Watch the ****ing imaginary plane full of the imaginary people now crash on landing and the imaginary £340m their carrying in cash blow all over Ponteland
The Piracy lift is massive and the timing is very con-incidental. Almost perfect in fact. The plane thing I’m not so certain about with everyone at a meeting when it’s not required at a certain St James Park. However let me suggest that given the 19 months of hell and if a deal had or was being negotiated. It is plausible that they as a team and together would do it at the same venue.
****ing hell man, I never predict nowt right, see if I manage to guess Hendrick scoring last week and the takeover happens before Chelsea - I'm going to be unbearable
However. The piracy lift causes mr a concern. Let me explain. The piracy can only be lifted by the KSA government. This facilitates the lifting of the issue surrounding the takeover and separation being an issue. And yet we claim that they are legally separated. Hmm. So on one hand the piracy is lifted. And it directly affects the takeover. But we say they are separate?
Can we slow down on the posts lads, I've just realised Schlem Boogerman now has 2655 pages to read to get up to speed
The wanted to link it to the state, so they could the fail it under the piracy complaint. Surely now seperation is irrelevant
If bein sports is allowed back in Saudi, then it benefits both the PL as a product and bein as a broadcaster to allow the takeover.
So it seems that the last 18 months could have all been avoided if somebody sitting in a dark and dingy room, within the bowels of some Saudi broadcasting building, had remembered to press the off switch?
It is. But then it isn’t. Or is it? The separation argument still stands. It’s just the consequences of it that do not. So the PL name the KSA, specifically MBS, as a director. They can’t now use piracy as a reason to block it. But (and I may be wrong here) the head of state MBS is not allowed to be a named director. And proving separation is weakened if we link the Bein ban lift (KSA) to our expected hurrah of the takeover happening as a direct result. Why was the ban lifted (by KSA)? Erm to allow the takeover to go ahead by PIF (not KSA we claim). Ah ok. So one and the same then!
The is the win imo. They've forced the premier league I to a corner and one last line of defence and then pulled the rug out