Leveraging move by Ashley?
this is a stroke of genius by Ashley mind.
The papers were served to the PL 2 weeks ago. Ashley has got concrete proof that the takeover was interfered with by the greedy 6 and the rest of them.
IF the PL dont drop the arbitration thing and approve the takeover, the entire thing will be payed out in public and all the dirty little secrets the lawyers have unearthed regarding the PL and the interfering lot will be in the public domain
this anti competition case will now likely leapfrog the arbitration case and force the PL
Last edited by TANYA_; 06-05-2021 at 08:11 PM.
What is this anti-competition case likely to uncover?
"Putting it in layman's terms - a competition case does not recognise confidentiality. On a competition case you can go much further than most.
"If you say I want to see every document from all the six, the Premier League and others with the word 'Newcastle takeover' in, you can get them, whether it be off Facebook, Whats App, Instagram, email, phone, laptop, texts, handwritten notebooks. You don't have a choice - it is massively illegal, contempt of court, if you don't.
"All the Premier League can ask for is Newcastle United's communications and correspondence. I don't think that will be a problem because all they were trying to do was sell a football club, Ashley selling his own business."
United's legal team are understood to be keen to secure disclosure of documents, private communications and correspondence from the Premier League, their key executives, lobbyists, including beIN Sports and 'some clubs', as well as anyone else potentially involved in the stalled takeover process, which saw the top flight executive board fail to make a definitive decision on the sale to PZ Newco Ltd, the front for the PIF, Reuben Brothers and PCP Capital Partners' £300m+ deal.
Last edited by TANYA_; 06-05-2021 at 08:35 PM.
There's more info here:
https://www.theguardian.com/football...ys-mike-ashley
haha, it will be more like Rafa back and huge investment in the youth team first