Or that they view them as confidential…
For them to be ‘legally binding’ wouldn’t Bonesaw have to relinquish his chair of the PIF at the very least ?
I just dont see how you can have “legal assurances” of no involvement while the head of the state is the Chairman.
Does he put his crown down when in PIF board meetings?
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Imagine being the richest club in the world and Eddie Howe is favourite to be your manager.
Holy fuck
Name every manager out there.
Amazing.
How much is on Kenny? Or on nobody from that list?
Undertakings that he will have no operational involvement or influence might be sufficient or that he’ll take no part in any board discussions in relation to club affairs.
For the record, I think it’s bollocks too but there are still likely to be entirely legitimate and proper reasons for not making such assurances public, regardless of their robustness.
I didn’t even copy and paste the full list, it goes on!!
https://m.skybet.com/football/manager-specials/event/27009788
My money’s on some clown from Geordie Shore.
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0% chance of them getting a Harry type player. The best they could get will be a Bale/Coutinho type (quality older player that has already or mostly won everything they can), or a few quality PL players that aren’t good enough for Champions League or that are unlikely to play in CL or EL in the near future. They will have to overpay for these transfers in both fees and wages. Other than that they are 100% not getting a high profile player within the next two years or longer, depending on the progress of the club.
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It’s not often I agree with anyone from the SNP, but on this subject I do, wholeheartedly.
I could definitely see Coutinho ending up there.
Bale, maybe provided there’s decent enough golf courses up there. Weather might be an issue unless he really like his links golf
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Their next 6 games.
Might get 3 points vs Brentford and Norwich but not against the other teams.
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Every true golfer loves links golf and dreams of playing Scottish and northern English courses. So we will soon find out if golf really ranks where Bale claims it does in his priorities.
Plus he’s Welsh so I don’t think he can really turn his nose up at bad weather?
There’s no way they will get 3 points against Brentford.
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he’s a Cardiff boy. Not nearly as hard as us North Wales mountain boys.
I’ve no idea if there’s any decent courses that are accessible up near Newcastle to be honest but if the pay packet is fat enough who knows.
I can easily see Newcastle making a statement signing like this just to announce themselves on the scene as it were. Cost them a bomb, very little return but it wont matter. I don’t think they’ll be able to find a player that thinks they’re signing for another bigger Newcastle club, down the road.
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They can pick Coutinho up I guess.
Late in the convo on this, but I have to say folk in the media are missing the point when it comes to the “morality” of this or that ownership. Yes, Newcastle’s is more problematic due to the Saudi issue. But it’s the whole model that’s broken, as the Super League demonstrated last year.
Oligarchic capitalism in football needs to die. Moving towards a fan ownership model must be the aim - the German system is a valuable step as part of that. The Amanda Staveleys of the world - private equity investors and the like - shouldn’t have more of a say in how a football club is run than millions of supporters. I’m glad Liverpool told her to sling her hook.
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Who pays for that to happen?
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What kind of players will they be able to attract in January if they stay in the relegation battle like they are at the moment?
Mercenaries who don’t care in which division they play.
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