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I misunderstood the plan It's an overall salary cap for each club not per player

No chance But they would lose the significant bonuses that they'd get for winning promotion

Salary caps for individuals have previously been impossible because player's agents ran off to the EU to say they were against EU employment law That's why overall salary caps per club had to be introduced As we have left the EU this may not be the case in the future And in any case the myriad...

They would be treated the same as all the other nasty bastards - apart from the fact that they are the only country who allow the Premier League live feed to be stolen from one of the companies (BeIN Sports) who currently pay a huge fee for it BeIN have already laid off a lot of their staff...

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It seems the Dutch are cancelling all their divisions No decision on how it will be done though

Interesting developments As well as a not unexpected complaint from Amnesty International about Saudi Arabia's human rights record BeIn Sports has contacted the Premier League about Saudi's 'organised theft' of their live TV rights SA are trying to destroy BeIn because of the dispute with Qatar...

League One and Two clubs to consider ending season early Martyn Ziegler, Chief Sports Reporter Monday April 20 2020, 5.00pm, The Times Football Accrington, whose average attendance this season is the lowest in League One, do not want the season to be completed behind closed doors TIMES...

Briatore is a thoroughly unstable & nasty piece of work but probably even worse was his managing director Gianni Paladini The worst kind of yes man for Briatore and completely destructive of morale of everyone else at the club Once he'd been forced to stand down (apparently at gun point but not...

Think I saw the Big Ron series at the time Where can I find it now?

Yeah read the book and saw the film Both excellent

Just watching Get Shirty Very good The Maradona in Mexico is a series on Netflix

With time on my hands, following the recommendation of another contributor I just watched The Four Year Plan the 2011 film on QPR A great watch Flavio Briatore carries on as though he's a reborn Mussolini. A thoroughly nasty piece of work I really enjoyed both the Sunderland til I die series...

It looks as though the German league is planning to go this way So we will be able to see how they go there and hope it works out well

I see that Nick I suppose depends on which club it is

It's probably the best that can be expected Be interesting to see what's done about refunds A gig at a not for profit venue for the end of the month has unsurprisingly been cancelled and the venue asked that anyone who could help change their payment to a donation to help them survive I did so...

Amanda Stavely is an expert in this field She organised the 'rescue' of Barclays in the financial crash by introducing them to her middle eastern Sovereign Wealth Fund contacts But it seems they borrowed the money from Barclays...... She is as slippery as a barrel of eels in vaseline

The UK will be keeping an eye on the situation in Sweden where they haven't fully closed bars and restaurants but have introduced a form of social distancing Germany are also talking about a graduated reopening of some sectors so their experiences will give a pointer to how we are likely to go

Amanda Stavely has a pretty dodgy reputation, makes Karen Brady look like Mother Theresa And as for Saudi Arabia........ Be careful what you wish for

Frying pan Fire?