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The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

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  • See Usmanov is set to sell his share in Arsenal. Was he not linked with Charlton recently?

    Wasn't that made up?
  • 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







  • 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.
  • Scoham said:

    RedChaser said:

    clb74 said:

    Cafc43v3r said:

    JamesSeed said:

    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.

    Excluding the Aussies.
    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.
    Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.
    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.

    Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.
    Brighton, Fulham and Huddersfield as well.
    Scoham said:

    RedChaser said:

    clb74 said:

    Cafc43v3r said:

    JamesSeed said:

    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.

    Excluding the Aussies.
    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.
    Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.
    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.

    Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.
    Brighton, Fulham and Huddersfield as well.
    Man City
  • 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







    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.
  • See Usmanov is set to sell his share in Arsenal. Was he not linked with Charlton recently?

    I didn't catch his name but breaking sports news on ITV is that some American is going to purchase all of Arsenal...

  • He's only worth $15b not sure he can afford Rolands price tag
  • Redrobo said:

    Scoham said:

    RedChaser said:

    clb74 said:

    Cafc43v3r said:

    JamesSeed said:

    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.

    Excluding the Aussies.
    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.
    Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.
    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.

    Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.
    Brighton, Fulham and Huddersfield as well.
    Scoham said:

    RedChaser said:

    clb74 said:

    Cafc43v3r said:

    JamesSeed said:

    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.

    Excluding the Aussies.
    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.
    Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.
    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.

    Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.
    Brighton, Fulham and Huddersfield as well.
    Man City
    I know they were in the 3rd tier, did they ever drop to the 4th?
  • Scoham said:

    RedChaser said:

    clb74 said:

    Cafc43v3r said:

    JamesSeed said:

    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.

    Excluding the Aussies.
    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.
    Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.
    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.

    Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.
    Brighton, Fulham and Huddersfield as well.
    Southampton too
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  • Scoham said:

    Redrobo said:

    Scoham said:

    RedChaser said:

    clb74 said:

    Cafc43v3r said:

    JamesSeed said:

    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.

    Excluding the Aussies.
    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.
    Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.
    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.

    Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.
    Brighton, Fulham and Huddersfield as well.
    Scoham said:

    RedChaser said:

    clb74 said:

    Cafc43v3r said:

    JamesSeed said:

    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.

    Excluding the Aussies.
    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.
    Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.
    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.

    Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.
    Brighton, Fulham and Huddersfield as well.
    Man City
    I know they were in the 3rd tier, did they ever drop to the 4th?
    No, I should have read it properly. Sorry.
  • edited August 2018
    Rudders22 said:

    See Usmanov is set to sell his share in Arsenal. Was he not linked with Charlton recently?

    I didn't catch his name but breaking sports news on ITV is that some American is going to purchase all of Arsenal...
    Stan Kroenke
  • edited August 2018

    My guess is Roland will sell after the window closes an

    RedChaser said:

    clb74 said:

    Cafc43v3r said:

    JamesSeed said:

    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.

    Excluding the Aussies.
    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.
    Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.
    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.

    Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.
    Man City?
    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. :wink:

    Good shouts also on Fulham and Uddersfield @Scoham :+1:
  • Red_James said:

    Scoham said:

    RedChaser said:

    clb74 said:

    Cafc43v3r said:

    JamesSeed said:

    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.

    Excluding the Aussies.
    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.
    Does the 5 year plan not become longer if we go down.
    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.

    Off the top of my head golfie, Wolves, Burnley, Bournemouth and Blackpool recently albeit not current.
    Brighton, Fulham and Huddersfield as well.
    Southampton too
    Not been as low as the 4th tier?
  • edited August 2018

    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







    That was Ivan Gazidis, not Usmanov.
  • edited August 2018

    Swansea

    It's good but not right, same as my Blackpool shout but even more recent as last season. Now Championship. :wink:

  • One missing from premier league but ex 4th is Cardiff
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  • cfgs said:

    Proof that the deluded old plum was wrong in everything he aimed to do.
    We're doomed I tell ye, doomed!

  • edited August 2018
    Some intriguing theories - indeed at the FF when I questioned whether the arrangement for player sales was like for like (off the asking price) I was told no but there was a ‘mechanism’ for dealing with it. Perhaps even the number of sales or positions or even named players or a combination of the above, that could be potentially sold was agreed? Might explain a lot, big assumption though of course, but it explains Bowyers assertion around the number of outs/ins, also explains the painful 2 weeks comment, although the real world is a different matter, but perhaps, perhaps...

    Edit: the best part of this theory for me would be NLA being ‘wrong’..

    ;)
  • Those sorts of numbers do show the complete financial mess Roland made of running the club

    It also shows that calling him an "asset stripper" is inaccurate, as that would imply he's making money out of his ownership of us, when in reality what's he's doing is trying to reduce the losses he's made (caused by his mismanagement). When a club is losing money, either you have to put in money (from the owner or bank) to cover the losses OR you sell the family silver (i.e. players) to cover the losses...


  • One missing from premier league but ex 4th is Cardiff

    Hull and Wigan have also been in the prem since they were in the 4th tier
  • edited August 2018
    Good job we've got a decent youth system otherwise he would have lost some serious money!
  • razil said:

    Chizz said:

    razil said:

    Some intriguing theories - indeed at the FF when I questioned whether the arrangement for player sales was like for like (off the asking price) I was told no but there was a ‘mechanism’ for dealing with it. Perhaps even the number of sales or positions or even named players or a combination of the above, that could be potentially sold was agreed? Might explain a lot, big assumption though of course, but it explains Bowyers assertion around the number of outs/ins, also explains the painful 2 weeks comment, although the real world is a different matter, but perhaps, perhaps...

    I have no idea what any of those sentences mean.
    Best I can do on a bus from Heraklion airport
    Should've written it in Greek and given us a chance to comprehend it :wink:
  • Come onto this thread occasionally and I am now convinced this takeover is well and truly dead so we can look forward to the old fucker pillaging what is left.
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Roland Out Forever!