Ankles Bennett

Its to be expected so transfer fees dont get too inflated as clubs try to take advantage. If we focuuss on players out of or near the end of contract we can afford to pay mega wages to attract players !!

Clutching at straws i know but hopeful the delay in binning Bruce is because we are negotiating to buy out Rafas contract at Everton!

I seem to recall Rafa did want rid of Carr because he wanted to have control over the players we signed !!!

We need to be looking at players who can keep us in the EPL and Ivan Tony can do that job. IMO its going to be a couple of years before we sign CL standard players but Tony just might be that standard in a good side!

Weren't thetr rumours we were sftet Immobile!

FFS why waste time cherry picking random players! Just buy Man City's first team squad!!!

It won't be a surprise if the teams that were against this takeover refuse to sell players to us!

Lets really p*ss them off and offer Salah mega bucks to join us lol! !!

Bet he is regretting encouraging his son Bobby to leave NUFC to sign for Liverppol now!!!

Not if our 4 year transfer budget is only £100m. I supposr we could get Mbappe by offering him mega wages and a signing on fee as he is out of contract next summer

Could put in cheeky bids for Ayoze and Rondon in Jan.

Watching the Heathrow Airport programme on tv and the guy points out a Saudi Airlines "Dreamliner"..an omen for sure!!!

Nothing on Sky Sports news about this !!

Not necessarily. If we lose arbitration we wont know how or why we lose. If we win the jurisdiction challenge the CAT case will go ahead regardless of the outcome of arbitration, and will be in public and as such may disclose how and why we lost arbitration in order to establish whether the PL's reasons for blocking the move were anti- competitive! It may be that the CAT hold some of the hearing in private regarding the arbitration findings being confidential, but if the CAT subsequentely find in our favour that the EPL acted uncompetitively the EPL may then have to reverse their decision to block the takeover!

Ever heard of skeleton arguments?

I agree they will have already made their decosion beforhand. i went the COA once to follow a case i had been involved with. It started about 10 am and adjourned for lunch at 12.30pm Our Counsel talked for a further hour on returning. The tribunal of judges went out for 30 mins at 2.30pm and came back and gave their decision verbally but it took the lead judge 2 hours to read out their decision. You can't tell me they drafted that decision over 30 mins. They had clearly made their decision before the oral hearing and nothing that was said by either side changed that decision. They simply gave the appellant his day in court!

Refusing to grant more time will probably be the basis of the EPL's grounds of appeal if they lose the jurisdiction case!

Probably hoping the tribunal will cut him short which, if the decision goes against the PL, will probably give the PL adequate grounds to appeal on the basis they werent allowed to fully argue their case ,and so they will kick the can down the road!!!

If we lose the takeover the club should resign from the EPL citing the failure to allow any challenges to the top 6 clubs. Join the SPL instead!

If you recall the Arbitration tribunal prefer it if the parties reach a compromise rather than Arbitration deciding the issue before them, so adjourning until early 2022 may have been to allow time for the cpnsortium and tje EPL to reach an amicable compromise such as restructuring the purchasing vehicle to prove separation from the Saudi state!

This refusal to back Bruce in the transfer window is reminiscent of Ashes refusal to back Rafa when his contract entered the final year.

Am i the only one who thinks we have wasted £25m on Willock!!!!

Its quite plain that the EPL are just going to continue kicking the can in order to avoid the courts actually making a decision. However there is a presumption in law that a failure to comply with a direction is an indication that the party has something to hide that is not supportive of their case which would allow the court to draw an adverse inference. Evetually a judge will lose patience with the EPL and Bird and Bird and will refuse any further delays and will issue directions requiring the EPL to produce evidence to support their argument. Failure to do so will lead the Judge to draw an adverse inference. Thats when the Judge will find in our favour. I hope!!!

Willock will go to Palace. Why wouldnt he? The manager is Viera who was Arsenal through and through plus a world cup winning midfielder to boot. Imagine comparing being coached by Bruce or Viera. There is no comparison!

The thing is it was ASM who made most of Willocks goals. Take ASM out of the side and I fear Willock wont be half as effective as last season!