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If it's not sorted by this week (Monday at latest) then even I will say there is an issue mind and I have been mega positive. That final WTO report is not due until mid-June so maybe that's what the Premier League are waiting for if that's the case. That would go against Jason Burt and to a degree Caulkin as well from last week.

How much longer can this realistically go on for, i have read the article a few times and don’t see what new evidence there really is that hasn’t been public knowledge for a couple of weeks at least now.

The main question over this article is timing, because as of last Friday Caulkin was certain it was going through, Jason Burt said the checks where complete, so does this new article delay it again and possibly stop it or is it old news?

Who's Burt? The telegraph chief sports writer.

The article does say the premier league had the documents this month, so maybe nothing in it if Caulkin is still confident.

I wouldn’t be going back like.

Still if Burt was right and the checks where complete last week this won’t effect it

So probably delayed until mid June based on that.

Didn’t they supposedly publish a 350 page document to the league? Maybe they are being punished for being so detailed and giving the league so much work ?

So the question next could be : Is it done by email or in print form and sent by courier? If its courier, is it to a UK address or a Saudi Arabia address? If it's in print format, do the buyers have to sign and return something? These are little formalities but this alone shows how a week or more can be lost, just in the transferal of documents. The premier league also has the meetings today and tomorrow over the restart again and over allowing contact training.

When Caulkin or Burt say there’s a problem. Going of Burt saying the test where completed on Friday, if we have no confirmation by next week then surely there is an issue.

At what point would most people start to be concerned over this ?

Apparently it took 7 weeks for the Man City O&D test to be approved. Really? I thought I saw it reported as 3 weeks. What he's saying is likely true. What is also likely true (given that it's still ongoing) is that those problems have been or are in the process of being ironed out. Yeah he goes on to say he doesn’t think the league can legally block it.

Apparently it took 7 weeks for the Man City O&D test to be approved. Really? I thought I saw it reported as 3 weeks.

It’s all his own opinion, he just says he thinks there has been/is an issue because we where told 4/5 weeks max and obviously now we are in week 7.

It’s the only type of football the majority are good enough to play. Playing under Bruce is the only reason quite a few are in the premier league.

Obviously the majority of them would want him to stay, they know he is their only chance of them staying.

Next week

He said a deal had been done which was correct as it had been. If you remember at that time it was reported Ashley was also pissed off because it hadn't been announced. Well least we don’t have a long wait to find out if he is telling the truth.

He said on the 20th of April that it was also imminent.

Only time will tell, think he (and the buyers) know more than you and me to be fair though. If no concrete news this week then I think it’s clear he doesn’t know as much as people, including me think he does. He's been saying for a few weeks now it takes as long as it takes. Instead of people jumping about like a set of mad frogs let's just wait and see what happens this week first. He's not the only media source (vast majority are) indication things are well on track. Yeah I agree things are well in track, just him and a few others have mentioned checks being done or as close to being done which should mean we hear something about it this week, not full confirmation of the deal but that checks have been passed.