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Agent’s column: The FA’s silence has appalled me, VAR is a necessary evil, Man United takeover will happen, I’m with Pep regarding striking players and more

In his fortnightly unique column for CaughtOffside, Jon Smith, one among soccer’s first-ever brokers and a person who was an integral determine within the forming of the Premier League, discusses his help of participant strikes, the silence of the FA over the tensions between Hamas and Israel, the long-running Man United takeover saga, golf equipment getting used as automobiles for large cash – and extra!  The FA have let themselves down with their silent remedy on Hamas bloodbath I used to be tweeting about this the opposite day. I’m appalled, completely appalled that soccer has not come out in opposition to the actions of Hamas. The clarion name, even now, at present, 48 hours earlier than the England recreation on Friday, and never a phrase from the Soccer Affiliation. There’s additionally some very siren voices that come out about plenty of social points however not a phrase on this. As my spouse has simply jogged my memory, everybody was fast to take the knee, and it’s all very nicely popping out speaking in regards to the boat individuals and the whole lot else however what occurred on the weekend was an unholy bloodbath, the phrases of…

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The Glazers could pull the plug on the sale of Man United as issues remain

There’s worrying information rising for Man United followers as it’s being reported that the membership’s homeowners the Glazer household may pull the plug on the sale of the membership after months of bids. Qatar’s Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani and Britain’s Sir Jim Ratcliffe have been the 2 principal contenders to take over the membership from the Glazers and in accordance with the Daily Mail, their remaining bids for the Premier League membership are across the £5bn mark. This isn’t what the Glazers have been in search of once they initially put Manchester United up on the market and insiders imagine that their determine was nearer to £6bn. Makes an attempt have been made to boost these bids however they haven’t been profitable. Mike Keegan now states, that after it was mentioned {that a} deal could possibly be carried out earlier than the brand new season begins, the Glazers will nonetheless be in command of Man United when Erik ten Hag’s aspect kicks off their season on August 14 towards Wolves. The journalist says that every thing ought to have been carried out by now as the method has been ongoing since November. The American homeowners maintain pushing…

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Takeover talks still nowhere near completion says journo

Manchester United’s takeover course of seems to be the reward that simply retains on giving, with senior journalist, Ben Jacobs, noting that there’s nonetheless work to do with a view to get this deal over the road. The final data that gave the impression to be official within the sense that almost all media had been masking it was that there was a 3rd and supposedly last spherical of bidding, after which a interval of exclusivity could be granted to a ‘most popular bidder.’ As of this second, the membership are nonetheless not on the level of asserting the identical, and with solely a fortnight left till the tip of the present marketing campaign, that’s negligent on the a part of the Glazer household at greatest. Not solely is it negligent, however Jacobs notes there are ‘video games’ occurring behind the scenes. ‘The Manchester United sale course of is slowly progressing regardless that on the time of writing (Tuesday morning) there isn’t any most popular bidder,’ he wrote in his exclusive CaughtOffside Substack. ‘Raine Group, who’re dealing with the sale, are actually speaking to each Sir Jim Ratcliffe and representatives from Sheikh Jassim’s 9 Two…

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