The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)
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This is Roland we're dealing with here.J BLOCK said:
Do you honestly think a company would agree a deal with another company but allow the seller to do what the fuck they want to effectively wreck the business before they take it over?Taxi_Lad said:GM’s words to @JamesSeed might just make sense. Those saying it doesn’t cos he’s wrecking the asset.. how much damage can he do in 2 weeks?? Bet he can’t raise as much cash as the Aussies will save on the discounted price.
And those who say why not leave it til dec/jan...... the Club could be in an irretrievable state by then.
The Aussies can let RD do his worst then he’s gone and the Aussies sanction a decent level of loanees and free agents to get us through to the January transfer window
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How many of them are "vital machinery" if your plan is to get in the prem?killerandflash said:
That makes no sense though, it would be like buying a factory, but letting the previous owner sell some of the vital machinery firstSambo_1 said:
TypoSambo_1 said:It's no coincidence that GM said "it's going to be a difficult 2 weeks" with the 2 weeks ending when the window shuts.
With the situation were in now with players leaving with no budget for replacements. I think there is some sort of agreement between Roland and Aussies for this to be happening for unknown reasons as of yet that will benefit the sale being finalised.
I believe the sale will go through soon after window shuts. Hence "it will be wortwhile". As it will be, thinking in long term.
And the Aussies might be able to have a budget in pace ready in time for loans to come in. Just my personel opinion on things..
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I dont want to speculate but i will take a guess that maybe the Aussies have agreed to give Roland until end of transfer window to raise as much money as he can from player sales.se9addick said:
But why would the Aussies just accept Duchâtelet trashing the asset that they are about to purchase at great expense? It just doesn’t make any sense.Sambo_1 said:It's no coincidence that GM said "it's going to be a difficult 2 weeks" with the 2 weeks ending when the window shuts.
With the situation were in now with players leaving with no budget for replacements. I think there is some sort of agreement between Roland and Aussies for this to be happening for unknown reasons as of yet that will benefit the sale being finalised.
I believe the sale will go through soon after window shuts. Hence "it will be wortwhile". As it will be, thinking in long term.
And the Aussies might be able to have a budget in pace ready in time for loans to come in. Just my personel opinion on things..
To help contribute towards clearing director loans. So it's less money he's having to pay with his own money, to make sale go through.
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Yes......more like 7 or 8. How many current Premier League teams have spent time in the 4th tier of English football over the past 30 years ??? I expect NONE.clb74 said:
Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.Cafc43v3r said:
Why would people with a "5 year plan" be so bothered about any of our current playing staff. In fact if it was me I would want clear title AND no long term liabilities.JamesSeed said:
Excluding the Aussies.Cafc43v3r said:The players left including Aribo and BFG aren't worth diddly if your paying £40million for the club. The only assets any "ambitious" buyer would interested in are the ground, the training ground and our golden share. As I have said time and again.
If the Aussies plan has remotely got the idea of letting RD take money out of the club during the transfer window & then buildong from thereafter they are bigger fools than anyone alive.1 -
Shit way to run a club & I'd have thought any new owners would want the best possible start......not be scrabbling around for cast-offs at the last moment.Taxi_Lad said:GM’s words to @JamesSeed might just make sense. Those saying it doesn’t cos he’s wrecking the asset.. how much damage can he do in 2 weeks?? Bet he can’t raise as much cash as the Aussies will save on the discounted price.
And those who say why not leave it til dec/jan...... the Club could be in an irretrievable state by then.
The Aussies can let RD do his worst then he’s gone and the Aussies sanction a decent level of loanees and free agents to get us through to the January transfer window
I’m feeling positive
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Agreed. I can’t make sense of it.golfaddick said:
Shit way to run a club & I'd have thought any new owners would want the best possible start......not be scrabbling around for cast-offs at the last moment.Taxi_Lad said:GM’s words to @JamesSeed might just make sense. Those saying it doesn’t cos he’s wrecking the asset.. how much damage can he do in 2 weeks?? Bet he can’t raise as much cash as the Aussies will save on the discounted price.
And those who say why not leave it til dec/jan...... the Club could be in an irretrievable state by then.
The Aussies can let RD do his worst then he’s gone and the Aussies sanction a decent level of loanees and free agents to get us through to the January transfer window
I’m feeling positive
Unless it’s a take it or leave it from Roland.
I’m hoping something happens on Friday.2 -
Having read countless posts about how the Aussies are most likely letting RD trouser a few pennies so they can get the deal done after the transfer window shuts, I'm going to stick my neck out & say that its a load of bullshit & that RD will still be here on Sept 1st.
