Because ... and it's a sad confession, I have been writing business-related words for decades. Think it was 1986 when I saw my first instance of hyperbolic corporate PR, and it probably came from North Sea Ferries. Or maybe it was P and O. When I first saw fellow fans talking about the Checketts-Ecc...

Checketts is a veteran salesman, and am sure he'll happily talk to any podcast, platform or media to spread the message, but the fund still doesn't exist.

Watford's owners have demonstrated for years that it's possible to move players around between different clubs within an MCO strategy, and Chelsea are following the same approach, but it needs to be done with care and must (obviously) meet the transfer rules and regs of each country's football bodie...

Checketts can't mention *specifics* ... because the mooted $1.2bn PE fund doesn't exist. He and his family's old buddies, the Eccles family, are targeting family offices and institutional investors, trying to persuade them to invest in the fund because they believe that the JV operated by Checketts ...

Steddyman: Because having the second club will give us financial 'means' and 'manipulations' to allow us to spend more without being penalised by PSR rules. ICYMI ... this is precisely the bizarre mindset which has relegated Lyon. Textor told the PSR folk in France that he would *resolve* the French...

The supposed US *investors*, including the rarely-mentioned Malcolm Jenkins, may well be 'sheltering' inside the LLC, but just wish ALK would reveal what %age of shares they acquired and if they actually paid for them. You expect corporate finance folk to create a pyramid of offshore trusts and hold...

Were there indications during our previous seasons in the PL that he was remotely likely to attract the eye of any England manager?
Shedloads of players have outstanding promotion seasons, but then make minimal (if any) impact in the PL, as Burnley fans know only too well.

As Dan says, his *announcements* kill the mood because of their volume, timing and content. We appreciate that he's reading from a script, but the 'messages' are robotic and counter-productive. As the atmosphere began building nicely, we didn't need yet another pompous lecture from ALK's 'operationa...