Not sure I like the sound of this bit though.... "He paid around £35m to buy Standard Liege in 2011. But fans were furious with his policy of selling the club’s best players leading to pitch invasions and demonstrations in the streets of Liege."
Perhaps not the most glamorous nor the richest (18th richest in Belgium), but he has been involved with football for a long time and at least we would know who actually owns us - if true, of course.
My friend who lives in Belgium was watching the news and the national Belgium news channel has just confirmed This, He is a Standard fan and lives in the area, this is a deal done for sure.
Not sure I like the sound of this bit though.... "He paid around £35m to buy Standard Liege in 2011. But fans were furious with his policy of selling the club’s best players leading to pitch invasions and demonstrations in the streets of Liege."
Standard won 5-1 away tonight and are 4 points clear at the top in Belgium so he must be doing something right.
Not sure I like the sound of this bit though.... "He paid around £35m to buy Standard Liege in 2011. But fans were furious with his policy of selling the club’s best players leading to pitch invasions and demonstrations in the streets of Liege."
Standard won 5-1 away tonight and are 4 points clear at the top in Belgium so he must be doing something right.
Arsenal are also rumoured to be interested in one of Standards strikers for £6m, may as well loan him to us for 6 months to see if he can cope with English football ;-)
Not sure I like the sound of this bit though.... "He paid around £35m to buy Standard Liege in 2011. But fans were furious with his policy of selling the club’s best players leading to pitch invasions and demonstrations in the streets of Liege."
Maybe liege needed a complete change like we did in league 1 and it's obviously worked for them. Plus we don't really have many best players that other teams will be falling over for and if we're honest quite a few players will need to change if the ambition is to move forward.
Yeah would be outraged if we started selling our best players, past owners would do no such thing.
In all seriousness though, thank god if this is finally over. Sounds like Liege have been run well if they are topping the league and hopefully some loan deals from the country with currently some of the best youth in Europe.
Because the new owner sold all the high wage people at Liege is no reason to panic, They was in lots of dept and wasn't doing fab in the league, the next season new managers new players and they are now TOP
Liege had a bigger dept then we do as well, No need to panic
On balance, if this is true then it is probably good news. The Belgians from Flanders are not gobshites or bullshitters when it comes to business. Coming from the EU will also make it less likely that there is "funny money" involved.
A financially secure owner, with good footballing experience coming in just before a transfer window? Way too good to be true, burying head in sand for the next 2 weeks until this is done.
On balance, if this is true then it is probably good news. The Belgians from Flanders are not gobshites or bullshitters when it comes to business. Coming from the EU will also make it less likely that there is "funny money" involved.
This. For such a small country they sure know how to operate in the business world.
Another good thing is it seems he is a football man, so no silly rebrandings & I guess the chances of relocating The Valley has probably receded - this could be all about what happens on the pitch.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Duchatelet
Standard won 5-1 away tonight and are 4 points clear at the top in Belgium so he must be doing something right.
I'm more worried about his manager intentions.
In all seriousness though, thank god if this is finally over. Sounds like Liege have been run well if they are topping the league and hopefully some loan deals from the country with currently some of the best youth in Europe.
Liege had a bigger dept then we do as well, No need to panic
http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/sports/1.1051089
Having said that, the last time I got really excited over Charlton Xmas news, was the appointment of Pardew :-(
Another good thing is it seems he is a football man, so no silly rebrandings & I guess the chances of relocating The Valley has probably receded - this could be all about what happens on the pitch.