You can all go & wet your pants about how great they must be to let him offload our best players so that we can sign Kaikai & Zyro again, for that is all that will be left in the bargain bucket that is the loan market post August 9th.
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Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.golfaddick said:
Yes......more like 7 or 8. How many current Premier League teams have spent time in the 4th tier of English football over the past 30 years ??? I expect NONE.clb74 said:
Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.Cafc43v3r said:
Why would people with a "5 year plan" be so bothered about any of our current playing staff. In fact if it was me I would want clear title AND no long term liabilities.JamesSeed said:
Excluding the Aussies.Cafc43v3r said:The players left including Aribo and BFG aren't worth diddly if your paying £40million for the club. The only assets any "ambitious" buyer would interested in are the ground, the training ground and our golden share. As I have said time and again.
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Once again, I have no inside info, just bloody bored with it all now0
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FFS. The 5 year plan requires £200m not £35m ot £40m.sammy391 said:Two points I’ve been thinking about recently :
Could the ‘two weeks of problems but it’ll be worth it’ be a reference to essentially Duchâtelet asset stripping and making as much cash as he can in order for him to lower his price to enable the Aussies to buy at the price their happy/can afford?
And secondly , having just listened to John salako talking about his ‘wealthy investors’ who would want to move to the peninsular - how likely is that to be josh Harris?
In the radio interview , salako was waiting for his man to return from New York ... and surely salako has had dealings with harris from his time at Crystal Palace - as well as Harris knowing about the benefits etc of Charlton at the peninsular after seeing slater& Jimenez’ plans when he was interested in the club months/weeks before Duchâtelet finally bought us
Has anyone evidence that Harris is remotely involved? I'd put more money on Orville.
A move to the peninsular which is extensively developed already would be dependent on selling the Valley for housing. We know how well that went last time.
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Friday doesn't really matter because RD can still (and no doubt would) sell any of our players abroad.AFKABartram said:Been away so not been following much online over the last week or so other than a bit of skim reading but....
Sense there is a bit of transfer window deadline firesale panic going on.
Whilst I’m in no way feeling positive about ANYTHING to do with Charlton at this point in time, it’s worth remembering we have had the same fears / expectations over the last few transfer window deadline weeks, and none of them have hit the worst outcome we feared.
So while I agree there’s a lot to be concerned about, it would be wise to see where we stand squad wise come Friday before collectively doing our pieces entirely imo0 - Sponsored links:
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But presumably the Aussies would have to sanction it, which would make them as mad as him?JamesSeed said:
This is Roland we're dealing with here.J BLOCK said:
Do you honestly think a company would agree a deal with another company but allow the seller to do what the fuck they want to effectively wreck the business before they take it over?Taxi_Lad said:GM’s words to @JamesSeed might just make sense. Those saying it doesn’t cos he’s wrecking the asset.. how much damage can he do in 2 weeks?? Bet he can’t raise as much cash as the Aussies will save on the discounted price.
And those who say why not leave it til dec/jan...... the Club could be in an irretrievable state by then.
The Aussies can let RD do his worst then he’s gone and the Aussies sanction a decent level of loanees and free agents to get us through to the January transfer window
I’m feeling positive
The alternative of course is that the deal is off/miles away and Roland is raising as much cash as possible in the transfer window to cover the month to month losses for the foreseeable future as much as possible.
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My guess is Roland will sell after the window closes an
Man City?RedChaser said:
Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.golfaddick said:
Yes......more like 7 or 8. How many current Premier League teams have spent time in the 4th tier of English football over the past 30 years ??? I expect NONE.clb74 said:
Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.Cafc43v3r said:
Why would people with a "5 year plan" be so bothered about any of our current playing staff. In fact if it was me I would want clear title AND no long term liabilities.JamesSeed said:
Excluding the Aussies.Cafc43v3r said:The players left including Aribo and BFG aren't worth diddly if your paying £40million for the club. The only assets any "ambitious" buyer would interested in are the ground, the training ground and our golden share. As I have said time and again.
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See Usmanov is set to sell his share in Arsenal. Was he not linked with Charlton recently?7
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Brighton, Fulham and Huddersfield as well.RedChaser said:
Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.golfaddick said:
Yes......more like 7 or 8. How many current Premier League teams have spent time in the 4th tier of English football over the past 30 years ??? I expect NONE.clb74 said:
Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.Cafc43v3r said:
Why would people with a "5 year plan" be so bothered about any of our current playing staff. In fact if it was me I would want clear title AND no long term liabilities.JamesSeed said:
Excluding the Aussies.Cafc43v3r said:The players left including Aribo and BFG aren't worth diddly if your paying £40million for the club. The only assets any "ambitious" buyer would interested in are the ground, the training ground and our golden share. As I have said time and again.
