If there's anyone with the sort of money to take on the PL in a very expensive court case, you would imagine it would be the Saudis themselves who would have the sort of clout to bring them in, or unofficially bankroll them.
I'll let TCD take this up then since he's the one who has queries about what the board/owners plans are. All he's said is that thinks they are the bigger issue, he wasn't really specific on how this relates to the manager.
7th or 8th isn't going to have fans screaming for Howe's P45. The concern is more the way we are playing and shipping points to teams with less resources and who would normally be lower half or relegation fodder. Given that, I would be concerned we might find 7th/8th out of reach unless we turn things around pretty quickly.