Broadsword

You are incorrect on this, the total fee inc and probable extras gets split over the contract term. Adding a loan period upfront would delay the start of the contract term however.

Saka is a waste of space.

Any Botman transfer news like?

Those double advertising boards are horrendous mind. Hope that’s not the norm now on.

All this zapata talk is funny, there’s no substance to it at all. Won’t happen.

Gum air esh?

The amount of drivel being posted in this thread man.

Just wow. No wonder we have a reputation for being fickle.

So much focus on the spurs game now, I think it will stay for that game and then go. One last leech of free adverts for him. He will of insisted seems as though all the cameras will be there.

Page 69 of thread two where it got called of I think. Its been a long time, felt numb for a week after that. Still cant quite believe its coming to an end.

Ah is that old news? I did check the relevant threads and could t see anything. The Swiss ramble have a big Twitter thread about them.

Accounts have been released on companies house now.

I think it’s simply that you get an extra three months to file the accounts if you make a change to the year end. The due date will update shortly I would imagine.

Whats everyones starting line ups? Walker Macquire Stones Shaw Bellingham Rice Mount Sancho Foden Kane For me, don't think he will go with that though.

How can MBS be charged with lopping someone's head off. Its the law of the land so its a judicial killing, the same as the USA who executed that woman in the gas chamber the other day, that's also a judicial killing. Should Trump be charged with murder, because he was the one that said executions in the USA should be resumed. So it’s a matter of fact that he is directly responsible for giving the order for that then? Or is it just the premier league that are going to make the determination that he is?

Are we really saying MBS won’t have the ability to make any decision he wants to should he feel the need? Also, was he legally charged with head lopping and piracy? Edit to say, exactly that Tiresias. That’s why he should rightly be in the owners test.

But if he takes the test and passes the problem goes away. The independence thing then won’t matter. Why won’t he do that? Why is no one asking that question? Why would he fail?

It’s not an exam, it’s a few boxes on a form. It would take an hour at best to do. The refusal to do so is the weird part. If he were to buy it personally would he also refuse to take the test?

More evidence for De Marco and co to show our takeover was subjected to far stricter scrutiny than any previous. I would have thought the government would have pushed for them to accept the bid. Premier league went to them.... I think they would, but the point is why did they feel they had to go to them. It’s meant to be a confidential process and if scrutiny of our takeover has been shown to be different to others, it all plays into the narrative that we have been treat differently. I expect to tell them that they are going to reject the bid and wanted to explain why (Piracy) or get more info on the buyers. Also we probably have been treated differently but I can't think of any club being bought while at the same time running an illegal sports stations that steals games. I'm still confused by this. Is it PIF that are illegally streaming games? Is this still going on? https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/6/16/explainer-the-piracy-case-against-saudis-beoutq-channel Think we all know if the Saudis wanted to shut it down they could. Probably could have but its still got nothing to do with PIF. Separate legal entity which is what do marco is trying to prove. I suppose its a bit like having a limited company over here. I am the sole director and shareholder of my company, i earn its money, i spend it, i have complete control over the business, its direction and its finances. But legally, its separate to me. That's where a problem arises though surely. As the owners and directors test has to find the parties who are have control over said company. With PIF describing themselves as the sovereign wealth fund of the state then the state surely has control over PIF. So it doesn't really matter if it's a separate legal entity in itself in that respect. Exactly this. The Saudi state could turn round after the takeover and dissolve PIF and take over control of all the enterprises PIF entered into including control of NUFC! Lol. Righto. And you REALLY don’t think in that instance that the PL might have something to say, and invoke the yearly O&D Test again to throw the club out of the league? So Isn’t that why they are wanting to test the people who have the power to do that before the takeover happens, I.e MBS. The real question is why won’t he take the test?

Shit this is grim.

This is bullshit like, if things are progressing why send a letter like this? Suggests nothing is progressing to me.

It’s not that they’ve got something to hide, they just can’t ask their head of state with a divine right to submit himself to a private organisations governance and checking processes. Imagine the uproar for example in this country if a private organisation in Italy asked to vet the integrity of the Queen. Of course they can. Would would they not? Why would the queen not do the same if she wanted to buy a club too? It’s bullshit. This guy hires and fires the directors of the PIF. He will be the owner and he needs to be tested. It is really simple and I find it quite unbelievable they thought they would get away with not doing this.

Nothing wrong with the structure of this deal but for some reason PIF are unwilling to agree that MBS is the ultimate controlling party. Which is bonkers when he obviously is. They are hiding something, whether that something is piracy or barbaric tendencies who knows.

Would or wouldn't?

If MBS wanted us sold we would be sold. Very good point. What % of NUFC does Justin own? What % would MBS own? Well he’s chairman of the company who were aiming to buy us, no? A chairman isn’t an owner. So MBS would own 0% of NUFC, PIF would own 80% of NUFC. Being a chairman doesn’t necessarily indicate full control, it’s a strategic role at board level. PIFs comment is that the PIF board wouldn’t have any control over day-to-day NUFC matters, which makes sense because they’re an investment vehicle and not intending to be in control. Barnes isn’t a listed owner or director of NUFC but has control over the decision making in the club - something the PL ‘fears’ MBS would. Yet why is Barnes allowed to have any say in the club without these thorough checks which are apparently routinely applied and re-applied every season? This is also ignoring the ridiculous conclusion the PL have drawn that it is acceptable to take 3 months to decide ‘who is who’ and then offer a potential 18-month process as a resolution. They’re not concerned mbs will have influence. They want to bring him in as a reason to fail the test. If that wasn’t the case the consortium would simply agree. As I keep telling you, this is about piracy, not control. Very good point. What % of NUFC does Justin own? What % would MBS own? Well he’s chairman of the company who were aiming to buy us, no? A chairman isn’t an owner. So MBS would own 0% of NUFC, PIF would own 80% of NUFC. Being a chairman doesn’t necessarily indicate full control, it’s a strategic role at board level. PIFs comment is that the PIF board wouldn’t have any control over day-to-day NUFC matters, which makes sense because they’re an investment vehicle and not intending to be in control. Barnes isn’t a listed owner or director of NUFC but has control over the decision making in the club - something the PL ‘fears’ MBS would. Yet why is Barnes allowed to have any say in the club without these thorough checks which are apparently routinely applied and re-applied every season? This is also ignoring the ridiculous conclusion the PL have drawn that it is acceptable to take 3 months to decide ‘who is who’ and then offer a potential 18-month process as a resolution. They’re not concerned mbs will have influence. They want to bring him in as a reason to fail the test. If that wasn’t the case the consortium would simply agree. As I keep telling you, this is about piracy, not control. What makes you think they have grounds to fail it because of the piracy? There is a scenario where the PL are just doing their job correctly and identifying the ultimate controlling party and undergoing the tests on them. Thats what the test is for.