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Wasn't that made up?Sir Chrissy said:See Usmanov is set to sell his share in Arsenal. Was he not linked with Charlton recently?
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Was linked with being the ceo of an Italian club last week as well
All player sales right now are a sign to me he is using the cash to pay the bills
Taking from peter to pay Paul my nan would’ve said
That’s why when big josh left I believe that was the sign the deal is dead
The Aussies (should they miraculously have found the investors required to bridge the gap ) would be bat shit crazy to buy this club and have no chance in getting in the players required to stabilize it until the next window opens
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As the loan window closes at the end of August the deadline this week is less important. You can sign a player on loan with the deal becoming permanent in January.2
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Scoham said:
Brighton, Fulham and Huddersfield as well.RedChaser said:
Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.golfaddick said:
Yes......more like 7 or 8. How many current Premier League teams have spent time in the 4th tier of English football over the past 30 years ??? I expect NONE.clb74 said:
Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.Cafc43v3r said:
Why would people with a "5 year plan" be so bothered about any of our current playing staff. In fact if it was me I would want clear title AND no long term liabilities.JamesSeed said:
Excluding the Aussies.Cafc43v3r said:The players left including Aribo and BFG aren't worth diddly if your paying £40million for the club. The only assets any "ambitious" buyer would interested in are the ground, the training ground and our golden share. As I have said time and again.
Man CityScoham said:
Brighton, Fulham and Huddersfield as well.RedChaser said:
Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.golfaddick said:
Yes......more like 7 or 8. How many current Premier League teams have spent time in the 4th tier of English football over the past 30 years ??? I expect NONE.clb74 said:
Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.Cafc43v3r said:
Why would people with a "5 year plan" be so bothered about any of our current playing staff. In fact if it was me I would want clear title AND no long term liabilities.JamesSeed said:
Excluding the Aussies.Cafc43v3r said:The players left including Aribo and BFG aren't worth diddly if your paying £40million for the club. The only assets any "ambitious" buyer would interested in are the ground, the training ground and our golden share. As I have said time and again.
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Yeah he's lined up to come in as midfield cover.Sir Chrissy said:See Usmanov is set to sell his share in Arsenal. Was he not linked with Charlton recently?
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Without a miracle this season is going to be one where the only realistic aim is to maintain our status in this division. Promotion is a pipedream, even with a takeover in the next few weeks (yeah right) it would still be highly improbable due to how much work needs to be done.nth london addick said:Was linked with being the ceo of an Italian club last week as well
All player sales right now are a sign to me he is using the cash to pay the bills
Taking from peter to pay Paul my nan would’ve said
That’s why when big josh left I believe that was the sign the deal is dead
The Aussies (should they miraculously have found the investors required to bridge the gap ) would be bat shit crazy to buy this club and have no chance in getting in the players required to stabilize it until the next window opens0 - Sponsored links:
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I didn't catch his name but breaking sports news on ITV is that some American is going to purchase all of Arsenal...Sir Chrissy said:See Usmanov is set to sell his share in Arsenal. Was he not linked with Charlton recently?
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He's only worth $15b not sure he can afford Rolands price tag0
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I know they were in the 3rd tier, did they ever drop to the 4th?Redrobo said:Scoham said:
Brighton, Fulham and Huddersfield as well.RedChaser said:
Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.golfaddick said:
Yes......more like 7 or 8. How many current Premier League teams have spent time in the 4th tier of English football over the past 30 years ??? I expect NONE.clb74 said:
Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.Cafc43v3r said:
Why would people with a "5 year plan" be so bothered about any of our current playing staff. In fact if it was me I would want clear title AND no long term liabilities.JamesSeed said:
Excluding the Aussies.Cafc43v3r said:The players left including Aribo and BFG aren't worth diddly if your paying £40million for the club. The only assets any "ambitious" buyer would interested in are the ground, the training ground and our golden share. As I have said time and again.
