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They probably don’t consider internal administrative appointments newsworthy (which they’re not really) but will have a reactive one available if asked. If you follow these things closely, and I am aware that some do much more closely than I, the turnover feels quite high and there is very little c...

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It should be noted that Geylang International where Sean Bai was General Manager, after he left Valencia, is a partner to CFG, yes them, again!! Football: Geylang are City Football Group’s first Asean partner https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/football-geylang-are-city-football-group-s-firs...

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another article that also quotes a club statement - which is a surprise given there has been no official announcement from the club Ex-Singapore diplomat named head of staff at English Premier League side Burnley https://stjohnshoponhopoff.ca/stjohnson/st46ad23905cdvrtjon14/ https://archive.ph/ner77

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It has to be remembered that Valencia are owned by Peter Lim - it is fair to say that his period of ownership has been a rather rocky road, that has seen a large number of employees come and go

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and for those who like to follow club officials on social media

https://www.instagram.com/seanbaizzz/

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The information originally broke in the Straits Times

Former Singapore diplomat appointed English Premier League club Burnley’s chief of staff
https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/form ... f-of-staff
https://archive.ph/HBDDw

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Some insight into his career

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFPnQ6NCyRk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ86iAZfXp0

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Sean Bai - he is an interesting character

Spanish surprise at official moving to Burnley – Was fired by Valencia in 2022 and has been vocal since
https://sportwitness.co.uk/spanish-surp ... cal-since/

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very vague for the 10,000th post on this thread

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These are the ones who have just been awarded Football League highlights in the US so I imagine Wrexham playing a league match in the US wouldn't be too far behind. They have also has a long running partnership with UEFA, which fed the International Champions Cup which was played in North America, ...

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Elsewhere in The Athletic this is an interesting article - Tottenham's recent accounts showed they were making £4.8m a game (probably more this season), it is not a stretch to imagine a new 'Old Trafford with a 90,000 - 100,000+ capacity generating £10m a game or so - all of which makes the previous...

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The proposed change to % of revenue which is more in line with uefa seemed to favour clubs in european comps and therefore more revenue. As you say this new proposal could put those clubs at a disadvantage to the big european teams. Tricky one this. I suspect that this piece in The Athletic today a...

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There is a rule but we've seen far too often that rule tend to be broken when these club owners want something. we know from recent events re the long running legal case pursued by the promoters Relevent against the MLS and FIFA that FIFA have backed down, been removed from the litigation and are c...

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They still remain under the ownership of convicted fraudster Andy Pilley, and in the control of the family -so much for the owners and directors test being improved (the convicted rapist owner of neighbours Blackpool wad able to prosper under the previous iteration -before his attempts to defraud a ...

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In the above I noted that MLS teams outnumbered Premier League ones by 2:1 - not that I found that surprising given I have been noting their valuations for some years now So I was interested to find this story this morning - A British Citizen is paying $500m for a new MLS franchise in San Diego - t...

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ElectroClaret wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:13 pm
Klopp ranting about something or other.

he has never liked playing a Dyche team - since his first encounter at Turf Moor when we showed him that he was not the only one who new how to get his team to press.

there have been numerous funny (both ha ha and weird) encounters since

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A new and lengthy article from Martin Samuels about the anchoring proposal to sit alongside the Squad Cost Ratio version of FFP. Samuel is right about it giving the opportunity for the owners of the biggest clubs the opportunity to finally make some profit via dividends (that could also raise the e...

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Breaking News: It has been revealed that Simon Hooper, the referee for Saturday’s game between Nottingham Forest and Manchester City used to own a Luton van. The Forest hierarchy are said to be furious about a clear conflict of interest and are demanding that he is replaced. I am a little surprised...

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Sky Sports News are saying that 777 Partners have put more funds into Everton, taking their loans to the club past the £200m mark - while this seems bizarre given that they couldn't raise the funds to pay off MSP Capital, it will have been a condition of their extension to that MSP deal https://twi...

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One of the things I most enjoy about the writing of Miguel Delaney is his demonstration of understanding of context, history and the wider issues that influence a situation - here he uses tonight's Merseyside derby as a both a history lesson and an exemplar of almost everything that is wrong with th...

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First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off again for Kettering Capital, nothing on Calder Vale Holdings yet. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12975630/filing-history It's all a bit of a bizarre situation with these and their lack of accounts. Indeed - 1st set o...

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The Football Governance Bill passed its 2nd stage tonight in Parliament - though it seems a number of MP's have unsurprisingly been taken in by the misinformation surrounding FA Cup replays from The Guardian MPs call for English football’s regulator to have power to save FA Cup replays MPs vote in f...

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There are suggestions from Alan Nixon that 777 partners are paying MSP Capital (and its investors) around £1m a week for the extension to the April 15 deadline. This will be on top of the circa £20m a month that they will have also pledge to keep Everton afloat and the stadium build progressing 777...

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Premier League Chief Executive Richard Masters, takes his turn to put is case of concern about the Independent Regulator for Football and the Football Governance Bill from The Times Premier League is envy of world – government must not put that at risk Football Governance Bill could give the new re...

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I am not sure that this is legally possible from The Times FA could ban clubs from globetrotting post-season friendlies Player-welfare concerns were raised after Newcastle and Tottenham arranged match 10,500 miles away in Melbourne, three days after end of Premier League campaign https://archive.ph/...

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as football in England (and Europe's elite leagues) takes on more and more of American practices, the accessibility that was once considered the right of the ordinary fan has gradually dissipated, and that trend is only speeding up with ordinary fans given less seats proportionately each season. Su...

