Jackie Broon

To be fair, a club can't go after a now first choice England international in his prime off the back of a great showing in a major tournament and not expect to pay a massive premium for that. It's the kind of signing where it's got to be a bit of an open chequebook and being prepared to get rinsed a bit if the club is serious about it. If we're looking for good value for money, this was never where that was.

There clearly isn't the desire to even have a vote on it let alone enough clubs that would vote for it to be public.

Because they generally won't want to have their disputes in public. As said above, it's entirely within the power of the 20 clubs to have a vote to make the arbitration process public. We lobbied for that during the takeover arbitration and clearly didn't get support from the other clubs.

Man City and the PL jointly appealed to the Court of Appeal against the High Court decision to publish the judgment of Man City's High Court appeal over them being required to disclose documents by the PL. It's probably generally in clubs' interests to keep disputes private.

Maybe.

The PL will be just as in the dark about the arbitration panel's judgement until it is made.

It's just not the way judicial processes work. It might be that he's heard from City's side that they are confident but I very much doubt he's heard anything from the arbitration panel.

It's one thing knowing that, which a lot of people on both sides and working where the hearing was being held would know, and quite another knowing the intentions of three judges.

I doubt they would know anything about the outcome until the arbitration judgment is made.

It likely just means that there hasn't been a decision yet, the PL often publishes new versions of the handbook, it's not fixed for the full year.

To be pedantic it's actually Historic England. Technically they wouldn't even be a stautory consultee on development affecting the park, they are only a stautory consulted on Grade 1 and 2* Listed Buildings. It's possible they would get involved and request it is called-in by the Secretary of State but I wouldn't say it's a definite.

Aye, and they're not a proper 'united' club formed from clubs joining.

Around £20m a season IIRC.

Aye, get Mad Dog out on the lash with Yasir and get them all 8 year contracts.

I think it would be but some people feel like that about their country, hopefully Eddie isn't one of them.

I think the only was Eddie takes the job is if he feels a sense of duty to accept, which I think there is a chance that he would. Although I think he'd hate not being involved with the players every day I think he is exactly what England needs, tactically at least.

You lost £120m in your last published accounts and had a wage to turnover ratio near to 100%. The "clever selling stuff" is just putting the consequences off for a season or two, gambling on you continuing to get into the ECL.

Although, on paper, UEFA's rules restrict associated party transactions to FMV they seem to have a far more lenient approach to that. In the recent guardian article about Man City's case against the PL it indicated that they have no issue with how the UEFA rules operate.

Bacon?

Realism isn't negativity, I've said I'm very grateful for what she has done, I just doubt she did it out of love for the club.

No one is saying she didn't give a toss, but it's naive to think that a ruthless businesswoman, with no qualms about working with despotic regimes and some other very unsavory people, did that out of love.

I don't think any of them are truly genuine tbh, I'm very grateful to her for getting rid of Ashley but all this she fell in love with the club stuff is naive, she was attracted to an asset that she saw was massively undervalued and had more potential to grow than other assets. She is a ruthless businesswomen with very right-wing views, judging by people she is aligned with, who is willing to work with human rights abusing regimes if there is money in it for her.

I think he has actually been doing that more than Staveley has since he was appointed, and he comes across as being engaging and down to earth when he has.

I just find it a bit strange that there has been nothing from them or the club on this yet, maybe it leaking has caught them unprepared, but you would have thought they would come out with a statement of some sort.

It could also be a personal, health and/or financial decision by them.