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It is not dead as long as there isn’t a coffin carried through the streets of Newcastle.

So the Premier League got exactly what they wanted. Think that’s me done with football like. What’s the fucking point of watching a football club whose owner has took the absolute piss for 13 years and had actually sold the fucking club, imagine his apathy now? On top of that I’m not watching a brand that is literally telling us we’re going to be shite, they just sat on this deal and frustrated until this happened purely to keep the Liverpool, Man Utd etc wankfest club going. Sorry like this is a complete joke.

Like when you wanted to plunge an entire league of clubs into debt on the off chance you could stop being fucking shit for five minutes to make the playoffs in League One, you mean? And then decided that was the moral high ground because that’s what worked for you? Like when you defended a nonce because he scored past us? You are out of your depth here. Quit while you’re behind, you tit

Well, back to being completely uninterested in the premier league again. Shame about the lost investment in the city but no fucker outside the area gives a shit about that

England (and not Scotland, Wales or NI) officially has had the most excess deaths due to covid in Europe. Quite some achievement for an island nation with at least 2 weeks advanced knowledge of the situation. I suggest Johnson deserves a hand clap, a nice slow one, before resigning. His actions have been tantamount to murder.

There’s talk of a US bid, which, if it happens, all well and good- anyone but fucking Ashley. I guarantee though, there won’t be a single question raised , anywhere, about the abysmal domestic and international human rights abuses carried out by the US. Also, fuck the Spuds, and double fuck the Wallpushers.

Actually don’t believe that tbh. If he’s desperate to sell, he’ll be as annoyed as the rest. Ashley moving the goalposts, I mean. Not Tim the Quim’s embarrassing effort there.

Qatar are saying, it wasn’t them, it was Burton.

I was talking to my mate’s son from Accrington and he said ” Sunderland , who are they?”

This reply

Classic Mackem - corrects his post for spelling, spells “error” wrong in the edit. Off you fuck, you sad little League 1 freak, off you fuck.

Slightly related, I saw these in a NT gift shop and had a Finbarr chuckle to myself.

The mackems are on about being bought out by a bloke with less than £500 in the bank. Id keep out of this one Doris.

Can’t be arsed with it anymore tbh. It’s been a complete waste of time, and I dont know why the saudis would want to pursue it any further, it’s not like it’s a critical deal for the PIF. No doubt social media and the press will be full of made up nonsense and opinion but its not worth wasting any time on it imo

Looks like I got most of it right. Caulkin and Waugh state that the deal expired on June 26th. It is beyond belief that the league couldn’t make a decision until then or give the buyers any timeframe when a decision can be made. It’s been 17 weeks of moving goalposts. Utter shambolic. Masters should piss of and take charge of a nonexistent ferry company.

Don’t know about anyone else but I’m looking forward to 17 weeks of speculation about whether or not the deal can be resurrected

Nice of the lad to take time out from fingering his sister and his long running rivalry with Burton fans tbf

I assume we’re all cancelling our Sky subscriptions and buying BeoutQ boxes? Next season is just going to be as awful as last, the PL is shite when the odds are stacked against you. I will give not one fuck if we get relegated next season.

How the fuckin fuck does Delaney think that's going to fuckin work?? PIF: "Hi Premier League can we buy NUFC please?" PL: "No, because of x, y & z" PIF: "Ok, how about MUFC??" PL: "Errr..."

Why don’t you shit in a toilet like everyone else?

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

Didn't think I'd be that bothered, but fuck me, feel flat now. Probably never see us win anything, I even just missed out being alive for the Fairs Cup ffs! Ashley's still taking money for next year's ST which won't be attended, the cunt. Time to jack football in altogether I think.

The Saudis are playing the long game. They know that another 12 months of Bruce and Ashley will see us relegated and the EFL have shown they’ll approve any dodgy cunt as owner.

With Qatar facilitating sports washing via PSG, bein and staging major sports events as well as having a fantastic track record when it comes to human rights I am glad the right side won this game of geopolitics.

To be fair I get why they’d be happy. Regardless they’re still a League One side

Ah well. Other than the initial burst of optimism from the first few weeks after it was announced, the longer it dragged on the less likely I thought it was going to happen. Back to the old apathy.

The PL didn’t even have the stomach to make a decision that could be appealed. They just held out to frustrate the buyer.

Thanks, can you give us the last lotto numbers as well?

Rafa loves English tapas. Embrace the culture.

Go on then, explain how he could. Give it a go. I'm all fucking ears to hear this one.

You could get an entire team of Will Griggs for 50m. And still have money left over to repair the lift.

I actually don’t see how the appeal does affect the decision in any way. Taking the report in its present form it does not provide any basis to reject the takeover, meaning an appeal by KSA doesn’t change anything in this regard. It’s been indicated that the PL is unhappy with Al Qasabi being media minister as well as on the board of PIF, but I honestly can’t fathom why this is seen as a problem. He has been appointed into this position in February 2020. I haven’t seen anything indicating that he has been involved in anything regarding piracy before he assumed office. As the PIF is obviously linked to the state I don’t know why there is a problem having a minister as a board member. I might be rather thick, but surely if the PL wants to stop piracy in KSA then it should be best having the minister in some way responsible. I did also have another look at the WTO report and did notice that they did publish additional information, especially the arguments from both sides as well as from third parties. It’s telling that Qatar produced evidence in form of a statement from an (alleged) BeoutQ employee, exhibit-222, linking the running of the channel directly to the Saudi government. There were arguments from both sides about the timing when the evidence was submitted (on the last day) as well as about the request from Qatar for the need of special measures of confidentiality. The panel did allow the evidence to be submitted but didn’t draw any conclusion from it, meaning they didn’t deem the witness to be credible.

They've agreed to pay out to anyone one else who also had that bet, doubt it will be many but still fair play.

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.

Was just going to put that on here with a 'HOLD THE FUCKING PRESSES AND NEVER STOP HOLDING THEM!!' or something.

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

We’re not allowed nice things because “the big boys” (fuckin Spurs ) won’t allow it I fuckin hate the Saudis but that’s as cuntish as it was fuckin predictable....

Ah well, it would have been nice to know what being the richest club in the world felt like. Like Renton I am surprised how down I feel. I can't even be bothered to be annoyed

More likely to end up signing Glenn Miller.

“High Level Source”

For me this adds the disinterest in watching the Premier League brand as well though. They basically just didn’t want this to happen to protect the established clubs, and some cunty partner, they took those sides over the good of a member club and the fucking fans. This was the PL disregarding the fans, and saying our club will remain shite. There’s no way I’m going to sit watching that brand while they guffaw and wank off over Liverpool and Manchester City next season.

They couldn't even have given it to the end of the week.

He’s not Paul Win, win, win,win, WIN.

The Argos catalogue.

Well that was a fucking let down. Never answer a question with a question, son.

Theres a chance it might not be true you know

This is going to be mint