Dundee have released a new statement this afternoon setting out their reasoning for delaying their vote on the SPFL board’s proposals last week.
The Dens Park outfit say that having found out their initial ‘no’ vote had not reached the Hampden chiefs, they also subsequently realised there had been changed votes in the Premiership from Thursday to Friday.
That inspired them to take a pause on proceedings and start to forge a path towards league reconstruction that they feel will be a benefit to clubs that potentially yo-yo between the top-flight and the Championship.
Dundee also explicitly referenced any allegations of collusion with Celtic, shooting down some of the daft conspiracy theories swirling around in recent days.
On the official Dundee website, their statement said: “Also, we are sorry to disappoint all of the conspiracy theorists by saying that we were never exposed to any ‘deals’ from either of the Glasgow giants. They both acted, as we would expect, with complete professionalism.”
They also didn’t fall short of criticising the SPFL or other clubs in the Championship.
However, ultimately they still haven’t confirmed which way they intend to vote on the proposals.
The closest indication is an intriguing section which reads: “We do believe the centre has made mistakes in this process, namely not taking into consideration any financial fallout to their member clubs and publishing of the incomplete ballot results, which has put Dundee FC in a position to receive criticism and undue torment. If what we achieved in our pause was presented by the SPFL in the first instance we would have voted in favour of the proposal.”
That to me would read like there has been constructive dialogue with the SPFL about how to proceed and we are closing in on seeing a ‘yes’ vote to the proposals.
However, it’s clear there is plenty more to this story and we’re still far away from a resolution that is confirmed to have passed.
We can expect more statements later today from a variety of parties, no doubt!
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