Man CityScoham said:
Brighton, Fulham and Huddersfield as well.RedChaser said:
Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.golfaddick said:
Yes......more like 7 or 8. How many current Premier League teams have spent time in the 4th tier of English football over the past 30 years ??? I expect NONE.clb74 said:
Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.Cafc43v3r said:
Why would people with a "5 year plan" be so bothered about any of our current playing staff. In fact if it was me I would want clear title AND no long term liabilities.JamesSeed said:
Excluding the Aussies.Cafc43v3r said:The players left including Aribo and BFG aren't worth diddly if your paying £40million for the club. The only assets any "ambitious" buyer would interested in are the ground, the training ground and our golden share. As I have said time and again.
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Southampton tooScoham said:
Brighton, Fulham and Huddersfield as well.RedChaser said:
Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.golfaddick said:
Yes......more like 7 or 8. How many current Premier League teams have spent time in the 4th tier of English football over the past 30 years ??? I expect NONE.clb74 said:
Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.Cafc43v3r said:
Why would people with a "5 year plan" be so bothered about any of our current playing staff. In fact if it was me I would want clear title AND no long term liabilities.JamesSeed said:
Excluding the Aussies.Cafc43v3r said:The players left including Aribo and BFG aren't worth diddly if your paying £40million for the club. The only assets any "ambitious" buyer would interested in are the ground, the training ground and our golden share. As I have said time and again.
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No, I should have read it properly. Sorry.Scoham said:
I know they were in the 3rd tier, did they ever drop to the 4th?Redrobo said:Scoham said:
Brighton, Fulham and Huddersfield as well.RedChaser said:
Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.golfaddick said:
Yes......more like 7 or 8. How many current Premier League teams have spent time in the 4th tier of English football over the past 30 years ??? I expect NONE.clb74 said:
Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.Cafc43v3r said:
Why would people with a "5 year plan" be so bothered about any of our current playing staff. In fact if it was me I would want clear title AND no long term liabilities.JamesSeed said:
Excluding the Aussies.Cafc43v3r said:The players left including Aribo and BFG aren't worth diddly if your paying £40million for the club. The only assets any "ambitious" buyer would interested in are the ground, the training ground and our golden share. As I have said time and again.
Man CityScoham said:
Brighton, Fulham and Huddersfield as well.RedChaser said:
Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.golfaddick said:
Yes......more like 7 or 8. How many current Premier League teams have spent time in the 4th tier of English football over the past 30 years ??? I expect NONE.clb74 said:
Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.Cafc43v3r said:
Why would people with a "5 year plan" be so bothered about any of our current playing staff. In fact if it was me I would want clear title AND no long term liabilities.JamesSeed said:
Excluding the Aussies.Cafc43v3r said:The players left including Aribo and BFG aren't worth diddly if your paying £40million for the club. The only assets any "ambitious" buyer would interested in are the ground, the training ground and our golden share. As I have said time and again.
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Stan KroenkeRudders22 said:
I didn't catch his name but breaking sports news on ITV is that some American is going to purchase all of Arsenal...Sir Chrissy said:See Usmanov is set to sell his share in Arsenal. Was he not linked with Charlton recently?
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Lowest Man City got was 3rd tier in 98/99 but I forgot to mention Brighton who nearly went out of the Football League had it not been for a final day Houdini escape under the management of one Stevie Grit who is a legend with any seagull.LargeAddick said:My guess is Roland will sell after the window closes an
Man City?RedChaser said:
Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.golfaddick said:
Yes......more like 7 or 8. How many current Premier League teams have spent time in the 4th tier of English football over the past 30 years ??? I expect NONE.clb74 said:
Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.Cafc43v3r said:
Why would people with a "5 year plan" be so bothered about any of our current playing staff. In fact if it was me I would want clear title AND no long term liabilities.JamesSeed said:
Excluding the Aussies.Cafc43v3r said:The players left including Aribo and BFG aren't worth diddly if your paying £40million for the club. The only assets any "ambitious" buyer would interested in are the ground, the training ground and our golden share. As I have said time and again.
Good shouts also on Fulham and Uddersfield @Scoham
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Not been as low as the 4th tier?Red_James said:
Southampton tooScoham said:
Brighton, Fulham and Huddersfield as well.RedChaser said:
Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.golfaddick said:
Yes......more like 7 or 8. How many current Premier League teams have spent time in the 4th tier of English football over the past 30 years ??? I expect NONE.clb74 said:
Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.Cafc43v3r said:
Why would people with a "5 year plan" be so bothered about any of our current playing staff. In fact if it was me I would want clear title AND no long term liabilities.JamesSeed said:
Excluding the Aussies.Cafc43v3r said:The players left including Aribo and BFG aren't worth diddly if your paying £40million for the club. The only assets any "ambitious" buyer would interested in are the ground, the training ground and our golden share. As I have said time and again.
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