The petty Premier League executives who set out to impede Newcastle United in the January transfer window appear to have failed.
The Premier League’s owners had a shareholders meeting today, with a vote on the agenda to enact a temporary regulation blocking linked party transactions, specifically loan deals, while they worked on a more permanent solution.
It was essentially a vote to prevent Newcastle United from loaning any of the big-name stars who moved to the Saudi Pro League over the summer, following allegations that the Magpies were negotiating a loan with Al-Hilal for Ruben Neves.
The rule needed 14 of the 20 Premier League owners to vote for it to go through
Neves left Newcastle to join the Saudi Pro League for £47 million in the summer, choosing down the option to continue in the Premier League.
Newcastle signed Sandro Tonali, who was later suspended for ten months after being involved in a betting incident. The media soon linked Newcastle to Neves, hinting that a loan deal may be made in January.
Soon after, this idea, which would have required 14 of the 20 Premier League clubs to vote in favor, was put forward.
Given the number of clubs that have connected parties, it came down to which of those clubs would be petty enough to cut off their own nose to spite their face. Manchester City now has a wide network of clubs, therefore they would never have voted it through. Manchester City now has a wide network of clubs, therefore they would never have voted it through. Manchester United and OGC Nice are about to be linked at the hip according to Jim Ratcliffe, so they were probably out as well.
We wonder which two of the following six could possibly have set this whole thing up
Only six Premier League clubs do not have affiliated parties: Brentford, Burnley, Fulham, Liverpool, Luton Town, and Tottenham Hotspur. It’s probably not too difficult to figure out where the pressure is coming from.
It seems to reason, then, that Craig Hope is reporting on X that the regulation appears to have been defeated.
Anyone interested in loaning Karim Benzema in January? For the sake of the fume.
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