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Newcastle United: Liam Kennedy discusses details of the club’s CAT case

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Liam Kennedy has been speaking on the latest edition of NUFC Matters about all things relating to Newcastle United.

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One of the topics that the Shields Gazette reporter spent some time on was the club’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) case over the proposed takeover of the Toon that was withdrawn in July 2020.

Earlier this month, Mike Ashley launched his CAT case to go alongside his arbitration case against the Premier League as the Toon owner looks to force the takeover through.

Kennedy spent some time explaining the differences between the two cases and why the club are looking at the CAT case as well as arbitration.

He said: “That’s a very, very different one that comes with some incredible consequences. [It] could potentially be a little bit more lengthy in time. [It] could be months down the line; it could even be a little further depending on how things play out. But that is a very different legal case to the arbitration.

“The CAT is a totally different beast. It’s totally outside of the Premier League rules and appeals model. It’s not in the framework; it’s an absolute separate action, quite an incredible action.”

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TIF Thoughts on the CAT case…

The Premier League have already been successful in securing a delay for the CAT case as they are looking to get it thrown out.

So, the Premier League clearly aren’t happy about this appeal made by Ashley, and it will be interesting to see what comes of it and if they do manage to get the case thrown out.

Judging by what Kennedy said, the CAT case is on more neutral ground, and so you can see why the Toon went down that route, but it is unclear if they will be successful or not.

However, it is interesting to hear that both legal cases are very different, and we think this is valuable information for Newcastle fans.

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