I think Rafa got wind that the takeover was dead and went back to China a month ago. It was also around that time that that the links to Koulibaly and Coutinho dried up and there was no mention of Pochettino either. Which backs up Bruce saying he's planning for next season and looking at Bosman signings.
Bruciebabes: "I would envisage our budget is not going to be as big as what it was going to be in January before all this (Covid-19) started.” As a reminder, we spent £0 in January an'all. Well, 1 more week of supporting this ****ing abysmal club, then I'm off 'til fatty leaves.
Two and two being put together and coming up with five. The Saudis can simply pay off the contract. Business as usual.
Two and two = five is anyone who somehow sifts through Bruce's comments about austerity, new contracts for Carroll and Ritchie, probable offers for garbage like Rose/Bentaleb, Fun88 "long term" sponsorship and an abyss of information about any takeover yet somehow still believes something is going on!
At what point down proceedings do we stop this though. 2 + 2 in this situation equals 4. The deal with fun88 is a long term deal, with a gambling company. It’s illegal to gamble in SA. I appreciate things have to move on at the club (That’s a big enough hint in itself btw) but at some point we have to draw a line. Add this to the fact that Bein have been banned in SA and the main shirt sponsor is now Fun88 which will be streamed all over the world. PIF surely won’t want anything to do with it?
How many players can we buy in the upcoming transfer window with 6.5m allocation of commercial income.
Yeah but Man City have deals with betting companies. You ain't allowed to bet in the UAE. Boozing would also be frowned upon but available, but they'll have booze companies attached. I don't think there is much relevance to these deals with Fun88 etc. The club have to continue to operate as normal until a deal is done. That means sponsorship etc all still has to be sorted.
