The Premier League, who suddenly started thinking about including human rights in its ownership tests weeks after allowing one of the worst rights abusers around to buy one of its clubs? Yeah, don't hold your breath.Trying to understand the consequences of this. The people who have been deafening in their silence is the Premier League themselves.
They need to explain what rules and principles they are going to apply in terms of competition integrity and financial fair play. How is the league going to treat the 1.5bn in loans. They need to say if these must be taken on by the new owners - regardless about what the oligarch says about the matter, about writing them off. They need to state that the oligarch can't just write them off once the new owners are in place. And of course, what these debts might mean in terms of point deductions. Or point deductions for any defaults.
I can't pretend to know what the right questions to ask are here. But it feels like it's all in the hands of the league. The members control the league. Surely, only the owners of Man City and Newcastle would vote against tough measures