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You could be right, I don't fully remember. I have no quarrel with Sam Robinson but the way Laird badmouthed the fanbase sits wrong with me.

They said the timeline as they understood it was Dalrada raised their intention to bring their sponsorship to a close, then Laird left, then Robinson said he was stepping down, and it wasn't stated by any of the four parties (Dalrada, Laird, Robinson, MCT) that any of these related to the others.

They didn't say. They just said "a member."

A member of MCT has issued the Board with notice that they intend to file legal action. There's not been any actual suit filed yet but they've said they're going to do so. The Board considers the proposed action not to have any merit, but they said if it is filed, it will need to be defended, and that will come with legal costs. The above is what I remember with near 100% certainty. I think they also said that they would need to cover the costs via the MCT funds, which as we know are earmarked purely to send to GMFC Ltd. So we'd need to find a way to make that possible. I'm not certain I'm remembering that exactly as they said. Understandably they took no questions on this update, which was given at the start of the meeting, then we moved on with the agenda.

I overstated it a bit; they only played 9 seasons in the second tier. They're primarily a third tier team. But last season they played in Serie C they had 2,800 average. 7,000-ish in Serie B. Above all Italian clubs just make a lot more off media rights than Scottish ones for obvious reasons.

Rimini were Serie B regulars, they'd be a significantly larger club than us if not for the bankruptcy.

Their Portuguese club looks like an incubator for young players. I assume what's in it for them is a cut of player sales but that's a guess.

Cheers.

How much would that put MCT's stake at, were we to sell?

I will say that with the exception of one question, the audio quality has been 100% perfect and everything is audible. That's a vast improvement. I have to drop off now for a work call. If someone's taking notes I'd love to hear the details on the last slide of discussion, which I'll miss.

I just sent in a mail, got a response with the Teams link within two minutes.

Who are the players with extension clauses, I wonder? Frankly that's more interesting to me at this point than Dalrada. I'm grateful for the sponsorship, sure, but all the stuff about increased professionalism and a change in the business culture just failed to happen.

They were based in Glasgow for a long time but now they train in Kilwinning. Not exactly the ends of the earth. Probably just had a better offer.

So that'll be in a fortnight, then?

There were people who shall remain nameless (Dunning) also saying there was "no way back" for Murray after it. Dunning: will your humiliating climbdown be now or after we horse big-spending Dougie Imrie's Raith in a fortnight?