hypochondriac

You don't know the person involved so as I said, I'll handle that thanks. I've posted the info and some people found it interesting which was the point of the thread. I'm glad.

I thought I'd seen a news article about it?

That's my concern not yours.

Does counteract the printing story.

That's an incredibly stupid statement.

But as I said some people didn't find it boring and meaningless. I just thought I would share what I had heard and it gives a bit of an insight into who Cortese is (how he is into sports science for instance.) Whatever you think, some people have deemed it worthy of discussion. I suggest if you find something so boring and meaningless in the future that you simply ignore the topic.

My source had lunch with me not Cortese

No one asked you to read it. It's nothing groundbreaking as I said, but just confirmation of what others have said and clearly some have found it interesting or they wouldn't have commented. Do you have a problem with me posting it?

no he said something like (my memory is failing) 'he encouraged staff to come to him with projects and if he liked the look of them he would give the go ahead with money not being a problem. We're talking about potential projects costing around 20 million here so it's serious stuff.'

I agree, just saying that is possibly a personal goal that Cortese has set himself.

In The Know Matt Le Tiss

He didn't say what the 20 million project was. I presume he meant the training ground but some sort of global scouting network would cost a bit I guess, not that he said anything like that.

Thanks Phil, that makes much more sense.

How could he possibly find out who it is? Cortese doesn't know me and I didn't name them!

I guess we will see and at the back of my mind I'm still unnerved by what MLT says and what that ITK poster said on here (my memory is going.) I suppose when some of this infrastructure stuff is put into place, I will feel more at ease that this project is long term.

I think he means in terms of the huge investment needed for top five and he is right. It's pretty difficult for Cortese to make it more than just words though until we actually get into the prem. If we invest hugely into the infrastructure instead of paying say thirty million for a player, then possibly we could attract the thirty million players as youngsters and keep hold of them as long as possible.

You get the impression that Adkins is really into that whole geeky side, and especially being a physio. Seems Cortese is too and I think he wants Adkins to be part of a whole team, with a big behind the scenes setup. In my mind I had a team of scientists in the bowels of SMS crunching all the numbers whilst the game was in play. Made me smile!

Don't think he did back Micky though. My understanding of it was that he backed anyone coming in to save the club, though in the light of baxter's info that could be incorrect.

It's from a source who has given me negative info in the past, which I have passed on and been laughed at on here by you. Neither this info or that has been made up. Anyway, it's decent news and I found it interesting. Nothing earth shattering but I hope others find it good too. It's always nice to get a pointer about what sort of thing we are working towards. The other bit of info is that he wants the best of everything facilities wise, thus not surprised he has considered moving the ground. If we don't have the history and status of Barcelona and united, what we will have are the best facilities to attract the best young players and hopefully keep hold of them for longer. At least that is the plan.

In fairness do not know how it was presented to him or what the situation was. Seems very odd that MLT would refuse if they were billionaires. If that is so then seems like a huge error on Matt's part.

And also I presume you won't be deriding my info as b*llocks because it's something you actually want to hear...

It isn't hype, just what Cortese himself is working towards.

I have my doubts about Cortese but equally I think he has some good points. Bet you rushed onto this thread poised to begin the slagging...

That seems like a silly thing to do on Matt's part.

As far as I'm aware, he wasn't opposing ML's takeover.