Chris_R

Who or what is PR? What is this? I've missed this one. Just the Public Relations dept I'm guessing, maybe to do a press briefing of some sort. Either that or Paul Robinson is coming out of retirement as cover for Dubravka. Ah, Public Relations - Makes sense. I was completely overthinking that one.

Who or what is PR? What is this? I've missed this one.

Please do not change the title until there's official confirmation.

So still a chance it's not. Refuse to pull the ring Same. It's not over until the fat owner swings.

Don't be so fucking thin skinned. You're posting something you've heard. So have hundreds of other people. Every other person has been just as convinced, every other person has been wrong. Everybody has every right to be sceptical. Chill the fuck out, sit back and if you're right, enjoy the warm glow and smugness. If you're wrong, get pelters like everyone else has. Until then, don't be surprised that nobody has any reason to believe you because you're number 37421 to come up with a story that they've heard something from someone in the club. We all want you to be correct, but come one, we're entitled to say "Haha, yeah OK, whatever". Also, loving the "Why question me?" as if you're somehow beyond that. Give over. Why NOT question you? You have no reputation on here for previous info, you have come out of nowhere, stated something massive, and then got the hump when people have not immediately fallen over themselves to believe you. I hope you're right, we all do. We're all on your side here, but have a word with yourself mate. People are absolutely justified in poking a bit of fun at the millionth "A player has told me" rumour.

Divide the country in 3 based on latitude. Dividing line between the North and the Midlands runs between York (North) and Leeds (Midlands) Manchester is closer to Wales than the North.

So fucking touchy. There's been millions of rumours like this over the past month. Maybe yours is accurate, maybe not. Time will tell, but there's no way you can blame anyone for a healthy dose of scepticism.

I think one of my main reasons for wanting this to happen is I doubt I could stand the glee from other fans if it fell through.

Nah, don't give him the oxygen of publicity. Just ignore him. Definitely don't post on his Twitter. Don't even click on it, he gets income from all of that. Just forget he exists.

So they HAVE had unofficial, informal word. Otherwise he wouldn't have been so specific.

Oh fuck, just realised I've got a work video call tomorrow at 13:30.... If this gets announced in the morning, I'll be steaming by then.

I don't get twitter. What exactly is he referring to here? He said was still with Premier league yesterday and now is insulating it may not now be. And here he only references money being left to transfer So in theory that'll be Friday or Monday but Saudi banks or closed on Fridays and it's a Bank Holiday here Monday so Tuesday Wednesday next week. Can they not just pay the extra £10 and get it done same day? They could literally fly the cash over and it would be quicker. Don't think you can send 300 million through the faster payments network. No, but you can send it through something like XRP, which is basically free and instant and used by about 200 banks. The world really needs to embrace this kind of thing and consign Swift etc to the dustbin of history.

It seems like something has changed, but something has changed before and normally that just prompts another batch of 'evidence' from BeIN or another letter from Amnesty. Hopefully they've run out now.

I'm as hard as 8 cans of lager.

I'll go with the latter I think. How can he possibly stress the confidentiality around it and then state his direct involvement with the specifics of piracy regarding the bid. If all that was real, you better believe this person is getting a smacked arse right now. "I've done everything to hide my identity" *Uses real name for his Twitter account* Why are you sure that's his real name? He might just be a big fan of Gavin Peacock and Michael Chopra.

Yeah, but the important question is how much are you willing to give to the food bank if you're wrong?

I bumped into Alex Mathie once in Whickham, he was as pissed as I have ever seen a person. Did he mention the takeover? Is it done yet? Did he wink to suggest it's all good or did he nod to indicate a 'yes'? People need to know, it's just too much, surely he could have let on..... oh my God it must be off...... right I'm going to insult and fall out with loads of people I've never met on-line It was about 1994............ so no So around the same time this takeover started, then?

If they do say no I suspect the premier league facebook page is going to get bombarded I've no idea how they'll cope with that. I'm sure that'll bring the whole organisation of the PL to its knees.

..... because it's already been kicked out by the PL.

<b>Owners</b> and Directors test :-) Yeah, I get that. But which part of the actual text prevents anyone owning a club? It's all about being a director. The word "Owner" only features in the chapter heading, all of the reasons for disqualification specifically refer to directors. To go further, there is ONE bit about ownership, section F23: No Person may acquire any Holding in a Club if, pursuant to the law of the United Kingdom or the European Union: F.23.1. he is prohibited from entering the United Kingdom; or F.23.2. no funds or economic resources may be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for his benefit

<b>Owners</b> and Directors test :-) Yeah, I get that. But which part of the actual text prevents anyone owning a club? It's all about being a director. The word "Owner" only features in the chapter heading, all of the reasons for disqualification specifically refer to directors.

Just a quick question.... It's called "The owners' and directors' test" but in the actual text, there's only information regarding people being appointed as directors. Why can't the Saudis own 80% of the club and just not appoint a director? I mean right now, Charnley is our only director, is he not? Surely this new consortium just need to find one person who isn't disqualifiable? Or am I missing something glaringly obvious? Section F, here, it's only a few pages: https://resources.premierleague.com/premierleague/document/2020/05/11/9de08b33-1f94-4ac7-9868-8bb157807062/2019-20-PL-Handbook-070520.pdf In other words, can they only say "no" to a particular director, rather than "no" to the actual takeover?

I would think that the Saudi state and MBS deal with negative attention on a regular basis, they won’t get sick, maybe more determined. It's not them that have to get sick of the negative attention though, it's the PL.

I think it's time for you to log off for a bit dude. He's probably right though.

Because we're fucking desperate.