Quote Originally Posted by LeedsFTW View Post
Going to have to agree to disagree with you wtf, the process may have a few more steps but the framework as set by financial regulators hasn't changed a great deal.

Even the EFL will still have SLA's and KPI 's to try and adhere to, otherwise they will be the ones open to investigation, lawsuits, regulators and all that. Personal feelings/opinions won't come into, as this takeover is just a case file sitting on 1 or 2 peoples workflow manager waiting to be completed. They will have probably have no interest in the daily happening of Leeds United or any other club tbh.
Again, what do you know of the SLA and KPI framework that the EFL work to. The framework you refer to (set up by the financial regulators) is NOT the ODT, that relates quite specifically to the footballing "industry" and the tests associated with ODT would not (and have not) applied to a great many acquisitions in the financial services industry, the FCA is not the EFL and the EFL is not the FCA.

To suggest that personal feelings and past history at the EFL won't have a part to play is frankly naive nonsense, and there are a great many examples that would support that assertion. The folks at the EFL and FA have never been successfully brought to book by any LUFC owner (Bates included), and the 49E group wouldn't stand a chance. And that's precisely why there WILL be a very personal and focussed interest in the process of ODT evaluation, and the more "attentive" and "diligent" (and hence lengthy) the process, the more it will be welcomed in official quarters.