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We don’t know because Venkys have never asked…

No reason is given in the filing list. Every previous application has either been to ask to send monies or to try and change the conditions for doing so. There’s no longer a need to go to court just to be able to send funds as the Directorate of Enforcement are ‘happy’ to issue No Objection Certificates subject to the previously imposed conditions being adhered to. Therefore my guess, and it is just that, is they’re trying again to have the guarantee requirement removed.

Are we trusting me to have got everything right? Sounds dangerous 😁😁

You’re welcome, I’m glad it made sense because as I wrote it I wasn’t sure it was going to! 😁

Just a quick addition, the Venkys were given the necessary permissions under the old legislation on 6/4/2022 (for £23 million) and 26/5/2022 (for £14 million). The new legislation came into force on 22/8/2022. That’s 3/4 months when the above sums could have been sent without hindrance.

The original court case was instigated by the Venkys as a result of the restrictions placed on them because of the Directorate of Enforcement investigation. Under the current legislation, this investigation means they need a No Objection Certificate from the Directorate before they can send monies overseas. The Venkys believe, in respect to the sum covered in the original writ, that the No Objection Certificate the State Bank of India had issued was sufficient (as this is what was required under the old legislation). Their bank disagreed and insisted on the certificate from the Directorate who then refused to issue one - hence the court case which (unbelievably some would say) is still yet to be heard. In terms of this case, I think the best ( but unlikely) result for us (the fans) is the judge removing all restrictions as this removes any excuses the Venkys have regarding them no longer funding us sufficiently. In terms of the investigation, if they’re found guilty they will be fined a sum which is probably small change to them. It’s been mentioned many times before that their reputation (ha!) is very important to them so I think our best hope is they’re found guilty and the press ‘steps up’ and causes them plenty of bad publicity. Whether this would be sufficient for them to think enough is enough - I sadly doubt it.

skill irrelevant, cost crucial.

Reference to October now removed: https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/august/20/leo-heads-to-san-diego-/

Venkys have today filed another Civil Miscellaneous Application with the court. They’ve previously used these to try and get interim relief whilst their main case is still pending. For example, they used one to seek permission to send the £11 million in October ‘23 and they used another in Sept ‘24 to try and have the guarantee condition removed. The last one (May this year) was heard roughly a month after the papers were lodged - I’ll keep my eyes peeled…

It does feel like we’re scrambling around for every single penny.

Surely you could throw in some complimentary scissors.

I’m not sure many fans were confused, I expect most assumed Rovers had got it wrong.

An English Qualified Player is someone who is eligible for England senior team when he first permanently registers with the club in question.

In my experience, most finalised legal documents end up with ‘holes’ in them. For these to remain unrectified year after year is what I take issue with.

Do Sky publish individual viewing figures for all these extra matches? If not, why not?

Are the articles based on some insider knowledge or are they made up nonsense which our scouts read and think ‘we should take a look at him’? 🤔

I believe they are written by the FA (as the recognised Governing Body) but within guidelines set by (and subject to the approval of) The Home Office. The ESC players part in particular were, I think, a result of changes to immigration rules post Brexit.

My interpretation of the rules is that Miyoshi became an ESC player on 1st June (when the 2025/26 season is deemed to have began) and not when he made an appearance in Bundesliga 2. Other interpretations are available and the rules could be far clearer in this regard. I don’t know why they haven’t made League Quality points the same as some of the others in that if you qualify under two categories you get the points of the higher one.

I think, if he remains first choice, we should be able to convert Toth to a non ESC in January. The point I was trying to make was that playing fewer and fewer English players will eventually result in us only being able to have 2 ESC players at a time.

They all joined after his appointment as Head of Football Operations.

I think we’re guaranteed to stay above the 35% ‘this time’ irrespective of how few English minutes we have this season. However a low number this season and next would see us struggling so, as you alluded to, keeping these minutes as high as possible is crucial* * if we’re going to continue the ‘cheap foreigners’ model.

Sorry to come back to such a (relatively) old post. Re the bit in bold - the reference period for calculating the additional ESC places re percentage of EQP minutes is the previous three seasons (I only just picked up on this myself). Therefore, unless the rules change, we’d need to stay above 35% for 23-24,24-25 and this season combined to keep our entitlement to 4 places next year.

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