General Premier League Thread 2022-23 - mod note in OP 12/03/23

Yea, if O'Neil wasn't the manager questioned over an alleged sexual assualt on a teenage girl yesterday last week then he must be particular passed off about the timing.

From what I've read the incident happened years ago when the person worked at a non Premier league organisation. I've not seen any reference to the person being a manager at thet organisation, or even if it was a football club.

If it isn't O'Neil then it's a terrible time to sack him.

Andoni Iraola just announced as new manager of Bournemouth!

Something similar to Ferguson, Shankley, Busby, Stein and Dagleish being from within 15 mile radius of Glasgow.

By avoiding relegation, O’Neil triggered an automatic contract extension. So, hopefully the terms of that include a full pay out of the remainder of that contract.

But on a wider point, even succeeding isn’t saving these managers now. Bournemouth took their foot off the gas when they got to their target, lost their last 5 games? Might have an impact on how managers in a similar position act in the season ahead as sometimes that form is carried trough to the start of the next season.

Looks like they’re coming up with new ways to circumvent the FFP rules. PIF have bought 4 clubs in the Saudi league and even though they aren’t majority owners at Chelsea through their relationship with the front that owns Chelsea they’ll be in a position to buy surplus Chelsea players for big money to get them out of any possible FFP trouble they’ve dug themselves into. Also chat that one of the Saudi clubs have bought Neves from Wolves and might then loan him to Newcastle; again to circumvent the rules.

Gary Neville is complaining about it but he’s only moaning because it might mean the power of SKY and the EPL will have to be shared with Saudi Arabia and Qatar etc.

I’d be very surprised if the Neves thing is true. Surely they wouldn’t be that stupid to try something like that?

Doesn’t matter whatever Chelsea are at is dodgy as eff, Arab involvement or not. In England the Arab involvement is the bogeyman but Chelsea are most certainly bent regardless.

If that goes through, the premier league has eaten themselves and lost any remaining control.

I think some EPL fans indulge in a lot of “nothing to see here” stuff. They’ve become used to it and immune.

Yeah the Saudi/Chelsea thing is really overblown.

Chelsea have a comically bloated squad after Boehly's mad January and the returning loanees. Meaning they have a hape of surplus big name rubbish.

Saudi Arabia want to sign big name players and have more money than sense and dont give a fùck.

It makes sense Chelsea would be their first port of call as that is where there are a large surplus of overpaid big name trash.