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The stadium may have cost £115m to build, but a lot of it was clearance of contaminated land etc. and it was never worth remotely as much as that. Hence the mountains of debt it's been saddled with ever since, and the unseemly spectacle of everyone trying to push the debts onto somebody else...

Is the 8 year lease still valid? If so, that line of argument wouldn't wash.

‘After due diligence I’ve discovered that Covendry Cidy aren’t in the Premier Cup, so the numbers don’t stack up’

King said he was committed to the football club regardless of whether he got the stadium. If he sticks to that, all well and good because with his input we still should be in a financially better place than before. And if he now does a u-turn, it suggests he’s untrustworthy and we’ve dodged a...

Does MR now identify as a woman?

Just his calves you mean?

A bit like when you've been out and missed a game, but recorded it, I've just spent an hour and a half reading through the last 9 pages "as live". Only to watch 90 mins of a tedious 0-0 and we're going into extra time.

Not necessarily, but when someone says that huge debts have disappeared like magic I find it surprising

As I and others have pointed out, it's exactly what Ranson said when Sisu took over, and it turned out to be smoke and mirrors.

Not sure it's a great look

Not clear whether his purchase of a stake in the club is conditional on getting the stadium, or whether he's got 85% regardless? Also, "The deal will involve clearing all of the Club’s current debts, leaving it debt free.". Isn't that what Ranson told us once?

No but he's got a helluva lot of rapeseed oil by the sounds of it

Sepalla says 'I am looking forward to a bright new future working with Doug '

“We have made it a priority – and one of our first acts as majority owners – to submit a bid to acquire the CBS Arena. We are keen to meet with Coventry City Council representatives and others as soon as possible to set out our vision – which includes the regeneration of the area.” I don't get...

Mike Ashley has got an impressive chopper, and if he doesn’t get the Arena he’s going to put it in a liquidiser.

Correction, below is what Jordan actually said (28th Sept, reported in Cov Tel). It really does imply there could be plans to physically redevelop or move the ground. A bit mystifying really. The talkSPORT pundit explained: “It’s a very difficult nut to crack because you have a stadium that may...

Can't remember the exact phrase, but I suspect he said something about moving the ground across, which people took to mean a physical move but may have been about ownership or something?

You couldn't rule it out given the complexity of the situation and the people involved. Had a sneaking feeling along similar lines for a few weeks now. But if MA and Sisu haven't yet spoken to each other and come to any kind of understanding, we could be in for a lot of pain.

Presumably not that big a gamble if you are worth billions

Everyone keeps hoping for CCFC and the stadium to be ‘united’, which sounds great. If it doesn’t happen we have been ‘fucked over’. But a) the stadium hasn’t exactly proved to be a cash cow so far, although maybe there are real estate opportunities b) nobody has ever (including now) put forward...