Doesn't that contradict what Airman said the other day?
American money, based on holding the assets. Australian control, based on owning the football club. However, the same source says the Americans will now back off.
This isn’t via JW, by the way.
how does that work? American company buy the ground and training facilities and aussie company buy the club?
Sounds like it to me.
This cannot happpen and is a receipe for disaster.
Bring back the pigs...!!
Or the pig puns, coz i'm getting really boared with whats going on, cant you all see we have been taking it for grunted that it was all going through - but, Babe, we were all just piggies in the middle.
The way I read it was that the Americans would not be involved in the day to day running, that would be the Aussies! Similar to cash and slater/Jimenez. Am I wrong?
@airmanbrown said the Americans backing off means the offer doesn't now stack up to the asking price of RD. so I think this means they are no longer involved and it's all gone Pete tong.
Maybe because a respected journalist told us it was. He is still telling us not to worry. Might help a bit if he explained why we shouldn't worry.
Respected?
A quick bit of research shows that Jim White has not done a lot of sport journalism. He has been a presenter since the 1970s. Me personally i dont respect what he has said this week, last week or the other numerous times hes mentioned my club.
Feels like the prolonged Aussie interest has given Duchatelet a reason to believe that his asking price is in the right ball park. It's clearly not.
Here's hoping the Aussies finally bugger off and Duchatelet gets realistic with what he is looking for. Maybe then we'll see some serious movement as opposed to the clusterf*ck that has played out these past 2 years
@airmanbrown said the Americans backing off means the offer doesn't now stack up to the asking price of RD. so I think this means they are no longer involved and it's all gone Pete tong.
There is no conspiracy going on. Sorry to break it to you all but Roland doesn’t even know any of you exist, why would he care about playing games with something that commands less than 2% of his interest?
Reading between the lines, here is the situation in simple terms:
-Roland STILL wants too much money
-The Aussies (GM led) are STILL interested in buying but either don’t have enough money or don’t want to pay the asking price in full
-The Aussies (and the broker) thought they had a deal whereby the Aussies buy the club while new American investors buy the ground etc.
-The Americans have pulled out leaving us back where we were a few weeks ago.
All plausible, especially IMHO Duchatelet. Not sure about the Americans and their role but I'm not ITK.
What I do think is that White said the meeting was today. It may be taking place now or not even have started so we can't be sure what the outcome of that meeting was or will be.
I suppose the thing to do is draw a line under the latest lot of shenanigans and look to the next actual thing we (kind of) know about, which is the Fans Forum on Wednesday. My hope for that is that it is actually quite cool and formal, but some of our fans have prepared demanding questions, and follow ups. I also hope that the details of that meeting are shared amongst all interested within 24 hours. In the event of no take over, one must assume that Duchatelet carries on. One question in the fans forum ought to be who is doing the January deals then, and what exactly will be driving those deals.
Apart from the matches the next focus is on the end of the transfer window and where we stand at that point. My personal expectation is that Duchatelet will still be here, and he will cash in where he can, I expect that scenario because it is what he has done before. If I am wrong all well and good, that is until the raft of contracts of many of our decent players expire in the summer.
It is likely to be either short term pain, or long term pain or both. It is very unlikely that Roland will inject anything positive into his football club.
However if the sale does not go through, Roland has the opportunity with some intelligent work, to capitalise or at least solidify current success. He can't say the chance wasn't there, but why should he care anyway, he doesn't come?
I know it is a bleak picture, but after this latest collapse can anybody ever get their hopes up again? If nothing else, as well as manufacturing electronic widgits, Roland has been brilliant at manufacturing cynics.
what is fecking laughable is the fact, that they get to this stage and pull out because of the price, fuck me you surely know the price whilst entering into discussions and especially the Aussie's know what he will and won't accept, what a shambles.
That’s why I stick to my point pages back , 90% of this shite coming out again now is guess work and pure speculation and is no doubt done with good intentions but should be spoken about as speculation not it’s happening not it’s 24/48 hrs away
Ffs How many times will people fall for this stuff
Even those in the club who I know would know all to a man said proceed with caution we have been here before
That’s who you listen too not fucking Jim white and then get wound up because the poor sod has been taken in by the hype himself
It wasn’t imminent it wasn’t 90% done
It is either done or it ain’t there’s no in between
Don’t believe anyone who says dates and hours until completion
Prepare to be underwhelmed and prepare to be disappointed and you will not have Your evenings ruined any longer
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Where did this little nugget of information come from anyway and how reliable is the source?
Can someone do the usual Takeover Thread Round up?
Boycott
#notapennymore
Me personally i dont respect what he has said this week, last week or the other numerous times hes mentioned my club.
Here's hoping the Aussies finally bugger off and Duchatelet gets realistic with what he is looking for. Maybe then we'll see some serious movement as opposed to the clusterf*ck that has played out these past 2 years
Let’s just hope there is another buyer waiting in the wings with some serious money to splash.
This is painful.
As it's Charlton I find it fuckin sad.
My hope for that is that it is actually quite cool and formal, but some of our fans have prepared demanding questions, and follow ups. I also hope that the details of that meeting are shared amongst all interested within 24 hours.
In the event of no take over, one must assume that Duchatelet carries on. One question in the fans forum ought to be who is doing the January deals then, and what exactly will be driving those deals.
Apart from the matches the next focus is on the end of the transfer window and where we stand at that point. My personal expectation is that Duchatelet will still be here, and he will cash in where he can, I expect that scenario because it is what he has done before. If I am wrong all well and good, that is until the raft of contracts of many of our decent players expire in the summer.
It is likely to be either short term pain, or long term pain or both. It is very unlikely that Roland will inject anything positive into his football club.
However if the sale does not go through, Roland has the opportunity with some intelligent work, to capitalise or at least solidify current success. He can't say the chance wasn't there, but why should he care anyway, he doesn't come?
I know it is a bleak picture, but after this latest collapse can anybody ever get their hopes up again? If nothing else, as well as manufacturing electronic widgits, Roland has been brilliant at manufacturing cynics.
Ffs How many times will people fall for this stuff
Even those in the club who I know would know all to a man said proceed with caution we have been here before
That’s who you listen too not fucking Jim white and then get wound up because the poor sod has been taken in by the hype himself
It wasn’t imminent it wasn’t 90% done
It is either done or it ain’t there’s no in between
Don’t believe anyone who says dates and hours until completion
Prepare to be underwhelmed and prepare to be disappointed and you will not have Your evenings ruined any longer