CCFC staying in Birmingham

[MarleyWasp]

https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2020/july/statement-coventry-city-confirm-groundshare-at-st-andrews-trillion-trophy-stadium-for-202021-season/

Wasps clearly don't need their money as much as their fans seem to think we do...

[Neils]

Excellent news.

[Vespula Vulgaris]

They'll have their own stadium in a few weeks, or months, or years, or decades, or never.

[Neils]

Now Wasps come out with your own statement. Please.

[Shugs]

This is good news. We can now just concentrate on ourselves without the distraction of a non profit making appeasement situation. It's classic from football club owners. Release news of new stadium and days later confirm all home games will be away for the foreseeable. Placate the EFL, create hope amongst the supporters just to soften them up for treating them like rubbish again. I'll be glad when we're no longer part of this sideshow. From the football clubs side I expect a couple more years of smoke and mirrors, no stadium, young players sold for profit and a budget simply designed to fit a division, with no real care for which that is. Glad to be rid.

[Steve from Cov]

Sad news.

Let us hope the EU Commission soon confirm they are not going to further investigate Sisu’s claims re: the sale of the Ricoh.

[Hymenoptera]

We'll be out of the EU by Dec

[bigad82]

Best if Wasps say nothing. That will send Facebook/Skybluetalk over the edge.

[Neils]

According to CovLive Wasps are preparing a statement for issue probably tomorrow.

[MarleyWasp]

We'll be out of the EU by Dec

Makes little difference. We were in the EU when the alleged state aid was granted and when the appeal was made, therefore the UK remains bound by it.7

[Hymenoptera]

Is that a fact or notion. Having no jurisdiction anymore..im not sure.

[ArleyWasp]

Wasps statement on facebook.

[Rossm]

Wasps statement:

https://www.wasps.co.uk/news/statement-on-ccfc-decision-to-pull-out-of-negotiations/

[jamestaylor002]

Wasps statement on the offy:

“We are totally surprised and deeply disappointed that the owners of Coventry City have taken this decision when we were very close to reaching commercial agreement on a deal.
“We had held positive and constructive talks with the football club at management level for several months and both sides believed they had a workable arrangement which was good for all and would see Coventry City back at the Ricoh.
“We did not require the football club or its owners to sign any indemnity around legal action over the Ricoh Arena, and firmly believe that we had made the deal as commercially attractive as possible.
“We, like everyone else, believe the football club should be playing its home games in the city that bears its name and its decision to choose to remain in Birmingham is a wasted opportunity on a massive scale.
“The news that CCFC is working in partnership with the University of Warwick to create its own stadium was not communicated to us until after it was released publicly but we continued to endeavour to bring the negotiations to a successful conclusion and believed that was the case.
“Sadly Coventry City’s late decision to withdraw today has brought current negotiations to a close for the foreseeable future. We were not aware the club would be making a statement this evening and will be looking carefully at elements of what they have claimed, and may possibly comment further in the next couple of days.”


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[jamestaylor002]

Also, best avoid the tweet that the statement link is posted on if anyone wants to avoid being annoyed!

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