spoons":144y95q3 said:
Babararacucudada":144y95q3 said:
The transfer window is either UEFA or FIFA policy. No matter what the PL wants to do it has to be granted special permission because the transfer window is an international thing.
So if Pompey are allowed to sell then is there any restriction on who can buy?
More to the point who do they have that will raise much of a fee? Belhadj has been mentioned... I'd offer the admin guy £50k for him and the admin guy will leap at it to get him off the wage bill. This might save them a small fortune but it will not make them much.
As for the chaos in the PL... Their record would simply be expunged; it would be as though none of their games ever happened and carry on.
The FA cup is an interesting one. Would the SF opponent get a bye or could we have an uncontested Cup Final...
Pompey could yet be wound up but it won't happen whilst they are still in the cup because that is the only way then can expect to generate cash.
For generate cash read trade whilst insolvent - yet another thing they seem to be getting special dispensation for. Why weren't Chester allowed to do these things?
Couldn't the Football League refuse to admit them?
Interesting thought, spoons. But it'll never happen in a million years.
The Premier League is desperate to go it alone and make its competition a closed shop - if the Football League refused to admit Portsmouth, that would be all the excuse the PL would need to push ahead.
Besides, I think I'm right in saying that the Premier League currently hands out a 'goodwill' donation hat among its member clubs, which is then distributed among Football League clubs along with a pat on the head.
No, Portsmouth will come down next season with new owners, debts wiped out due to administration, and a big, fat parachute payment.
Just try and tell me that football in this country isn't completely and utterly twisted.