Whitley mag Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 4 minutes ago, Elephant said: Didn’t NDM start last September? Yeah, after political pressure didn’t get the desired outcome Ashley went down the legal route In September. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candi_Hills Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 (edited) I wish someone would take a leak in Richard Masters' coffee. Edited April 16, 2021 by Candi_Hills Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 There is no new news here- just a rehash of something said nearly a year ago. Nothing has changed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, duo said: There is no new news here- just a rehash of something said nearly a year ago. Nothing has changed. Plenty has changed. We are talking about it all again. Much better than the Bruce thread filling our time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 It's further insight into what happened in September. It isn't what's happening now of course, that's private and we won't hear about that for a while. But it's interesting to see the extent the government did get involved despite claiming no involvement, from both the PM and the PL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty66 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Many of us said at the time that the government would want this deal to go through. The amount of investment would be too good to turn down. I think even now there is a high chance of slight pressure from number 10 to get this done one way or another. The benifits for Boris far far outweigh the negatives. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Scotty66 said: Many of us said at the time that the government would want this deal to go through. The amount of investment would be too good to turn down. I think even now there is a high chance of slight pressure from number 10 to get this done one way or another. The benifits for Boris far far outweigh the negatives. Totally agree, the UK have been in bed with the Saudis for a long time now so it should never have been an issue really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Anyone think the big 6 could 'nod approvingly' at the takeover as long as the new owners support project big picture? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, Lazarus said: Anyone think the big 6 could 'nod approvingly' at the takeover as long as the new owners support project big picture? The big 6 aren’t the issue and people overestimate the impact of any resistance they put up to the takeover. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Fantail Breeze said: The big 6 aren’t the issue and people overestimate the impact of any resistance they put up to the takeover. The Premier League are fighting the seperation because they want the opportunity to knock it back by having the Saudi state being responsible for piracy. They can't do that if PIF are deemed seperate from the state. My hopes are that the WTO report stated they were a seperate body and now the Oliver Dowden the minister of sport has been documented as saying this also. Let's just hope the legal team can push it through (by all accounts both are the within the top QCs in their field - if not top). Hopefully we are on the final straight either way. Edited April 16, 2021 by et tu brute Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloydianMag Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 10 minutes ago, et tu brute said: The Premier League are fighting the seperation because they want the opportunity to knock it back by having the Saudi state being responsible for piracy. They can't do that if PIF are deemed seperate from the state. My hopes are that the WTO report stated they were a seperate body and now the Oliver Dowden the minister of sport has been documented as saying this also. Let's just hope the legal team can push it through (by all accounts both are the within the top QCs in their field - if not top). Hopefully we are on the final straight either way. Although this is only legal opinion the Football Law report also indicated that PIF were a separate entity. So a number of sources are saying it’s a separate entity apart from the EPL. https://www.footballlaw.co.uk/articles/newcastle-united-fc-takeover-and-the-premier-leagues-owners-and-directors-test Scroll to the last paragraph for the summation of the lawyers opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, FloydianMag said: Although this is only legal opinion the Football Law report also indicated that PIF were a separate entity. So a number of sources are saying it’s a separate entity apart from the EPL. https://www.footballlaw.co.uk/articles/newcastle-united-fc-takeover-and-the-premier-leagues-owners-and-directors-test Scroll to the last paragraph for the summation of the lawyers opinion. Yeah I forgot about football law - good point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hhtoon Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Scotty66 said: Many of us said at the time that the government would want this deal to go through. The amount of investment would be too good to turn down. I think even now there is a high chance of slight pressure from number 10 to get this done one way or another. The benifits for Boris far far outweigh the negatives. BJ would get my next vote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Seems to have gone quiet on Bein front lately, can’t help but feel the Saudi’s are holding off reinstating pending takeover outcome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jackie Broon Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 (edited) Maybe I've just missed it but I'm surprised there hasn't been more made of the fact that MbS's yacht is currently anchored off Cornwall and Ashley helicopter has been busily flying between Land's End, the Isles of Scilly and somewhere in the sea between them for the past few days. Edited April 17, 2021 by Jackie Broon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 34 minutes ago, Jackie Broon said: Maybe I've just missed it but I'm surprised there hasn't been more made of the fact that MbS's yacht is currently anchored off Cornwall and Ashley helicopter has been busily flying between Land's End, the Isles of Scilly and somewhere in the sea between them for the past few days. Is the G8 summit not due to be held down that way shortly ? It was mentioned on Wraiths podcast last night, but dismissed as being linked to this. Interesting about Ashley’s helicopter though that wasn’t mentioned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Broon Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-maol https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-maol#276ba2c5 Seems a bit of a coincidence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Jackie Broon said: Maybe I've just missed it but I'm surprised there hasn't been more made of the fact that MbS's yacht is currently anchored off Cornwall and Ashley helicopter has been busily flying between Land's End, the Isles of Scilly and somewhere in the sea between them for the past few days. Tracking flights is so 2020. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Sheff Utd chairman has resigned, not sure if that's connected Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 16 minutes ago, Ben said: Sheff Utd chairman has resigned, not sure if that's connected That is pretty interesting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 8 minutes ago, LV said: That is pretty interesting. Eh? How so? Is PIF connected to Sheff Utd? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Broon Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 45 minutes ago, Fantail Breeze said: Tracking flights is so 2020. Clearly. December 2020 Ashley's plane flies over Saudi Arabia at 40,000 feet: NO and NUFC twitter collectively lose their shit. April 2021 Ashley's helicopter actually lands on MbS's yacht: meh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Eh it’s somehow connected to the Saudi royal family and there was some talk last year of it being a problem to our takeover that they also had connections to sheff utd I don’t know the ins and outs of it for sure and it may well be a red herring. just thought it was interesting and *may* be related Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Broon Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 The timing is interesting together with the other stuff this week, but he was only the chairman, Sheffield United is still owned by a Saudi prince so if that were an issue it still would be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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