Howay

Not really Ashley’s scene. There’s bound to be some posh fireplaces in the houses or Parliament, or Downing Street that are prime for the threat of vomit.

True enough, I was coming at it from the angle that the way the rights have been sold to that region is absurd (I don’t think it’s illegal) and with the situation in that region regarding the fall out Qatar has had with many of their neighbors surely it would be in everyone’s best interest to reassess rather than just give up on everything due to the old deal having a year or two left to run. I understand Qatar would likely fight it as it’s giving them this control which is more important to them than the loss of revenue from no broadcasts in these countries, but in doing so that would potentially make their argument of not paying if the deal went through fairly weak since people were trying to mitigate and make things as whole as they could be. The PL could have potentially made more money out of it (charging those countries more than the pro-rata share of Bein rights). I understand they have a contract and probably can’t be bothered, plus it’s clear they don’t want NUFC challenging the current established ‘elite’. I’m not sure if this regional rights is done elsewhere but I just don’t see how it could have, for example I think it’d be highly unlikely Japan and other nations would allow a Chinese broadcaster to hold the rights to distribute the PL within their country. It’s a bit of a weird one and has literally caused all of the issues in this takeover. Maybe I am completely wrong and the PL’s hands were tied here, I’m just a bit hesitant to give them that benefit seeing as they’ve handled this whole process so poorly.

Agreed, if it really was a true process they were working hard on they’d surely have some idea of a time line, to just keep saying there wasn’t one was baffling. I think the troubling part was that it’s pretty clear the lack of transparency was also being shown to both the potential buyer and current owner of the club as well which is odd, I understand you’re not going to disclose everything to them but surely you’d be giving them some kind of time line or at least gates they were passing/upcoming hurdles during the process? It honestly seems like they were as in the dark as everyone outside of the bid too. Having a completely sealed off process that can’t be tracked or seen by anyone else at all with no time frame (especially when working on a deal that literally has a timeline) stinks of corruption/collusion as you mention.

Possible for sure. I’d add to my point that although it appears on face value to be an issue for Bein it’s likely more in their favor to just keep KSA out like this regardless of holding those rights being a waste of money, as it keeps KSA out of the football world Qatar are currently entrenching themselves in.

Fair, I just think the situation is a disaster for all parties (aside from probably the PL) as Bein hold rights to a country that doesn’t allow them air time so they’re making nothing from that, KSA’s issues with this are obvious. So it would have surely suited them to come to some type of arrangement. I get your point on opening the door to others but are many of the rights bundled for a whole region like this? It would also have to be very specific countries that would do this (ones with a leadership like KSA) as otherwise corporations that just happen to be based in a company wouldn’t wield the sort of clout to have a foreign company’s channel banned on a basis like this. Either way I take the point, but I just find it ridiculous they’d bundle the MENA rights as the fact Bein is banned in KSA, Egypt, and potentially other countries points to how ridiculous it is.

Aye, having the rights on a regional basis is absolutely ridiculous. Since Bein had such an issue with the whole thing surely they could have accepted a pro-rata reduction in the cost of their rights to remove KSA, then KSA could negotiate their own deal with the PL. I understand it would be difficult to do, and that Bein already have a signed agreement so they very well could have rejected the compromise, but if they did then surely they would have no grounds for further complaints as something along those lines would have been an equitable solution for them (especially as they’re paying for rights to a country they get no benefit from), courts would look to see if the parties had tried to reach an equitable compromise and if Bein had just rejected this idea and then withheld payment citing KSA owning Newcastle and disagreement over dissolution of their rights due to a state backed piracy conspiracy it’d be a very difficult case for Bein to win surely. If it’s true the PL dismissed it out hand that points further to the fact they wanted to deal to collapse.

Aye but he posted a gerrin about the mag takeover being off so therefore he’s a MLF. I can’t wait to hear about how he just has to move some money around and secure a few loans anytime they want to buy a player. Honestly man when will they fucking look at stuff objectively? There’s a reason everyone is worried about this Henry Mauriss, he seems completely full of shit and as things stand Ashley honestly does seem a better option, if he came out saying mackems are little paedo supporting tramps that shite on seats I’d still not be on board with the bloke.

