The Wharton move is simply a stepping stone. If, as expected he shines for them, the big boys will come knocking. I hope we have got a nice % sell on clause in there,, as I am convinced that will happen.

It is certainly gut wrenching, but we are in no state to retain such talent any longer. I firmly believe he belongs on the big stage and we have to face facts, we are not going to be there any time soon.

You would think so and I truly believe this will now be critical for the future of the club.

Strong rumour he is signing for Palace today for £22m

Although it is being made out to be a formality, the court case may well not go in their favour. There is no way anyone can be certain, as let's face it, the authorities would simply say, no need to do this any more. I guess we will know for sure on 12/03/2024 but my guess is, it will be blocked and a message will come out to dress it up in some way to make it look like everything is rosey.

I think Adam will be gone today.

We won 0-1 at Anfield the season after our first premier league relegation

It’s on the I Player too

Yes he is on TV

Apologies to those who don't like reading links, but below is a very interesting one. Many people are simply not aware of the magnitude of this and find it incredible that it has gone on as much as it has in our very own capital city. https://www.worldfinance.com/banking/the-end-of-london-as-the-worlds-dirty-money-clearing-house

Yes, I work in financial services as a mortgage broker/ company director. We are regulated by the financial conduct authority and have very strict money laundering guidelines to follow, which involve an annual test and proof on every client file, that we have a trail for any funds.

Just to put a bit of perspective on the money laundering theory, there are all types of different scams that are either relatively straight forward or utterly baffling and complicated. Some involve relatively small amounts and some huge sums. The old adage something for nothing resonates a lot with me, as we all like that feeling I guess. Someone posted on here a few weeks ago (I know who it is, but won't embarrass him) words to the effect, of what is the problem with a bit of mortgage fraud, when eluding to the purchase of Neville House. Doing the job I do I am entitled to see some of the complex things that go on, that are not available to the general public, as it could give people ideas, but one of my favourites that is in the public domain is pasted below. It perhaps beggars belief to some people, but I see very clever schemes being tried, almost every working day. Man ‘shocked’ as house he owned for 30 years sold without his knowledge | The Independent

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/17/roman-abramovich-chelsea-world-beaters

Have a read of the link I posted a couple of pages ago. There are trillions laundered every year. There is a process called layering, which effectively is where dirty money is brought into the clean economy, under the guise of legitimate business, but the origin is far from legal. There are some clever people out there who find ways of doing these things and us mere mortals, just aren’t aware of it. The money used to elevate Chelsea to their lofty heights over the last few years, is highly suspicious for starters. It is thought that proving ownership of lots of commercial property in major cities throughout the world is nigh on impossible. Lots goes on under the radar. Proving it is another matter, hence the ED in India being involved.,

Imagine if you were in a position to guarantee that your team would not score, or even register a shot on target.

I hope he doesn’t mind me mentioning it, but I think Glen was once offered money to back off and stay silent. Assuming that would not have been recorded through the Rovers bank account or business accounts as hush money, I wonder where that would have come from? If that’s one we know about, how many do we not?

https://sumsub.com/blog/3-stages-money-laundering/ Read the above carefully and with an open mind.

I’m sure Josh will remove the blacked out bits and send it to you, if you ask him. For your eyes only of course.

I said it in an earlier post. Venky’s have stated in their court documentation, that they need to send the money to protect their investment. Unless every penny Rovers spend is accounted for, this could be crucial. We know statements like “I worked for nothing during the January transfer window and had the place rocking” is a highly suspicious statement and I suspect the person who made it was unlikely to have worked for nothing. Protecting the investment, when the funds being pumped in seem to have at least an element, disappearing somewhere is a dangerous thing to state, when you are also putting a bond up to ensure the funds are being used for the intentions stated, The heat seems to be ramping up significantly, but there is plenty we don’t know still.?

The look on the face of the late great Ray Wilkins, after the Kean interview, was amazing.

Your post is why I firmly believe they are covering something up. It is a Robert Maxwell scenario robbing the pension fund to buy Oxford. There is no way they would agree to go to court to not only get permission to throw £20 million a year away, but also stump up double that with the required bond now too.

Who would want to adjourn it? We have Venky's lawyers asking for permission to send money that we know is pissed up against the wall and maybe ED saying, we want them to keep the money in India, whist we investigate them. There must be a valid reason for them insisting on a bond each time too, so to me, there is a BIG issue here, not a simple adjournment. Remember last time , it was stated that the funds needed to be sent to protect their investment and that is a lie, simple as that. Perhaps they have been rumbled, during the last 3 months

I am sure HMRC will understand. So no doubt our owners will now sit back and blame anyone but themselves, despite this all being down to their illegal payments, making it necessary for them to go to court to get permission to thrown money away. I was 95% sure they were covering something up before all this, but my mind is made up now. Something stinks.

Hopefully

Hope he isn’t starved of the ball on Monday, we could do with another hatrick.