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He was denied a visa because of his ties with Putin and a wider diplomatic wrangle It's a wholly different thing to deny entry because you're trying to stymie an unpopular football competition. I think the pirate 6's lawyers will be on this. Not through the any appeals process, but via...

I'm no lawyer mate, but this isn't my understanding. Any administrative decision they make as I understand it can be judicially reviewed and overturned if the court finds they are acting arbitrarily. If there's someone in the field who knows i'm wrong, i'd be very happy to be so.

In the short term, I believe the 6 clubs will have specialist ESL players, not even registered to play in the PL In the longer term they'll use their ever increasing financial muscle to pressure other clubs into increasing the 25 squad limit to 40. The emotions and heated words will die down...

The government won't be able to hold this line. The 6 pirates will sue and will win. There's no legal reason to withhold permits apart from that they don't want the league to happen

Agree. But I still think it's what will happen. The other 14 clubs don't have to balls or unity to act collectively. One or more will be successfully bribed to abstain, so there will be a fudge. The pirate 6, will continue to play in both leagues. I also believe they will continue to...

I think it's workable and this is what will happen. They'll just run squads of 40 or so players, which they will be able to do with all the money. I think it will become normal for the same club to be playing different matches at the same time.