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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.

Can't find it and can't remember where I saw it was watching it when I woke up this morning. If I find it I'll post it. I didn't make a note of it as assumed it would be on here. Anything interesting said ?

Probably a load of rubbish but may as well post it ... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8354353/Man-United-Newcastle-interested-hiring-former-PSG-sporting-director-Antero-Henrique.html

Yeah he said a couple of weeks ago it was imminent. Fwiw I don’t think it will go through this week either, I would expect some sort of confirmation that the checks are complete however. Also worth mentioning the premier league has 2 big meetings with clubs over the restart tomorrow and Wednesday so that could again slow things down.

Barkley would be a huge upgrade on our midfield like.

I don’t see how it can be this week, it is still with the premier league even if it is ready to be signed off. That won’t happen till Tuesday at the earliest and then the transfer of funds takes 5 working days doesn’t it ?

Is there any reason why this week coming should or will be the week? I haven’t seen anything official or even from a credible source that suggests this week will confirm it.

He has also tweeted if it doesn’t happen this week then it’s time to question if it will happen at all.

The Saudi press/reporters are worse than ours and that’s hard to do.

I would also assume he has numerous articles ready to go if the takeover goes through and won’t want to say to much beforehand as a result.

Seen some comments on twitter linking us with Danny Ings, people’s thoughts on that one ?

Can't understand why he's crying on, his own colleague at The Telegraph has written a high-profile article just the other day, stating the deal is expected to conclude next week The article actually says the checks are complete. And Jason Burt has been spot on all the way. Yeah he has, it’s just a strange interview from him to say no comment in the first thing and then imply checks are still ongoing in the next sentence. He hasn't implied the checks are still ongoing, he has implied that they will deal with the issues around the takeover when it's publicly complete, I.E. they have a statement stating why they accepted it or say they'll change the rules. Have to disagree, he is asked about the human rights issues and he says they will deal with them issues confidentially when they get to them. That doesn’t suggest releasing any sort of statement. That wouldn’t be confidential. What you're suggesting though is that they have not even started the test then. Not saying they haven’t started the test, just they haven’t got to the human rights issues yet, he is asked about piracy first and literally makes no comment on it, then when asked about human rights he says they will deal with the issues confidentially when they get to them. Which could mean when they come up in any given process or that no human rights issues has came up in our case and they could in future cases, or they already have came up and been dealt with (when can also be used in the past tense when referring indirectly to something) or most likely, when the takeover is announced and they are questioned by the press on the matter. But dealing with the press and confidentially don’t belong together which is the confusing part of the answer he gives.

Can't understand why he's crying on, his own colleague at The Telegraph has written a high-profile article just the other day, stating the deal is expected to conclude next week The article actually says the checks are complete. And Jason Burt has been spot on all the way. Yeah he has, it’s just a strange interview from him to say no comment in the first thing and then imply checks are still ongoing in the next sentence. He hasn't implied the checks are still ongoing, he has implied that they will deal with the issues around the takeover when it's publicly complete, I.E. they have a statement stating why they accepted it or say they'll change the rules. Have to disagree, he is asked about the human rights issues and he says they will deal with them issues confidentially when they get to them. That doesn’t suggest releasing any sort of statement. That wouldn’t be confidential. What you're suggesting though is that they have not even started the test then. Not saying they haven’t started the test, just they haven’t got to the human rights issues yet, he is asked about piracy first and literally makes no comment on it, then when asked about human rights he says they will deal with the issues confidentially when they get to them. Human rights has no part in the D&O test so no certainly don't agree with that mind and they have already replied twice ion letters basically stating that. I’m not trying to be negative at all btw, I’m just saying how that interview sounded to me.

It says the checks have been completed and final decision as to wether it passes or fails likely in the coming days.

Can't understand why he's crying on, his own colleague at The Telegraph has written a high-profile article just the other day, stating the deal is expected to conclude next week The article actually says the checks are complete. And Jason Burt has been spot on all the way. Yeah he has, it’s just a strange interview from him to say no comment in the first thing and then imply checks are still ongoing in the next sentence. He hasn't implied the checks are still ongoing, he has implied that they will deal with the issues around the takeover when it's publicly complete, I.E. they have a statement stating why they accepted it or say they'll change the rules. Have to disagree, he is asked about the human rights issues and he says they will deal with them issues confidentially when they get to them. That doesn’t suggest releasing any sort of statement. That wouldn’t be confidential. What you're suggesting though is that they have not even started the test then. Not saying they haven’t started the test, just they haven’t got to the human rights issues yet, he is asked about piracy first and literally makes no comment on it, then when asked about human rights he says they will deal with the issues confidentially when they get to them.

Can't understand why he's crying on, his own colleague at The Telegraph has written a high-profile article just the other day, stating the deal is expected to conclude next week The article actually says the checks are complete. And Jason Burt has been spot on all the way. Yeah he has, it’s just a strange interview from him to say no comment in the first thing and then imply checks are still ongoing in the next sentence. He hasn't implied the checks are still ongoing, he has implied that they will deal with the issues around the takeover when it's publicly complete, I.E. they have a statement stating why they accepted it or say they'll change the rules. Have to disagree, he is asked about the human rights issues and he says they will deal with them issues confidentially when they get to them. That doesn’t suggest releasing any sort of statement. That wouldn’t be confidential.

Not saying the interview was negative as in the takeover won’t go through btw, but his comment does suggest the checks aren’t complete yet.

Can't understand why he's crying on, his own colleague at The Telegraph has written a high-profile article just the other day, stating the deal is expected to conclude next week The article actually says the checks are complete. And Jason Burt has been spot on all the way. Yeah he has, it’s just a strange interview from him to say no comment in the first thing and then imply checks are still ongoing in the next sentence.

Can't understand why he's crying on, his own colleague at The Telegraph has written a high-profile article just the other day, stating the deal is expected to conclude next week The article actually says the checks are complete.

The shock! It was his colleague who wrote the article saying the checks where done as well. Where is this?

The shock! It was his colleague who wrote the article saying the checks where done as well.

It definitely does sound like he means the checks are still ongoing though, wether he meant it that way or not.

I just took it as he meant they will discuss when they are allowed to discuss it in public (after confirmed) and ultimately have to defend the decision to a point. He says they will talk about it on a confidential basis when they get to the issues. That doesn’t sound like discussing it in public.

His interview was yesterday as well.

His last comment is a little concerning, it suggests they haven’t even got round to dealing with the issues yet.