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It's not a restrictive deal at all though. Whether that clause is in the contract or not (I suspect not, given the source) makes absolutely no difference. Clause or no clause, we are not compelled to accept any offer for him. Clause or no clause, we can accept any offer for him if we want and he can then decide whether to go or not.

That's a nonsense clause though. It can be varied if the club receive an offer they want to accept and Virgil wants to leave. Complete waste of ink. You should tell your tier 4/5 mate.

So the Premier League "investigation" is entirely reliant on the victim gathering all the evidence?

What about Taider to come back in midfield?

No idea!

Most due diligence is done online. More likely to he annual audit.

Yeah, but his gran is Welsh. Or something.

Disclaimer - there is no reliable evidence for the above assertion.

Q: Who was the last Welsh speaker to score a goal at the old Wembley stadium? A: Gabriel Batistuta

I don't use any electronic devices.

Ok, so a few things I've heard... FdB and MaPe have both been spoken to, along with a couple of German managers and a British coach (I'm afraid I don't know precisely who that was). MaPe is currently the firm favourite, unless we get surprising news from one of the Germans (but we don't expect to). Expect MaPe to be announced. Possibly today but possible next week. Les is impressed with his footballing philosophy but recognises that the fans didn't take to Puel's perceived dogmatism and MaPe has a pragmatic bent, in a similar vein to Koeman but with, perhaps, a more holistic approach to the development of the club. Also, expect some player comings and goings.

Agree entirely.

Sort of. Ethereum is the name given to a platform that has been developed that is intended to allow people to run decentralised applications via blockchain. I know that's a load of jargon but if you want to know what any of those things are then you'll have to Google them. The fact is, though, that lots of big businesses and industries are looking at how blockchain can be used in innovative ways and Ethereum is one way of deploying blockchain uses. "Ether" is what you need to use Ethereum. I guess you could think of it more like oil than actual money. Ie. a heavily traded commodity that people need to make things run. This is distinct from, say, Bitcoin which is a "cryptocurrency" in a truer sense. Ie. it has no functional purpose other than allowing people to exchange value. So, there are really two main reasons to invest in Ether: - I) pure speculation - II) you think Ethereum itself has value as a platform which exceeds the current value given to it in the Ether market. To borrow the oil analogy again: if we wind the clock back and imagine we are pioneers of the petrol engine... you might see oil as a commodity which will become crucial in a new industrial epoch.

He will definitely be proven correct. He has said that someone will take over at some point.

A lot of dogs are proper ****s, to be fair.

Bit harsh but not exactly a problem. I would expect an appointment pretty soon then.

What's your source for that? It looks to me as though national debt, in pure nominal terms, has grown by about 70% since 2010, not 300%.

I agree with most of this. Good post.

If you want to do that then you do that - you don't buy a football club.

That's got to be one of the most simplistic posts ever committed to messageboardery. Maybe tot up the human cost of imperialism and slavery before doing your sums next time?

Maybe Kat should digitise the club and do an ICO on Ethereum. She'd raise loads more.

I know you're joking but it's a name I've heard...

Haggling over whether the new ground will be a 130,000,000,000,000 or 150,000,000,000,000 capacity stadium.

It seems as though buying on Coinbase is currently down again.

Climbing again now. The point about the exchanges is relevant. They've grown too quickly for their own infrastructure (technical and human) to cope at peak transaction-demand times. It's something that would put me off speculating too much at the moment. If you're loaded up and decide you need to get out quickly, I'm not sure you can be entirely confident of being able to sell.