Owners and Directors Test

[usedtobeshearer]

no i mean, it will be a concern for the FA incase of corruption. If a company that has the tv rights owns the club. The FFP rules can be easily fecked then.
Someone said before the new shirt sponsor would be Aramco Oil which is owned by the Saudi family looking to buy us, how would it look if they sponsored us for a ridiculous amount of money and then had the Saudi tv company that owns the premier rights paying for advertising massively over the odds n stuff.

Who is to say what the limitations on sponsors are?

Ah right, sorry...

There are already clubs that have money to plough in with sponsorship etc and ffp watches for it...hence the current European ban for Man City...

I think if you are clever you can transfer a little extra...but any extortionate amount will be flagged...

[TANYA_]

Ah right, sorry...

There are already clubs that have money to plough in with sponsorship etc and ffp watches for it...hence the current European ban for Man City...

I think if you are clever you can transfer a little extra...but any extortionate amount will be flagged...

i know when the FFP was introduced im sure it was on the grounds that clubs cant lose more than a certain amount each year and owners were only allowed to put in 20m over what the clubs generate or something.

Suppose we will always be playing catchup to Man City in that respect, if there were ways around it, they would have exploited it to the full.

[Scott Kirkland]

I can imagine the F.A stopping us being taken over. Then a few months down the line the people who want us, Go and buy Man Utd without a peep from the F.A or the press.

[Geordie1974]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29361839

You think of what fatty pays, that alone upto the going rate will be enough for a quality player or 2. Does anybody know the score with the ground. I know the land its on is council owned but could that be bought as another avenue of income.
Proper payments for advertising, the club shop back in club hands, the money staying in the club it all points to better times ahead.
That and all the merchandise that will be sold in Saudi as well. Even without them putting money in we are all about to see just how much of a hold Ashley has on the club.

[Zippity]

Even without them putting money in we are all about to see just how much of a hold Ashley has on the club.

Aye...we all remember that infamous graphic showing where we were in terms of revenue when fatso took over compared with Spurs and then you look at where the respective clubs are now...and we had folk on here telling us we were well run?????

[Geordie1974]

https://twitter.com/RedRoseMichelle/...832320001?s=19

[Jammy89]

Aye, saw that as well.

Quite reassuring.

[Ragatino]

Agreed.

The longer it goes on the more worried i get.

Nothing to be worried about.

The impending announcement of the PIF’s takeover of Newcastle United was delayed from the planned date of Monday over a few small details. The PIF, Newcastle United, and the Premier League each have a complex set of regulations and requirements. This has led to due diligence being drawn out on the part of the Premier League, exacerbated by the current lockdown in both the UK and KSA, but we can report that terms including figures are agreed and the deposit has been completed.

There is no way the Saudi's will be denied.

I can't remember who mentioned it in an open letter to Journalist in the mag or somewhere calling them hypocrites.

However it is not going to be blocked.

Also the Premier League isn't interested in the making it tougher for Billionaires to join the party. This is all lip service to pretend they care.

The fact is the Saudi's have been cleared of all charges levelled against them in a French Court - Remember the influence Qatar as in France, however the Saudi's have purchases some of the most Iconic hotels in Paris and modernising them such as George V hotel (5k Euros / Night) etc.

money runs the world, human rights don't exist - not even in the UK, we have privileges; which, whenever the ruling class decide are removed.

Ask the minors or any union men in the 80s. The Tories took those 'Rights' away from the working classes because it didn't suit those who own the country.

So Roll on Billions of investment in facilities, recruitment, stadium and a return to massive ambition, Exciting football & Epic european nights!

All the lads and lasses there, all with smiling Feeyasses!

[Marat18]

I dont think PL is too bothered on “small club up North” (from their point of view) to become a top dogs in the league, rather than they are figuring out how they can fill their pockets on the ocasion,

[BenArfa10]

My gut says the deal will be blocked the Premier League.