Good move not to accept the original derisory offer, in an ideal world we need to be looking at a deal that will eventually net us well north of £30m. However we all called it a week ago, we'll cave in at the last minute and then the excuse will be we didn't have time to get anyone else in or else we'll get someone pretty useless in on loan after which we'll be another body and our best player down in summer.

Thinking about it, as much as I don't want us to sell him, if he did make the decision to sign for someone else, I wouldn't want him playing for us personally.

75%.

He misjudged it badly with his "team coach" interview in the summer he's going to have be even more careful not to misjudge the mood on this one. Or is it just us on here getting into a lather about the fact the Club's future hangs in the balance? If you look at our local "newspaper" you wouldn't even think anything was happening. You couldn't make it up.

I wouldn't mind an unequivocal guarantee from them that their issues with the Indian Authorities have been resolved and there are no longer any restrictions on them transferring money to us tbf but a reaffirmation of their Commitment to the Club whilst the current status quo remains in place would sound even more hollow than normal unfortunately.

You missed the bit where we spend £2m on an unsuccessful appeal. Edit: Oops sorry no you didn't, my bad.

Because its better than the originally mooted £15m but still a shite offer.

Not what they said on the podcast but I agree with you. Even at 40% an alleged tax debt of £26m would equate to unpaid PAYE on wages of well over £60m

Amen to that den.

I don't know their laws either but chances of that are non existent I would have thought.

With all due respect to Adam can't see that working out too well, he wouldn't be our player and would probably be mentally wrapping himself in cotton wool.

It only "works" if any proceeds are invested wisely and it results in an improvement in League position. If it results in relegation I'd say that counts as a failure irrespective of a healthier bank balance.

As with the Markanday loan deal which miraculously went through on the same night two incoming deals failed, out going deals seem to sail through no problem!

Just says "allegations" of an unpaid £26m tax bill. Nothing to substantiate it. Interesting listen overall though.

It SOUNDS as though the Court themselves have adjourned it due to lack of Court time rather than at the request of either party although maybe it will become clearer over the coming days. I wouldn't say it's a lie to say funds need to be sent to "protect their investment" as presumably without it we're in danger of going tits up.

Can't be surely.

I like your style and that would be my stance on Wharton also in ideal circumstances. Let's hope you're right on both counts!

Newcastle are surely the right Club for him -if they're interested/FFP allow.

Me neither.

Can't imagine the fate of Blackburn Rovers is much of a priority for the Indian Courts. Anyone know what a "Vigilance Committee Meeting" is? Be a bit surreal if whatever one of those is ended the Club one year short of its 150th anniversary.

If I was Wharton, Palace would be one of the last Premier League Clubs I'd want to go to, they seemingly lack much ambition and always look to be two or three bad results away from being dragged into a relegation battle at the best of times. They're running even worse at the moment and I'd say if he went there there'd be a pretty high chance he'd be back in the Championship within 18 months.

File in waste paper basket.

Good spot. At least you've done the LT's work for them and written their latest story!

Probably hence Palace getting wind of it and trying to take the piss with a low bid. What do we do now? I flagged an adjournment up as the worst possible case scenario yesterday but didnt actually think it would happen. We're completely snookered. Another example of why this situation is unworkable.

Who knows. Why would the owners sanction O Brien and then deliberately scupper the deal (according to some)? Appearances? Is it not probable that Broughton has complete autonomy within a certain budget and anything over and above that has to be considered on an individual case by case basis?