A view from the terraces

[outwoodclaret]

Well of course the news is full of Premier League clubs and where their owners’ money comes from. Abramovich is sanctioned and Chelsea are up for sale with a Saudi consortium rumoured to be among the potential buyers. We have been here before of course with Saudi Arabia and human rights, with the furore over the Newcastle United takeover. When pressed Thomas Tuchel and Eddie Howe will say it is not for us to deal with these political questions and why should football clubs be held to a higher standard. All very well of course but players sign for these clubs because of the money and continue to take the knee to protest against social injustice everywhere. Frankly I don’t want to get relegated but, if we do, I won’t miss this aspect of the Premier League one little bit.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

The hypocrisy is sickening outwood. It's not as if Johnson had no idea Londongrad was ramjamfull of Russian billionaires and I'm sure he was equally aware of Chelsea Football Club's ownership details over the last two decades.

I wait with bated breath for the Tories to return their "Dirty Money" donations.

Speaking of money. While we are taking billions in arm deals from the Saudis and still turn a blind eye to the obliteration of Yemen, Syria and Gaza, we continue to allow an EPL club to be taken over by a group who freely admit to putting a dissident through a meat mincer while also proudly declaring they have executed 81 human beings in a single day.

In sinkov's immortal words, "the lunatics have truly taken over the asylum".

[Swissclaret]

“Money is the root of all evil”.

Says it all, really.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

“Money is the root of all evil”.

Says it all, really.

And the Tory party is in bed with the Devil. Lubov Chernukhin is the biggest female donor in recent British political history and has donated more than £1.8 million to the Tory Party over recent years, her husband, a former Russian minister to Putin, has strong links to the Kremlin.

Can we seriously expect Johnson & Co to chastise and act against Putin when Chernukhin shows us the close proximity of the British government to Russian money?

[Swissclaret]

And the Tory party is in bed with the Devil. Lubov Chernukhin is the biggest female donor in recent British political history and has donated more than £1.8 million to the Tory Party over recent years, her husband, a former Russian minister to Putin, has strong links to the Kremlin.

Can we seriously expect Johnson & Co to chastise and act against Putin when Chernukhin shows us the close proximity of the British government to Russian money?

Therein lies a massive problem. The Government, as flatulent as ever, imposes more sanctions three weeks later. Presumably that has given their “comrades” time to protect their assets so that they can continue to donate! We wouldn’t want to see Boris Johnsonovic penniless would we?

[outwoodclaret]

I am concerned in this view from the terraces on the effect of foreign ownership on the Premier League, clubs, players and fans. Politics can and should sort their own dirty games out. I am not sure the EPL have done nearly enough to protect football. Perhaps it is time for an independent regulator?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I am concerned in this view from the terraces on the effect of foreign ownership on the Premier League, clubs, players and fans. Politics can and should sort their own dirty games out. I am not sure the EPL have done nearly enough to protect football. Perhaps it is time for an independent regulator?

Just run down a list of "who owns who" outwood and you can smell the EPL corruption and collusion before you reach Wolverhampton.