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I don't think you have to in closed shops

This week feels different

I reckon they could, but it's pretty clear they don't want anything like a controlling share (and who could blame them tbh)

Maybe they just have the best visions when bankrolled by the richest people on planet earth though

The Russians are good at that sort of thing apparently, only ever use it to make impressionable folk vote for stuff though

Mojo's bang on that they could clear this up themselves fairly simply like, although I suspect the PL are just too scared to say that Saudi Arabia walked away because they weren't going to pass the test, despite that being the most likely scenario

PL are getting absolutely hammered on twitter like

Mauriss isn’t interested nor Hans the funds. He’s got links to Qatar and has allowed his name to be linked with us so Qatar can object to the deal and say that we have an alternative. That's a shame, i like the sound of Hans the Funds. Good Welsh name for a rich lad.

I’ve posted this previously but it will give you a pretty big clue. https://offthepitch.com/a/manchester-united-and-liverpool-given-special-access-vet-chief-executive-candidates Why did the previous two resign ? They knew this takeover was coming up and couldn't face it

appears to be a fair enough analogy like

Only applies to public institutions, or private ones carrying out public duties i thought? Premier League is not a public sector institution

Has the sports minister stopped following us on twitter??

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League wouldn't be involved in the formal purchase procedure I guess. They need to give it their approval for Newcastle to play in the Premier League but there would be nowt stopping anybody from buying the club from Ashley anyway if for whatever reason they didn't give a shit about Premier League approval. I can't think of many scenarios where that would be the case, of course, but my guess is that nobody involved in the sale would have had to formally notify the Premier League that it was all off, other than out of courtesy so they could stop doing their tests.

I reckon Staveley 10% Reubens 10% PIF 74% REDBIRD CAPITAL 6%

I didn't even have any #cans in tbh

I'm not holding out any false hope, but for me what happened yesterday was very much option 1 and a strongly worded statement. It is the nuclear option, of course, and will conclude the process one way or another (and quite possibly already has).

Woke up to Boris sat at the end of his bed in the half light, smoking a tab and telling him to stop making the UK look weak

Disappointed but not entirely surprised that the national press don't seem to feel the PL have some explaining to do

Well put precisely this

Wew, what a fucking mess

I WANT TO BELIEVE

So, IF the above is true then Ashley must be raging at the PL for costing him £300m no? I can't believe that Ashley would sink a £300m sale by pissing about at the eleventh hour, like. Something in this for me, I reckon he'll be fucking furious how it's worked out.

Fucking hell, caulkin's reputation hasn't been dead six hours and somebody has stepped up?