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There is an interesting section in Martin Zeigler's column in the Times today - not least because it brings up an issue which Interpol regards as one of the 3 key methods of money laundering international football transfers (the others being gambling and the art market). Of course there is a simple...

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Another example of football becoming disenfranchised from what helped establish its popularity - as the article demonstrates this is a situation that is not unfamiliar in our town from The Times ‘We’d be lambs to slaughter’ – why some fans don’t want to get promoted It’s the tightest Championship p...

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So it has taken a while but we now have potentially the most sensible writing on this issue that clearly outlines the process that led to the reformatting of the FA Cup - and wonder of wonders The EFL (representing their members and even the Football Supporters Association were part of the discussio...

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I must say that while I am not surprised by the outcry of the significant changes to the format of the FA Cup, I am somewhat surprised at the misinformation from the media fuelling the outrage against the Premier League and yet more calls for the Independent Regulator for Football to step in. Natur...

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Is this a sign of how desperate the situation at Everton is? - the clubs own financial advisors seeking funding for 777 Partners rather than finding an alternative, because the process would take too long for a new buyer to take control from Bloomberg Everton's Advisers Scramble to Save 777 Takeove...

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Is this a sign of how desperate the situation at Everton is? - the clubs own financial advisors seeking funding for 777 Partners rather than finding an alternative, because the process would take too long for a new buyer to take control from Bloomberg Everton's Advisers Scramble to Save 777 Takeover...

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The Guardian with a bit of additional info on that loan extension from MSP Capital to allow 777 Partners opportunity to find the funds - also includes the sum Everton are paying in interest on their loans each week - which is about the same that the average Championship club loses each week Everton...

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The Geo-political Economy of Football is an old and long running theme for this thread - but given what has dominated it in recent times is is almost a pleasant change to go back to it, Rory Smith in The New York Times asks a really rather good question and in some ways I feel the answer lies with t...

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Another example of football becoming disenfranchised from what helped establish its popularity - as the article demonstrates this is a situation that is not unfamiliar in our town from The Times ‘We’d be lambs to slaughter’ – why some fans don’t want to get promoted It’s the tightest Championship pr...

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the Guardian release the fourth part of the Oligarch Files relating to Roman Abramovitch Offshore cash and huge loans: how Roman Abramovich turned Chelsea into world-beaters Exclusive: Leak reveals network of companies used to route fortune made from the oil fields of Siberia into Stamford Bridge h...

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Matt Slater's Business of Football column returns today, and it is particularly timely given it covers 3 of the previous 4 posts on this thread, with extensive features on Everton's proposed (and much delayed) takeover and the FA Cup Changes introducing a lot of information about the economics and c...

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After a week where UEFA club competition left just 1 English club standing in the semi-finals of 3 competitions and a weekend where the PSR breaching, points deducted pair of Everton and Nottingham Forest meet in a supposed relegation battle, the bottom two (Sheffield United and Burnley) meet in the...

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777 partners seem like they rob Peter to pay Paul. Have they actually got a pot to p1ss in ? possibly not anymore though it is expected that they will be putting more operating money into Everton in the coming days This is an interesting if unsurprising move https://twitter.com/sachatavolieri/statu...

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Maybe it's just time to scrap Premier League Teams from the FA Cup? Or just get rid of the whole football league system - it's just in the way. from a FIFA/UEFA perspective it is about creating a standardised approach - unfortunately for us, England is the massive outlier with the depth and histori...

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Meanwhile it seem s that the new Independent Regulator for Football is to be based in Manchester - might as well be close to some of your biggest lobbyists, large and small. from The Times Football regulator to be based in Manchester, with chairman on £130k Person heading up new regulator will earn ...

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Don't forget that the EFL have previously offered to terminate the League cup - as part of their negotiations for greater Premier League monies. They have long known what was coming, this faux outrage is about them trying to claw more money from the Premier League - and to be honest if it is to happ...

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yesterday was the first I heard about a long term injury to Al Dakhil who is also out until next season

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I have been posting about the causes for this situation - and it is only the first step in a greater plan - for years now on the MMT. It is not surprising that this has come about, the only surprise is the number of people who have found it surprising. this which is also in the MMT is my take I must...

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I must say that while I am not surprised by the outcry of the significant changes to the format of the FA Cup, I am somewhat surprised at the misinformation from the media fuelling the outrage against the Premier League and yet more calls for the Independent Regulator for Football to step in. Natura...

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It has been a week bookend by financial deadlines for 777 Partners football interests and warnings about financial commitments not being honoured throughout * we are now back in Belgium and the long running saga of completion of the deal for Standard Liege from Walfoot courtesy of Google translate F...

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Filings starting to appear at Companies House relating to the Accounts of Burnley FC Holdings Ltd (released on Easter Monday by the club https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08335231/filing-history and Burnley Football and Athletic Club Limited https://find-and-update....

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That worries me that Kilby was against it. He's the one who truly has the clubs interests at heart. He deserves more acknowledgement as a legend of the club and the town than he ever gets not just for football but for how many lives he's probably saved aswell I think Kilby's position has been known...

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Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:19 pm
Great summary, thanks. However, would the alleged events in the quoted paragraph not be fraudulent?

I said - I believe that is what happened with that bit

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this is what he said "I don't mean to be over-dramatic on it because I can't explain it, but if you knew you would be 'oh my goodness, this is incredible'.” Alan Pace, January 5 2021, introductory press conference – a response to a question about the financial structure of the takeover This is what...

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