Leicester City

Points deductions running amok, Leicester City flagrantly flouting the financial fair play rules with abandonment to give the club a sporting advantage laid claim during last season’s Premiership status purpose built to cheat. The Foxes have been sanctioned by the Premier League, it is possible for the Football League to deduct points if the club remains in the Championship? A breaking of the regulations last season, coupled with this season could confuse the cooking of the books but sanctioned they will be to send them straight back down, relegation from the Championship or the Premiership, either will do, the reward for blatant cheating. The cheeky Foxes posturing to sue Everton, time to slap that bushy tail, in disguise the Leicester rats.

Harry Houdini

Dating back to the year 2008, Harry Redknapp is in charge of Portsmouth, Harry’s art form is to word to manipulate. The transfer of forward Jermaine Defoe to Portsmouth for a 7.5 million pound fee. The transfer was littered with irregularities driven by the rogued up Harry, lurking in those deathly shadows to tap Defoe on the shoulder, on the contract signing, the names Houdini, Harry Houdini, sign on the dotted line to the sounds of the Pompey chimes, it’s all illegal but who cares is that right Harry?

The red napkin revealing the Football Association’s 1.2 handbook, stating that a written letter has to be agreed upon to be sent to the club being Tottenham, in this case stamped Portsmouth FC on seeking permission to speak to the player Defoe, no consent given then the club being Portsmouth cannot progress further with the intended transfer. Lurking behind the veiled napkin is the unlicensed agent to broker the deal, with the contract signing showing the discrepancies but not to the Football Association who were more engaged with Wendy Wimpeys, enjoy the burgers or turned a blind eye with a wink, that’s the FA to renege and into 2024 and still passing the baton to the Premier League who are equally incompetent, chase that bow legged cockerel, Spurs to be sanctioned, a points reduction? Any bets, it’s hush, hush, eye to eye, silence hear them pens drop. Link to article Dec 5^th 2019 ‘Harry Houdini’, inserted Harry’s encounter with an ear plug and the ‘Charity Brief’ 7^th April 2020.

The Football League

Onto another to renege brigade with ten Premiership clubs looking to pull the plug on a before agreed in principle a financial package to be set in motion for the Football League clubs with 836 million pounds to be laid out over a five year period, to add to the current 110 million pounds solidarity payments with 40 million pounds a year for youth development funding. A ratioed figure of forty five million pounds for each Premiership club as the ball park figure to sign and deliver the package. The two renege clubs are posturing to fight the government in court with football’s regulator on the horizon, to harbour fanciful notions.

Three of the protesting clubs to be named, Nottingham Forest, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bournemouth have had longevity outside of the Premiership in recent years with Bournemouth’s meteoric rise from the depths being driven by their Football League membership, sign on the dotted line and adhere to the true values of English football to preserve and to prosper, the Manero message, do not think you are big time Charlies who harbour to trample, the pyramid bears the structure of English football, link to article dated Oct 26^th 2023 ‘The Magnificent Pyramid Part 1’ and ‘The Magnificent Pyramid Part 2’ 26^th Oct 2023.

The EFL TV Bonanza

The value of the Football League has hit the lift-off zone with the overseas broadcasting rights, 148 million pounds has deposited into the FL’s coffers ratioed out at a 40% increase with the Championship positioned as being one of the most watched leagues in the world outside of the Premiership, the lure of the pyramid system, link to article May 3^rd 2023 ‘AFC Fylde, The Pyramid’ and Jan 5^th 2022 ‘The Pyramid System, Inserted Glorification, The Calamatous’.

Into the North and the Latino’s of the America’s are the major players with matches to be piped in. The Caribbean has entered the pot onto the screens, Pina Coladas in hand, the sounds of the gushing sea and those sun drenched slap it on, English football piped in, it’s all a dream surely. The EFL currently have a 935 million pound deal with Sky Sports over five years. The Hollywood jet setters of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney the owners of AFC Wrexham with the overseas projections have in some quarters have been credited with opening the American market for the gradual transition of English football outside of the Premiership, the broadcasters entry into Leagues 1 and 2 is being mooted, it’s not as fanciful as the fairy cakes badged up. The creamed chocolate on the cake would be for a sectioned number of Premiership clubs to not renege principle agreed deals, the landscape needs to remain positive.

AFC Wrexham

It appears that the Hollywood listed Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have entered football with the aim of not spending a dime of their monies in the long term, if that proves to be the case then the parachutes will open up on a bailout. The duo shelved out 2 million pounds to purchase AFC Wrexham in 2021 with the club’s value now surging to 9 million pounds. A club statement detailed “AFC Wrexham owe the RR McReynolds company LLC 8.97 million pounds”. Is this statement disconcerting?

To push the dragon out further the R and R’s are still owed a further 5 million pounds on top, the figure bounded as the club’s losses since their ownership induction. The club’s turnover has doubled to 10.5 million pounds. So will they dip their Hollywood’s into the turnover pot? I would not hold a sheep’s breath on those mountainous ravages. The other option is to watch the club’s value soar even further on continued progression not a dime spent, that’s the plan, make sense? There can always be a subplot, extra media and commercial attention, it’s a two way ticket for owners and club.

The duo have clearly made it known that they have loaned their investment to the club, do they expect a dividend top? In fairness to Reynolds and they have resurrected a club in decay and reinvigorated the Wrexham community and the general North Wales sphere, they have expanded that with various donations to many within the city who have fallen on hard times whether financially or health wise, they will always be revered for these emotive actions. To say they are genuine people seems to be the case, but any prospective owners of football clubs cannot expect to make losses from their own pockets, the higher the pyramid climb, the bigger the investment payout becomes, the bigger the losses with most clubs. The duo are estimated to be worth between 350 and 400 million pounds, football can soon puncture a hole in those figures if failure becomes prevalent, quote Reynolds “If we did not get promoted then from a financial perspective we are fucked, the club is then unsustainable”. So the key question is, would they have bailed out and left the club fucked, perhaps we will never know, the red dragon continues to ride on blazing away, jump on board the cock robin, all badged up.

Jurgen Klopp

The clock’s ticking on Jurgen Klopp’s tenure at Liverpool, link to article Nov 25^th 2022 ‘The Money Beast’ inserted inside the Klopp mindset titled ‘Pressure’s a Privilege’, plus the Manero in comment -> Klopp.