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Are the Premier League really sweating over this? Honest question. I don't know what they are thinking right now about it.

 

You would hope as reported, Ashley wants the Takeover approved, so he get his £300m, and can ride off into the sunset to buy some more shops.

 

The alternative is probably that the lawyers have told him he has a case of restraint of trade, and he will threaten to sue them for the money lost... the £300m.

 

He's unlikely to get that much (if any) money from the PL in the end, as they can't afford it, so they either cave and approve it, or formally reject it so an official appeal can begin.

 

But rather than Mike just sounding off in the media, he's backed it up with some heavy duty legal muscle (and a half decent baker), so he appears to be serious about taking it further, if needed.

 

Thats my take, at least.

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Are the Premier League really sweating over this? Honest question. I don't know what they are thinking right now about it.

 

You would hope as reported, Ashley wants the Takeover approved, so he get his £300m, and can ride off into the sunset to buy some more shops.

 

The alternative is probably that the lawyers have told him he has a case of restraint of trade, and he will threaten to sue them for the money lost... the £300m.

 

He's unlikely to get that much (if any) money from the PL in the end, as they can't afford it, so they either cave and approve it, or formally reject it so an official appeal can begin.

 

But rather than Mike just sounding off in the media, he's backed it up with some heavy duty legal muscle (and a half decent baker), so he appears to be serious about taking it further, if needed.

 

Thats my take, at least.

 

But he hasn't lost £300 million. He still owns the club.  He lost the opportunity to sell an asset that he valued at £300 million for £300 million.

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Are the Premier League really sweating over this? Honest question. I don't know what they are thinking right now about it.

 

You would hope as reported, Ashley wants the Takeover approved, so he get his £300m, and can ride off into the sunset to buy some more shops.

 

The alternative is probably that the lawyers have told him he has a case of restraint of trade, and he will threaten to sue them for the money lost... the £300m.

 

He's unlikely to get that much (if any) money from the PL in the end, as they can't afford it, so they either cave and approve it, or formally reject it so an official appeal can begin.

 

But rather than Mike just sounding off in the media, he's backed it up with some heavy duty legal muscle (and a half decent baker), so he appears to be serious about taking it further, if needed.

 

Thats my take, at least.

 

But he hasn't lost £300 million. He still owns the club.  He lost the opportunity to sell an asset that he valued at £300 million for £300 million.

 

An asset isn't much of an asset if you can't realise it. He's been deprived of the opportunity to cash in to the tune of £300m, unless the FA/BeIN Sports can come up with an alternative buyer who will offer anywhere near that sum, then Ashley will have a pretty good case that he's been prevented from trading.

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Are the Premier League really sweating over this? Honest question. I don't know what they are thinking right now about it.

 

You would hope as reported, Ashley wants the Takeover approved, so he get his £300m, and can ride off into the sunset to buy some more shops.

 

The alternative is probably that the lawyers have told him he has a case of restraint of trade, and he will threaten to sue them for the money lost... the £300m.

 

He's unlikely to get that much (if any) money from the PL in the end, as they can't afford it, so they either cave and approve it, or formally reject it so an official appeal can begin.

 

But rather than Mike just sounding off in the media, he's backed it up with some heavy duty legal muscle (and a half decent baker), so he appears to be serious about taking it further, if needed.

 

Thats my take, at least.

 

But he hasn't lost £300 million. He still owns the club.  He lost the opportunity to sell an asset that he valued at £300 million for £300 million.

 

An asset isn't much of an asset if you can't realise it. He's been deprived of the opportunity to cash in to the tune of £300m, unless the FA/BeIN Sports can come up with an alternative buyer who will offer anywhere near that sum, then Ashley will have a pretty good case that he's been prevented from trading.

 

Agreed.  But the measure of his damages wouldn't be £300 million. It would be the difference (if any) between £300 million and the actual fair market value of the club (however that is determined) minus however much of the £17 million deposit Ashley kept.

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Are the Premier League really sweating over this? Honest question. I don't know what they are thinking right now about it.

 

You would hope as reported, Ashley wants the Takeover approved, so he get his £300m, and can ride off into the sunset to buy some more shops.

 

The alternative is probably that the lawyers have told him he has a case of restraint of trade, and he will threaten to sue them for the money lost... the £300m.

 

He's unlikely to get that much (if any) money from the PL in the end, as they can't afford it, so they either cave and approve it, or formally reject it so an official appeal can begin.

 

But rather than Mike just sounding off in the media, he's backed it up with some heavy duty legal muscle (and a half decent baker), so he appears to be serious about taking it further, if needed.

 

Thats my take, at least.

 

But he hasn't lost £300 million. He still owns the club.  He lost the opportunity to sell an asset that he valued at £300 million for £300 million.

 

An asset isn't much of an asset if you can't realise it. He's been deprived of the opportunity to cash in to the tune of £300m, unless the FA/BeIN Sports can come up with an alternative buyer who will offer anywhere near that sum, then Ashley will have a pretty good case that he's been prevented from trading.

 

Agreed.  But the measure of his damages wouldn't be £300 million. It would be the difference (if any) between £300 million and the actual fair market value of the club (however that is determined) minus however much of the £17 million deposit Ashley kept.

 

Yes, but the only concrete figure we have to go off is the £300 million, and that is what the lawyers will argue was blocked without good reason by the FA. That IS the fair market value since that is what he achieved at the point of sale.

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Really hope it happens in the next few days for obvious reasons, but also to fuck off Penwards and his shitty attitude to the fans for getting excited about that QC tweet. Be great if for the rest of his life people stott loafs of Hovis off melon fucking head like he's some oversized hungry plucked pigeon.

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Money Mike Ashley is a Mackem.

 

When mackems pretend to be Geordies or Geordie sympathisers they last about the same time as they do inside their sisters before spunking their load and revealing their true identity.

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Be great if for the rest of his life people stott loafs of Hovis off melon fucking head like he's some oversized hungry plucked pigeon.

 

[emoji38] that is one top quality low level curse right there

 

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