Suggests to me that something is close.
If the Allams were staying they wouldn't let it descend with Brucie this far, and they'd surely want to give us a chance of staying up.
Through so much of the Allam tenure, Bruce has been the personification of diplomacy. He's been skillful in the way he's appeased the owners and kept most of the fans onside, he's never resorted to calling one of the owners out by name for making something difficult for him. Until now.
"Ask Ehab" - it's a frustrated response. Yes, he wants to crack on and have a go, but the point is that for the first time the owners are preventing that, not updating him on anything, and therefore the relationship has changed dramatically. He deserves better, but this is why I feel a deal must be close - you wouldn't let it sink so far if you were staying.