Either sport has a total reboot with salary caps and equal sponsorship, or it is free for all. The former is never going to happen so role on the possible takeover. The virtue signalling from journalists who take home their paycheque via PIF is hypocritical to say the least.

You can’t compete against Champions League/Oil money. Canny investment and recruitment can go so far, but then your assets will just be stripped. As it stands, clubs exist to be hammered by Man City and Liverpool. It won’t change so let’s maybe have a pop at doing it their way.

The Saudi state is unquestionably barbaric, yet the United States maintains the death penalty and it never warrants a mention. The Queen, Obama, countless PMs and world leaders all deal with the Saudi’s yet #NUFC fans are getting grief for not holding a Khashoggi vigil at SJP!

It will happen because the multi-billionaires want it to happen, we couldn’t get rid of a bargain basement shopkeeper, never mind a wealthy nation state! I’ll be glad to see the back of Ashley and hope it leads to improvements with the club.

Whilst the British government trades billions of pounds of goods with Saudi Arabia I’ll go and watch my football team without too much guilt weighing me down.