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And just rely on Gayle and Carroll? Ok then No takeover and surely we would all want Ashleys club to be relying on absolutely nobody? I couldn't really care less. I've almost accepted that I no longer care (until I go into the takeover thread and get reminded what could have been)

It's also all explained on his twitter feed. Although it's a load of nothingness.

I'm sure the PL would much rather paying Ashley a settlement fee than getting dragged through court, but could the PL afford a fee substantial enough to make Ashley not pursue legal action? Ashley is out of pocket anything up to and around at least £100 million - this number comes from the determination that the current takeover agreement was for £300 million and the estimate is that any new valuation (post COVID19) for NUFC would likely be substantially less than that (e.g. around £200 million or less, the difference being the £100 million). So, if he pursued the PL in the courts then he would likely seek damages of around £100 million + legal costs. Other conversations have suggested that the buying consortium might sue the PL to recover their £17 million deposit (I won't address the legitimacy or otherwise of that claim here), but there have also been suggestions that having to pay out £17 million would likely bankrupt the League. So, if the PL wanted to pay out Ashley (to prevent a court case), how much could the PL afford? Could the PL afford a large enough payout to make Ashley go away (e.g. £10 million would only be 10% of Ashley's likely/potential claim), without bankrupting themselves? The PL have assets of around £400,000 and a turnover of around £3m (their acounts are freely available on Companies House). It could be that the clubs would be asked to step in to bail them out but the Premier League Ltd would not be likely to be able to afford to pay out much. You're looking at the wrong accounts. (not that it matters, because Ashley suing the Premier League is another fantasy scenario that people are believing in because it's a comforting, rather than realistic, thought) How's your pursuit of Mauriss coming on Penn[/member] Luke?

can't get past us not hearing more from ashley/bishop if it was completely dead myself, either in the sense of complaining about it/talking about mauriss or some other fakeover/talking about concrete planning for the new season with ashley in charge and no prospect of a takeover Whilst there are enough people talking about it it’s still a good enough excuse for a poor pre-season. At this point I don’t think Ashley gives a shit wether we have a bad preseason or transfer window. He’s done with the club and said as much. Whilst it certainly does look that way, I don’t trust a single word that man says.

can't get past us not hearing more from ashley/bishop if it was completely dead myself, either in the sense of complaining about it/talking about mauriss or some other fakeover/talking about concrete planning for the new season with ashley in charge and no prospect of a takeover Whilst there are enough people talking about it it’s still a good enough excuse for a poor pre-season.

I still don’t believe there’s an ongoing process. There’s no evidence to say PIF are still in.

Closer to what? I’m not going to be tedious and claim to be ‘in the know’, but I’m relatively confident this takeover will happen. Maybe not this week as others have suggested, but certainly within the next two. So where's the confidence coming from then? Positive noise, really. I may be proven completely wrong, but I’m more confident now then I have been through the whole takeover period. Happy to hold my hands up and say my ‘confidence’ is shit in a couple of weeks if it’s proven to be, but hopefully I’ll be right. Ask manorpark[/member] where the positive thoughts get you.

Yeah he’s gonna be class

And just rely on Gayle and Carroll? Ok then

Never heard of him

Closer to what?

Penn[/member] what’s going on Luke?

Guess that was Rocker's big news then.

Anyone looking forward to the loanee from Barnsley?

Married in to Hexham aristocracy and has a couple of properties up here, and a massive Toon fan apparently. This is ON. You still never responded to my genuine attempt to engage in a conversation Penn[/member] Why do you think that the PL never rejected the takeover ? He answered on Twitter - he feels that the PL still need to explain why, but the fans need to stop putting spin on it.

Pretty sure it’s a Mackem that runs that twitter account It's Dave[/member] surely?

I'm really not convinced that it hasn't already finished as soon as the announcement was made that PIF were withdrawing. I know people have claimed that they didn't submit a special form to the PL to tell them, so it's still ongoing, but I don't believe that for one minute. The only thing I'm clutching to is the fact that the PL haven't put any form of statement out yet, but I reckon that's coming.

Unless it's that it was ready to be passed subject to them agreeing to include MbS and/or the KSA as a director. True, hadn't thought of it that way.

Nah, think he's just keeping his cards (reputation) close to his chest. Assume we'll see something on twitter before he backs it up.

Golfmag[/member] was convinced it was ready to be passed. Assume that was mis-information being fed to him from the PL or FMA?

That's my membership withdrawn

Linked with about 10 clubs in the PL, so obviously just agent talk.

Good luck after last time

Chopra resurfaced yet?

How’s your weekend Luke? Any contact with Mauriss yet?