Aye this sums it up. Have to love all the outpouring of journalists now bigging the club up “it’s a giant club and people will be queuing up to buy it, there’s no way only the Saudi Arabians could take it over”, desperate to keep NUFC fans engaged and clicking on their shite, no one will pay what Ashley wants so in that sense this lot really were the only show in town. His price won’t have changed despite the current situation, and honestly the PL have botched their hand imo. They’ve basically announced that piracy is a massive problem for their rights holders (I know it is of course an issue but they could have played it off before as a smaller one) and the result of this shithousery is potentially a more aggressive, rampant, state backed version. Bein now hold all the cards for the 2022 renewal as it’s fairly unlikely the Saudis will bother if they truly have been discouraged and feel disrespected, so now Bein has a free run at the rights and will highlight the piracy fears when negotiating.

I know no one is in the mood for ITK info, but I have pretty reliable info that Bruceys list of targets are all Championship players. Nowt we wouldn’t expect mind, but still an absolute drop through the fucking floor after the Saudi bid.

One of the very few local journalists to come out of this without damaging their reputation imo. Always stood firmly on the side of fans, worked to try and give the information he knew without seeking out positive or negative false information.

Aye, and you can see why the PIF & Staveley would struggle to ask the leader of a country to be subject to a test like that. It’s all completely absurd from the league, Man City are owned by a very similar structure, the clubs owned by Chinese companies are highly unlikely to have much separation between the company and state. The PL folded to some of their stakeholders and knew they had no cause to reject but clearly knew there was an expiration date on the deal, so they took the decision to sit on it and just keep saying they hope it’s done soon, no red flags etc.

Imagine being an adult and signing off with FTM

They fall for it every fucking time man. The two dick heads they have now slipped by any worries by attacking NUFC, here comes some bellend with a tenner to his name and a track record of dodgy sport dealings should we worry? Nah man he reyt stuck the boot into the Maggie cunts when their deal went wrong

Glad to see after all the talk of how Liverpool are such ferocious competitors that they’re so willing to welcome other challengers. Spurs can fuck right off as well, enjoy paying for that massive new stadium while never getting near the CL again.

UEFA isn’t in charge of the World Cup you little paedophile.

Just be sure to tune into Qatar 2022 World Cup. They’re actively looking to move that to a time a World Cup has never been held, disrupting most the leagues in the world just to make sure it gets done .

That’s the funniest part of all of this, that could literally happen that’s how fucking absurd this whole thing is.

Yup, I don’t know why these journalists are all mentioning other bidders. The club has basically been up for sale for arguably 10 year but no one wanted to pay the price Ashley set, I don’t think there’ll be a queue now. On top of that no other bidder will be looking to regenerate the area like this group would have, North East have missed out on a lot here, not that all the embarrassing cunts reveling about this on Twitter care about that.

Add in a whopping dose of fraud being investigated around the bloke that runs PSG, the WC bid and it just makes it even sweeter that the system works.

“Best place to park near the Parc des Princes for when the lads get into Europe? Now the maggy bastards takeover is off and our takeover to an energy drink tycoon worth £500 is red hot with his desire to bring in a squad of top Premier League talent it’s only a matter of time until we are pushing for the top”

Honestly they’re absolutely shameless. It’s great to see all the outpouring of joy from all these journalists, Qatari mouthpieces etc because they’ve succeeded in their goals, there’s going to be no piracy at all now of the MENA PL rights!!

At least Ashley doesn’t even have to bother making up an excuse for the inevitable failure of a transfer window that’s about to happen. All our amazing, not total bunch of cunt, local journalists can just blame everything on the Saudis now, and of course the fans for expecting too much or something.

I’m glad I blocked Edwards on Twitter. Imagine being that much of a sad sack that you’d revel at a time like this . He’s such a fucking moron that he can’t see how good this would have been for his own career, the lads covering Manchester City were also elevated in importance and got to watch Champions League football, instead he’s going to be sat watching Steve Bruce’s NUFC. Fucking huckle.