Hints of Allams disposing of City, not for the first time. Any nearer the end of their tenure, and if so the SMC debate starts again https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/f ... ty-1972383

Hints of Allams disposing of City, not for the first time. Any nearer the end of their tenure, and if so the SMC debate starts again https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/f ... ty-1972383

A fuller article here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/fo ... eague-blog

A fuller article here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/fo ... eague-blog

Yeah, that was a odd little tangent.

Raises the prospect of league 1 (division 3 in old money) with strange equanimity as well. I sort of see what his point when he says they’re not spending much to allow new buyers room to invest within the ffp rules, but it’s hardly surprising fans aren’t exactly applauding that ‘prudence’. For everybody’s sake I hope they find buyers soon.

Given their form for implying an imminent sale for it to be founded on next to nothing the comment that there's preliminary interest from a few parties hardly creates much of a story. What a weird saga it is. City fans must be either beside themselves or worn down to indifference.

A sale has been imminent for a long time now.
I’d imagine AP is still keeping a watching brief on things!

Interesting news today, Harry Maguire has signed a new 5 year deal at Leicester, making a move to Man U very unlikely, and with it the 15Million sell on clause the Allams were hoping for goes away, leaving the final Premier League Parachute payment in January as the last bit of good income to come in and little incentive for them to stay longer.

…. they'll just put the price up by another £15m.

The Maguire new contract could just be a ruse by Leicester to bump up his transfer fee. One thing the Allam's are very good at is extracting money for themselves and they may judge the best to leave a City they have bled them dry is before the Maguire money rolls in. Isn't it 15%, so though its huge by most sports standards the cut will be relative peanuts in the football world.

koucash is the rumour I've heard

Good rumour to start Jake. Could he be the one to finally unify the clubs?

A mate who is a city fan told me. Said it was on twitter

It's fairly common practice in football for a team to offer a player a long contract purely so that they can get more for his transfer in the next window. Especially when a team like Man United are involved, because you know they will stump up the cash if they want someone.

I'm not a legal expert, however I presume Harry M's contract extension will not affect the sell on clause. The extension will just change his personal terms and contract period.

Otherwise, if sell on clauses became null and void with a contract extension, all clubs would immediately offer a contract extension to a player as a loop hole of getting around the sell on clause.

Either way, as mentioned earlier, the Allams will most likely factor in this his sell on value in any future sale of City.

Its sensible business by Leicester to get HM to sign a longer term deal with the knowledge a club like Man Utd are after him as it ups the price when the inevitable happens. The sell on clause still remains so if any deal goes through and at a higher cost then Hull City get more money which is unfortunate as it may mean the Allams stick around a bit longer to drain the last drop of blood out of City.