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That was recorded before this broke

Nope pretty much done with football full stop.

Well if that's the case then the sources indicating it's either been signed off or no 'red flags' are talking absolute s*** then. There is some respected reporters in that company also mind, who do you believe is the question? I only trust George Caulkin 100% in this and if he says 'no red flags', well then I believe him. He's been saying all along that it's still with the PL. We don’t know if this is classed as new information since Caulkin seemed to indicate it was close last week. I may have read it wrong (probably have) but did Hopes article not say they've had this information since May 11th I think so, I’m unsure if what the premier league has and the one to be submitted in June is the same thing It will be I would think. You can't keep accepting stuff to digest without a 'cut off' date otherwise it could be going on for months if not even years otherwise. That is promising then, as I’ve said Caulkin as of Friday said no red flags.

Maybe a stupid question, but is the document the premier league received on the 11th may the same one due to be published in mid June ? If so this would surely be an irrelevant story if we are believing Caulkin and Jason Burt.

Well if that's the case then the sources indicating it's either been signed off or no 'red flags' are talking absolute s*** then. There is some respected reporters in that company also mind, who do you believe is the question? I only trust George Caulkin 100% in this and if he says 'no red flags', well then I believe him. He's been saying all along that it's still with the PL. We don’t know if this is classed as new information since Caulkin seemed to indicate it was close last week. I may have read it wrong (probably have) but did Hopes article not say they've had this information since May 11th I think so, I’m unsure if what the premier league has and the one to be submitted in June is the same thing

Well if that's the case then the sources indicating it's either been signed off or no 'red flags' are talking absolute s*** then. There is some respected reporters in that company also mind, who do you believe is the question? I only trust George Caulkin 100% in this and if he says 'no red flags', well then I believe him. He's been saying all along that it's still with the PL. We don’t know if this is classed as new information since Caulkin seemed to indicate it was close last week.

Same, I’m almost out and if we haven’t heard by Monday will be completely out. Would you be back in if it was Tuesday? Tuesday is new evidence day so no.

Same, I’m almost out and if we haven’t heard by Monday will be completely out.

It’s already closed down isn’t it ?

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. And John Richardson (respected reporter), Neil Custis and a few others and that's what I'm clinging my hope to. However if it has been 'signed off' then it does not take two weeks after that to finalise that's for sure. Nope, I agree, I think a week maximum otherwise there are issues.

“It’s a process, it takes as long as it takes”

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.