I will be happy if it turns out to be true, but I still will believe it when I see it and it happens.
I can't find any mention of KEH Sports anywhere and not on the KEH website. What kind of a press release is it that only exists on the SLP and nowhere else on the web?
Of course its bloomin true !! It would have been put Cawley's way though, he doesn't monitor the world for minor press releases !
Not sure why you would he happy though, its just saying Varney has a job. Nothing to say it is going to Charlton related or.football related.
It could well be a complete co-incidence that Kuwati's have been rumoured looking at the club in recent months, though said rumours also suggested that interest had cooled.
Varney is widely respected, knows football and knows how to put takeovers together / oversee change. I expect them to be linked with a club relatively soon if their status and individuals are now being publicly put out there
I was thinking about a legit take over of Charlton which had some involvement from Peter Varney would make me happy, not the alleged job with KEH, though thats great and all. Not quite sure what RC gets up to or why he would be receiving a minor press release. Surely minor press releases hit the internet or else they are not making much of a splash or I am missing something there ?
I will be happy if it turns out to be true, but I still will believe it when I see it and it happens.
I can't find any mention of KEH Sports anywhere and not on the KEH website. What kind of a press release is it that only exists on the SLP and nowhere else on the web?
Of course its bloomin true !! It would have been put Cawley's way though, he doesn't monitor the world for minor press releases !
Not sure why you would he happy though, its just saying Varney has a job. Nothing to say it is going to Charlton related or.football related.
It could well be a complete co-incidence that Kuwati's have been rumoured looking at the club in recent months, though said rumours also suggested that interest had cooled.
Varney is widely respected, knows football and knows how to put takeovers together / oversee change. I expect them to be linked with a club relatively soon if their status and individuals are now being publicly put out there
I was thinking about a legit take over of Charlton which had some involvement from Peter Varney would make me happy, not the alleged job with KEH, though thats great and all. Not quite sure what RC gets up to or why he would be receiving a minor press release. Surely minor press releases hit the internet or else they are not making much of a splash or I am missing something there ?
It's been given to Cawley, I cannot find the press release anywhere else.
Either
1, cawley has been given this to give to us 2, cawleys broken an embargo
I was thinking about a legit take over of Charlton which had some involvement from Peter Varney would make me happy, not the alleged job with KEH, though thats great and all. Not quite sure what RC gets up to or why he would be receiving a minor press release. Surely minor press releases hit the internet or else they are not making much of a splash or I am missing something there ?
A T/O by deeper-pocketed investors would be a good thing, especially if it arrives soon and allows CP to invest in new players in the close season. But just because PV has a new job (I thought he had retired?) does not automatically mean that he's spear-heading a T/O of Charlton.
If you read Richard Cawley's original message he doesn't make that claim but no doubt has worded it carefully in order to allow people to assume that is the logical reason why he's just been appointed to this job. Why did he get the scoop? Who knows, presumably he knows PV...
Thinking about it, there aren't many clubs of our size that don't have exotic foreign owners or backers.
Cardiff, Hull, Watford, Forest, Leicester, Leeds etc all have foreign backing, as have relegated Reading and QPR.
Of the other Championship clubs, some are too small for a serious investment to make sense (Peterborough, Barnsley), scummy (Millwall), already have wealthy backers (Ipswich), or already have wacky backers (Blackburn) etc
So unless they want to buy an established PL club (e.g. West Ham, West Brom), we'd be one of the obvious targets.
All the scoop says is that PV has a new job with KEH, who want to invest in football, and I am 100% sure that much is true. It says nothing about a takeover of us, or indeed any other club. That the potential target club could be Charlton is just guesswork...
Thinking about it, there aren't many clubs of our size that don't have exotic foreign owners or backers.
Cardiff, Hull, Watford, Forest, Leicester, Leeds etc all have foreign backing, as have relegated Reading and QPR.
Of the other Championship clubs, some are too small for a serious investment to make sense (Peterborough, Barnsley), scummy (Millwall), already have wealthy backers (Ipswich), or already have wacky backers (Blackburn) etc
So unless they want to buy an established PL club (e.g. West Ham, West Brom), we'd be one of the obvious targets.
Good Point . I can't see Arab investors dealing with the owners of West Ham either.
All the scoop says is that PV has a new job with KEH, who want to invest in football, and I am 100% sure that much is true. It says nothing about a takeover of us, or indeed any other club. That the potential target club could be Charlton is just guesswork...
All the scoop says is that PV has a new job with KEH, who want to invest in football, and I am 100% sure that much is true. It says nothing about a takeover of us, or indeed any other club. That the potential target club could be Charlton is just guesswork...
It could be Gillingham or Millwall?
