Well if they don’t like it, they can always leave the league. ?Newcastle saying it’s unlawful ?
Weren't Wigan doing this 20 years ago? Everything was JJB.Should have been done a decade ago when city first gamed the system.
Considering one of the key figures in the takeover has donated large sums of money to the Tory party, it’s unlikely that Johnson won’t intervene in some way.It’ll be interesting to see if Boris and his gang try to intervene. They went in hard on the ESL but were actively pushing the Saudi takeover.
True, I guess what they did wasn’t quite as egregious as what City have been doing.Weren't Wigan doing this 20 years ago? Everything was JJB.
Ha, you know the answer to that already. Newcastle's new director Jamie Reuben is a massive donor and friend of the Tories. If anything Boris would try to help the flow of Saudi money coming in, he certainly wouldn't intervene to opposeIt’ll be interesting to see if Boris and his gang try to intervene. They went in hard on the ESL but were actively pushing the Saudi takeover.
Yeah I think showing he wanted to stop the super league made him look like a hero. And unless he thinks he can get elected just on votes from Newcastle, trying to publicly stop this makes him look like the bad guy, something no politician wants.I don't think Boris will intervene.
He intervened over the ESL, which was disgraceful, but he knew it was a popular move
Intervening over this would be deeply unpopular and the opposition parties would give him a terrible time over it.
Exactly, it would be political poison to be seen to intervene against the Prem on this. He will absolutely keep quiet.Yeah I think showing he wanted to stop the super league made him look like a hero. And unless he thinks he can get elected just on votes from Newcastle, trying to publicly stop this makes him look like the bad guy, something no politician wants.
Weren't Wigan doing this 20 years ago? Everything was JJB.
The good thing about the Prem ban though, AFAICS is it's just banning such sponsorship outright, regardless of market rate.Probably was fairly close to market rate though