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REVEALED: the Abramovich and Glazer legal playbooks, from threats to total nonchalance open.substack.com/pub/sporting...
REVEALED: the Abramovich and Glazer legal playbooks, from threats to total nonchalance
Two stories from 2023 elicited markedly different responses from two massive Premier League football clubs. One was threatening, the other took actual facts into account
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November 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
REVEALED: the Abramovich and Glazer legal playbooks, from threats to total nonchalance open.substack.com/pub/sporting...
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🚨 Wolves set to confirm appointment of Rob Edwards early next week. Expected to sign 3.5yr contract + arrive at club on Monday; talks over coaching staff continue. Compensation agreed with #Boro ~£2m & #WWFC plan to back 42yo in Jan window 🚨
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Rob Edwards set to be appointed Wolves head coach, Middlesbrough agree £2m compensation fee
There is club-to-club agreement over a compensation fee in the region of £2million for the 42-year-old, who previously coached at Wolves.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🚨 Wolves set to confirm appointment of Rob Edwards early next week. Expected to sign 3.5yr contract + arrive at club on Monday; talks over coaching staff continue. Compensation agreed with #Boro ~£2m & #WWFC plan to back 42yo in Jan window 🚨
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🚨 Arsenal continuing to assess Gabriel amid concerns 27yo could miss 1-2 months through injury sustained on international duty. Initial indications suggest #AFC centre-back set for spell out but tests ongoing 🚨
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Arsenal’s Gabriel set for further tests on thigh injury, fears he will miss one to two months
The defender sustained the injury playing in a friendly for Brazil against Senegal on Saturday.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🚨 Arsenal continuing to assess Gabriel amid concerns 27yo could miss 1-2 months through injury sustained on international duty. Initial indications suggest #AFC centre-back set for spell out but tests ongoing 🚨
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With Gabriel out, how might Arsenal replace him?
#AFC blessed with a number of alternatives, but my personal hunch is that the time is ripe for Piero Hincapie to step up.
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#AFC blessed with a number of alternatives, but my personal hunch is that the time is ripe for Piero Hincapie to step up.
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With Arsenal missing Gabriel, who should Mikel Arteta call on as replacement?
Gabriel is expected to spend a period on the sidelines - so how should Arsenal replace him at the back?
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November 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
With Gabriel out, how might Arsenal replace him?
#AFC blessed with a number of alternatives, but my personal hunch is that the time is ripe for Piero Hincapie to step up.
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www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
#AFC blessed with a number of alternatives, but my personal hunch is that the time is ripe for Piero Hincapie to step up.
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🚨 OFFICIAL: World Cup 2026 European playoffs draw. 1️⃣ Italy v Northern Ireland Wales v Bosnia 2️⃣ Ukraine v Sweden Poland v Albania 3️⃣ Turkey v Romania Slovakia v Kosovo 4️⃣ Denmark v Macedonia Czech Republic v Ireland
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🚨 OFFICIAL: World Cup 2026 European playoffs draw. 1️⃣ Italy v Northern Ireland Wales v Bosnia 2️⃣ Ukraine v Sweden Poland v Albania 3️⃣ Turkey v Romania Slovakia v Kosovo 4️⃣ Denmark v Macedonia Czech Republic v Ireland
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A bit on football just being great - and the joy of perfect commentary
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Commentary classics: McLean, Parrott and a week of unbridled content joy | Max Rushden
When you work in the game it is easy to get cynical but this week I’ve been consuming all the #limbs I can find
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November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A bit on football just being great - and the joy of perfect commentary
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Tell you what grinds my gears. This JP Morgan recruitment ad with this woman saying “me” in the most annoying way possible.
“Imagine telling mII”
“Imagine telling mII”
November 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Tell you what grinds my gears. This JP Morgan recruitment ad with this woman saying “me” in the most annoying way possible.
“Imagine telling mII”
“Imagine telling mII”
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Trump on third term: I haven't really thought about it… but I have the best poll numbers I've ever had…. I would love to do it
Reporter: You’re not ruling it out?
Reporter: You’re not ruling it out?
October 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Trump on third term: I haven't really thought about it… but I have the best poll numbers I've ever had…. I would love to do it
Reporter: You’re not ruling it out?
Reporter: You’re not ruling it out?
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11.1% of donkeys make one asinine.
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
11.1% of donkeys make one asinine.
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I'm scared of 12.5%. It's just one innate fear I have.
July 7, 2023 at 6:49 PM
I'm scared of 12.5%. It's just one innate fear I have.
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Worked in a corner shop about twenty years ago and was working Christmas Eve. The number of men that came in and got a microwave meal and a litre of strong alcohol was upsetting. Be nice to people.
October 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Worked in a corner shop about twenty years ago and was working Christmas Eve. The number of men that came in and got a microwave meal and a litre of strong alcohol was upsetting. Be nice to people.
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Can we keep antibiotics working? Yes, but the world needs to follow the EU and the UK | Devi Sridhar
Can we keep antibiotics working? Yes, but the world needs to follow the EU and the UK | Devi Sridhar
Unless more countries drastically cut back on antibiotic use in food production, these vital drugs will lose their efficacy for humans, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh
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October 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Can we keep antibiotics working? Yes, but the world needs to follow the EU and the UK | Devi Sridhar
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Uefa is bending over so far backwards to accommodate MCOs that it is now in a position to break the world limbo dancing record.