Doesn't Paul Scally have a business in the middle east ?
All the scoop says is that PV has a new job with KEH, who want to invest in football, and I am 100% sure that much is true. It says nothing about a takeover of us, or indeed any other club. That the potential target club could be Charlton is just guesswork...
It could be Gillingham or Millwall?
Doesn't Paul Scally have a business in the middle east ?
It is a newly-formed subsidiary of the Kuwaiti European Holding Company and Varney's role will be to oversee the group's planned and future investment in UK football. Dr Abdulla Alhumaidi, chairman of the Kuwaiti European Holding Company, said: "We are delighted to have secured the services of Peter Varney to this key new role in UK operations. "He has a wealth of experience in the football sector and I very much look forward to working with him on our proposed range of current and future football-related projects."
Looking at the state of QPR at the moment you'd have to wonder why Fernandes bought them and not us - we have far greater long term potential than QPR and a much better existing infrastructure and fan base.
We have debt - who doesn't? - but we have a 28,000 capacity stadium slap bang in the middle of the biggest growth corridor in Britain, the Thames Gateway.
What's more, we have the whole of Kent and much of SE London from which to attract fans and have no competing Premier League rivals near us - poor old QPR are squeezed badly by Chelsea and, to a lesser extent, Fulham.
At the time QPR probably seemed the better bet as they were in the PL but I think - admittedly from a biased perspective - that Charlton would have been a much shrewder investment in the longer term.
Really do believe something may come of this... Of any "football-related projects", we are going to be in the forefront of PV's mind if past conquests are anything to go by.
Also, the fact that there are no visable press-releases suggests that PV has told RC. If it wasn't going to be CAFC related, why would he have bothered; being CAFC fan himself and knowing it will lead others on.
Just out of interest, how much is charlton worth now?? say they do make a bid to take over the club, what price would they offer jimenez and co to buy charlton??
Abdulatif Al Nami - CEO Muneera Al Humaidi - Marketing Manager Mohammed Al Ghanim - Sales Manager Abdullah Al Gharabally - Head of Finance Department Majid Al Thafeeri - Operations Manager Ahmed Raouf - Operations Manager (Egypt) Dominic Howson - Operations Manager (UK) Yasser Al Samman - Overseas Projects Manager
I have it good authority these guys are all Spurs fans...
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Either
1, cawley has been given this to give to us
2, cawleys broken an embargo
A T/O by deeper-pocketed investors would be a good thing, especially if it arrives soon and allows CP to invest in new players in the close season. But just because PV has a new job (I thought he had retired?) does not automatically mean that he's spear-heading a T/O of Charlton.
If you read Richard Cawley's original message he doesn't make that claim but no doubt has worded it carefully in order to allow people to assume that is the logical reason why he's just been appointed to this job. Why did he get the scoop? Who knows, presumably he knows PV...
Cardiff, Hull, Watford, Forest, Leicester, Leeds etc all have foreign backing, as have relegated Reading and QPR.
Of the other Championship clubs, some are too small for a serious investment to make sense (Peterborough, Barnsley), scummy (Millwall), already have wealthy backers (Ipswich), or already have wacky backers (Blackburn) etc
So unless they want to buy an established PL club (e.g. West Ham, West Brom), we'd be one of the obvious targets.
Or Crystal Palace who may be playing in the premiership next season....
Besides, can you really see Peter Varney leading a takeover of Crystal Palace :-)
It is a newly-formed subsidiary of the Kuwaiti European Holding Company and Varney's role will be to oversee the group's planned and future investment in UK football.
Dr Abdulla Alhumaidi, chairman of the Kuwaiti European Holding Company, said: "We are delighted to have secured the services of Peter Varney to this key new role in UK operations.
"He has a wealth of experience in the football sector and I very much look forward to working with him on our proposed range of current and future football-related projects."
We have debt - who doesn't? - but we have a 28,000 capacity stadium slap bang in the middle of the biggest growth corridor in Britain, the Thames Gateway.
What's more, we have the whole of Kent and much of SE London from which to attract fans and have no competing Premier League rivals near us - poor old QPR are squeezed badly by Chelsea and, to a lesser extent, Fulham.
At the time QPR probably seemed the better bet as they were in the PL but I think - admittedly from a biased perspective - that Charlton would have been a much shrewder investment in the longer term.
Also, the fact that there are no visable press-releases suggests that PV has told RC. If it wasn't going to be CAFC related, why would he have bothered; being CAFC fan himself and knowing it will lead others on.
For the moment I'll just say congratulations to PV for getting a new and exciting job.
Not The Sun, or the Mirror or The Mail, or the Liverpool Echo or the Croydon Advertiser or........
Doesn't that speak volumes?