Quote: Wellsy13 "I know they had a rule to allow overseas bids, but I thought they had to apply at the same time as the Championship clubs?
Do we know if this is the case or not? Any links anywhere?'"
I thought I'd read that championship clubs who met the criteria could apply and one of them would be selected at the start of April. Then all of the SL clubs plus anyone else who fancies it (including the aforesaid championship clubs who didn't make it first time round) could then apply in April and the decisions of that round would be announced in July.
Can't find any links to back this up, though. And in any case, they make it up as they go along.
There's been newspaper interviews with Toulouse officials in the past few weeks stating that they expect to know what's happening in 2012 in July - so they are certainly intending to apply. And they are using it as leverage to get the city council to commit to ground improvements.