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Yes but it's worth remembering that there are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know.

How do you know?

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It's a side issue to ratification now. I'm not sure what the issue is with that, some have been quicker such as charltons and others haven't but the club evidently expected it to happen quicker than it has.

This is now about mammadov himself. Lens are a window into our future in terms of how mammadov may choose to operate and whilst the Martel situation is specific to lens, it shows that there is a lack of communication between the majority shareholder and fans. I think that would

be frustrating

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His company defaulted on $18m of loan payments for several months earlier this year.

He has not/cannot provide the €10m funding required to secure the promotion of his other club.

But somehow he has £40m to buy Wednesday.

You got a link to where the Baghlan group defaulted on $18M of LOAN PAYMENTS please.
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The general gist of all the articles I've read is that Mammadov has already provided 38m for Lens budget next season. This budget is substantial and puts them in the top 7-8 bracket for funding. I've also read that Mamma is happy to provide further funding as the season unfolds if and when needs be. He seems unhappy at having to stump up another 10 big ones after already providing a more than adequate budget. Also it is implied from a large number of articles that Mamma is unhappy with Martel. This may be because Martel insisted on the 48m budget and entered that with the French league, going against his wishes, in the hope that Mamma would stump up the remaining 10 million.

It's now been blown all out of proportion, with hack journalists publishing bullshit articles about bankruptcy, imprisonment and financial difficulties because these stories sell papers............ So annoyed with the crap being bandied about, Mamma released a statement on the SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY website denying these claims and threatening action against the perpetrators. This is significant because a) It confirms he is the owner of Wednesday and b) he is getting pretty miffed with Lens and/or the French football association.

In the meantime it is announced that we are to be sponsored by 'Land of fire' and all signs point to a positive conclusion to the takeover. We have Stuart Gray saying we're just waiting for ratification, Milan saying the same, the process is ongoing with the football league. Do you really think that this many people are having the wool pulled over their eyes??

Now that is a really good post.

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Nobody here knows, that’s the bottom line - it’s all speculation. However the mere fact this spat at Lens is still running and we are still awaiting ratification cannot be mere coincidence. The FA will be watching to see how it is resolved, as it will demonstrate, in their eyes, as to whether Mammadov is 'Fit and proper'. Actions rather than just mere paperwork...

If all the paperwork is up to date and correct, there would no reason for the FA to block it. Once the Lens situation is resolved to a satisfactory conclusion, we will then see if the FA move more quickly with us. If not, there must be something else that is stopping the process, as to what that could be, no one knows!

Football league ffs football league.

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