The Sports Direct boss, Mike Ashley, has launched an extraordinary attack on Debenhams after the department store chain refused his offer of a £40m cash injection despite “the worst November for retailers in living memory”.In a letter addressed to the Debenhams chief executive, Sergio Bucher, Ashley urged the board to reconsider the offer from Sports