MCOs along with private equity ownership are the two factors that most threaten the future of club football.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
MCOs along with private equity ownership are the two factors that most threaten the future of club football.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Uefa plans to relax multiclub ownership declaration rules after Crystal Palace furore
Uefa is planning to give clubs more time to resolve potential multiclub ownership issues next season
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Uefa is bending over so far backwards to accommodate MCOs that it is now in a position to break the world limbo dancing record.
MCOs along with private equity ownership are the two factors that most threaten the future of club football.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
MCOs along with private equity ownership are the two factors that most threaten the future of club football.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Extraordinary that the government is going to go into the next election having spent tens of billions of pounds on an ID card system that will be unpopular *and* produce no noticeable improvements to everyday life instead of renationalising the water industry.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Millions of households face jump in water bills after regulator backs more price rises
Competition watchdog agrees requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, Southern, Wessex and South East to raise household bills
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October 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Extraordinary that the government is going to go into the next election having spent tens of billions of pounds on an ID card system that will be unpopular *and* produce no noticeable improvements to everyday life instead of renationalising the water industry.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Window cleaner here. Mates ask what I've seen looking through people's windows, nudge nudge. Not a thing. People are too aware of a bloke with a ladder in their gardens. What I do see is the utter pigsties some people live in. Incredible. Even the poshest houses.
October 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Window cleaner here. Mates ask what I've seen looking through people's windows, nudge nudge. Not a thing. People are too aware of a bloke with a ladder in their gardens. What I do see is the utter pigsties some people live in. Incredible. Even the poshest houses.
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Couple moved in next door. Old bloke lived there before had a beautiful garden. He spent every day in it. New guy ripped out everything & put fake grass in. So I've planted trees next to the boundary that will fill his lawn with dead leaves in the autumn. This one's for you Alf
October 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Couple moved in next door. Old bloke lived there before had a beautiful garden. He spent every day in it. New guy ripped out everything & put fake grass in. So I've planted trees next to the boundary that will fill his lawn with dead leaves in the autumn. This one's for you Alf
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As with Newcastle United, so with the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
Typically, repressive regimes with murderous secret police do not invest in things they expect to reduce their power. The exchange of values is only ever one way - from the buyer to the bought.
Typically, repressive regimes with murderous secret police do not invest in things they expect to reduce their power. The exchange of values is only ever one way - from the buyer to the bought.
![Comedian Bill Burr, after performing at the show's opening night on Friday, defended the project on his podcast, suggesting that the cultural exchange could have unexpected benefits.
"It was great to experience that part of the world and to be a part of the first comedy festival over there in Saudi Arabia," Burr said. "The royals loved the show. Everyone was happy. The people that were doing the festival were thrilled. The comedians that I've been talking to are saying, 'Dude, you can feel [the audience] wanted it. They want to see real stand-up comedy. It was a mind- blowing experience. Definitely top three experiences I've had. I think it's going to lead to a lot of positive things."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:er4qp6hqar7bhyo455dsrv7j/bafkreigiw32mbigym5lt2mxervbqlq63fds2772ycrbpm67luq6nptuxbe@jpeg)
October 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
As with Newcastle United, so with the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
Typically, repressive regimes with murderous secret police do not invest in things they expect to reduce their power. The exchange of values is only ever one way - from the buyer to the bought.
Typically, repressive regimes with murderous secret police do not invest in things they expect to reduce their power. The exchange of values is only ever one way - from the buyer to the bought.
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Sharp leftward turn? What on earth is he on about?
September 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Sharp leftward turn? What on earth is he on about?
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This has been known for several years. What is actually going to be done about it? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Far-right Facebook groups are engine of radicalisation in UK, data investigation suggests
Rioters were influenced by network that exposes hundreds of thousands of Britons to racist disinformation, Guardian research indicates
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This has been known for several years. What is actually going to be done about it? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.
September 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.
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I'm sick and tired of people in politics telling us they 'accidentally deleted' 5000 WhatsApp messages, 'forgot' they owned seven flats, 'couldn't recall' taking a £6m loan or didn't declare £700,000 in donations due to 'administrative error'. What do they take us for?
September 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I'm sick and tired of people in politics telling us they 'accidentally deleted' 5000 WhatsApp messages, 'forgot' they owned seven flats, 'couldn't recall' taking a £6m loan or didn't declare £700,000 in donations due to 'administrative error'. What do they take us for?
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Look what we have here then.
September 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Look what we have here then.
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Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds
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September 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds
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Arsenal have played 22 matches against Port Vale, but 18 of those were pre-World War One. The last time the two sides met was in the 1998 FA Cup where the two sides drew both the original tie and a replay and the Gunners went through on a penalty shoot out.
#PVAARS
#PVAARS
September 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Arsenal have played 22 matches against Port Vale, but 18 of those were pre-World War One. The last time the two sides met was in the 1998 FA Cup where the two sides drew both the original tie and a replay and the Gunners went through on a penalty shoot out.
#PVAARS
#PVAARS
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Thread on Norwich's new principle partner - a ten-month-old betting firm with terrible customer reviews.
New #NCFC sponsor/partner
Hooray - another betting company and another chunk of tarnish on another football club ☹️⚽️
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Hooray - another betting company and another chunk of tarnish on another football club ☹️⚽️
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September 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Thread on Norwich's new principle partner - a ten-month-old betting firm with terrible customer reviews.