Re: Football's Magic Money Tree
Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 12:19 am
I am recognising a pattern in the story about the Government urging/persuading the Premier League to allow the takeover of Newcastle United
https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... SApp_Other
the same government that was supportive of the Super League - and some think that the Government will give them an Independent Football Regulator that will remove the ills from the game
https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... SApp_Other
the same government that was supportive of the Super League - and some think that the Government will give them an Independent Football Regulator that will remove the ills from the game
Chester Perry wrote: ↑Sun Apr 25, 2021 9:33 pmThere are reports suggesting that Ed Woodward's meeting with Downing St officials in the week prior to the Souper League announcement included discussion of Super League and that he was given an ok by then - you always hope in these circumstances that someone was actually recording the conversation
https://twitter.com/cazjwheeler/status/ ... 5871827970
Chester Perry wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 11:54 pmAs we know Downing Street have been denying that anyone spoke to Ed Woodward about a Super League let alone gave it the ok when he met with them to discuss the return of fans - however and yes it could be coincidental but how about this for a piece of investigative work from @TariqPanja
his last 3 posts on this thread
https://twitter.com/tariqpanja/status/1 ... 1915156480
A Daily Mail article from the 25th of April https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... eague.html names Dan Rosenfeld (No 10's Chief of Staff) as meeting with Ed Woodward prior to the Super League announcement
a quick search on Rosenfeld revealed this https://twitter.com/tariqpanja/status/1 ... 68/photo/1 his father in law is Daily Mail journalist Alex Brummer
on the night of the Super League announcement Brummer published an article in full support of the Super League idea https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... eague.html
as I said it is all fantastic coincidence
Chester Perry wrote: ↑Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:31 pmMore on this meeting between Ed Woodward and Downing St officials
1 he did not inform Premier League it was happening
2 the DCMS were unaware
3 EW has not discussed fans return even with the Premier League...
From the Times
Ed Woodward kept meeting at Downing Street a secret
Martyn Ziegler, Henry Zeffman
Tuesday April 27 2021, 12.01am, The Times
The Manchester United executive Ed Woodward did not inform the Premier League that he was meeting officials at No 10 in the days leading up to the launch of the European Super League.
Woodward, United’s executive vice-chairman, met Boris Johnson’s chief of staff, Dan Rosenfield, at Downing Street on April 14, four days before the launch of the Super League, which collapsed less than 48 hours later.
Downing Street has insisted that Rosenfield and Woodward discussed only the return of fans to stadiums, and that the Super League proposals were not raised.
However The Sunday Times has quoted sources saying that Woodward felt “emboldened” after the meeting, which included a brief introduction to Johnson, to proceed with the Super League’s launch, which precipitated the biggest crisis in the game for decades.
The suggestion that Woodward was talking about the return of fans came as a surprise to Premier League chiefs, according to sources, given that the United executive has not pushed the issue with them significantly, is not on any of the working groups planning for their return and did not inform the league of what could potentially have been such an important meeting.
It is understood that the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, which has taken the lead on the return of fans, was also unaware of the meeting.
Woodward resigned from his United position last Tuesday with the Super League proposals collapsing as Chelsea and Manchester City became the first of England’s “big six” clubs to pull out. The government, including Johnson, had threatened a “legislative bomb” to prevent the breakaway.
A No 10 spokeswoman said: “Ed Woodward had a meeting in Downing Street last week with officials. The meeting was to discuss the safe return of fans and Covid certification, as part of ongoing work on events pilots. The Super League was not discussed.”
At a separate briefing for reporters, Johnson’s spokesman was asked whether Rosenfield knew about the Super League plans before they became public. “No,” the spokesman replied. Asked about the possibility that Rosenfield told Woodward the government would not oppose the Super League plan, the spokesman answered: “No, that’s not correct”.
Sources said that Woodward had been introduced to the prime minister only briefly when he and Rosenfield bumped into Johnson in a corridor. One source said that Rosenfield was as angered as the rest of the government when the plans were unveiled, and that it was his idea for Johnson to meet fan groups last Tuesday.
Before the No 10 briefing, Labour’s Jo Stevens said Johnson needed to explain exactly what had transpired during Woodward’s visit.
The shadow culture secretary said: “If Boris Johnson gave the European Super League his backing and then publicly turned on the plan, then the British people deserve a full, clear and immediate explanation and apology.”