bowlingcrofty

PIF should just buy a shit load of clubs and create their own European super league

Looks good but I can’t unsee the fact it looks like it has a big “A” in the middle.

This isn't based on nowt. There's legal precedent. Don't be so dismissive... https://gulfbusiness.com/asian-football-body-afc-cancels-bein-sports-broadcast-rights-saudi/

I think the general thought is that KSA have found a legal loophole/excuse to terminate beIN in their territory, which they believe would render their contract in the MENA region invalid and allow them to negotiate a new deal.

A red flag to me is something that would be terminal to the takeover. There can be a huge amount of obstacles but none of them mean that the takeover won’t happen. I’m fairly sure that’s what GC has meant when he’s said ‘no red flags’ - basically they’ve never been told it won’t happen, only that they need to do xyz if they wanna go ahead with it.

Looks done and dusted.

Not sure he’s earned a new deal. Not even good enough to make Garth Crooks’ team of the week this week.

https://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/LXJ650 Private Jet from California landing in Newcastle in 6 hours. Guess where Henry Mauriss is based...

Tbh I'd completely forgotten he existed like

Pretty sure they've already said they're handing the majority over to local causes such as the food bank and the NUFoundation

I'm sure that tweet is mentioning two separate things. It should be worded along the lines of: "The PL’s broadcast partner, beIN Sport, has submitted a QC’s opinion to league chiefs which states that the Saudi takeover of Newcastle United should fail the owners’ and directors’ test; in the meantime it emerged there could be another potential new owner waiting in the wings". I don't think that the QC is lobbying for the PL to reject the takeover BECAUSE there's a potential new owner.

How the fuck does a dentist know so much.... Wondered that myself There's only so much gossip you can get from your client if you're a dentist, like Tbf to the bloke, he is well connected over there and I believe has actually spoken at FIFA conferences around health and dentistry, as much as that sounds ridiculous

He must have deleted it as can't see it on his twitter. Pretty sure he was responding to the person/article that said it was 50/50. Can't find it but it was tweeted out the other day.

https://twitter.com/Iandennisbbc/status/1272822997867532289?s=20

He's the only one who has repeatedly and consistently been on the side of us, as fans. Never tried to bullshit, never wrote clickbait crap, just reported what he's been told honestly. He has a directly line to the buyers and is reporting what they're telling him. He's pretty much the only journo above criticism. He's admitted himself, he shouldn't have said as much as he did because it's given people false hope when they read into his every single word - and he therefore has stopped. Every time he has said it's close, it has has been slowed down by the PL for some reason. His info is always bang on.

Will be one of the first Ashleyisms to be peddled under a proper manager.

He's always said that they thought one was imminent but there was no timeframe, ergo there's no delay. You can't have a delay if you don't actually have a concrete date for something to be finished. That has always been his stance.

It's almost like it's a massively complex and detailed legal process involving multiple parties occuring during a totally unprecedented international health crisis. In that case why was it supposedly done and ready to announce this week then? I bet it's still going on in 2 weeks time which will show it was never close to been done this week Because things can change in a massively complex and detailed legal process involving multiple parties occurring during a totally unprecedented international health crisis?

Who uses the term "ass hats"? Anyway, what point have you been trying to make which people are slagging you off for? Not sure he's saying he has been slagged off mind. I kind of agree, there's been a few on here mention something they've heard, been slated and basically branded as Odin mkII I don't get it, if someone says something, take it with a pinch of salt, even if they're right, it means nowt until it's announced officially anyway. That's because almost every single one of these pieces of "info" are absolute bollocks and people are tired of it, tetchy, and bored of being fed lies from every single direction. You can't expect people not to get annoyed when another piece of ITK crap appears and turns out to be, yet again, a load of old horseshit.

An annual pre season away game in the south of France would be lovely.

Not sure delayed CRB checks would cause Caulkin/his source within Staveley's team to start talking about an "incredibly complex", "vastly complicated" issue that "wasn't anticipated". Wood for the trees, lads. Pretty sure Caulkin meant the whole process is "incredibly complex" and "vastly complicated" - not just that piece (if it is even a thing, I'm still not 100% sure what he meant by it).

He’s not saying there *is* an issue. Just presenting a few different options for what could be causing a delay. I think people are not reading that tweet with the context of what he was replying to.

What ”things” are going to be going slower? The Premier League and the rest of the footballing world are a wee bit distracted by the absolute clusterfuck of how they sort this season out. I can't say I'm surprised that things are a little slower than normal in the processing departments like.

It also few to Cannes at the weekend ?