I think a lot of the posts suggesting no price has been agreed, no bid on the table and not having the money are wide of the mark. FWIW I think something is going down and it’s reaching a conclusion. That’s not the same as reaching a positive conclusion because too much can go wrong at any point especially when dealing with someone like Duchatelet. I do think the two “buying” parties involved are getting their ducks in a row and it will either work out or not in the next week or so.
The way it's gone it could easily drag on another year.
We know that the Aussies are serious because they’ve been chipping away at this for a long time. They obviously didn’t have the means to secure the club and have at this point arrived with partners or perhaps just finance from America. Now that may collapse if the Americans pull out and then indeed we might see a long time before any group gets as close as we currently are. I would guess that should the Americans pull the plug then the Aussies might call it a day but that’s just my view. They might well seek partners elsewhere.
Tomorrow LdT will have to answer some searching questions and we might all know a lot more by midnight tomorrow. I’m keen to know if @Airman Brown is correct that RD has been turning away interest. That to me seems very odd for someone keen to find a buyer.
I doubt we’ll hear very much now until tomorrow at the FF.
Over to you, Lieven...
The most logical reason why RD has stuck with The Aussies as his preferred choice (and possibly turned away others), must be the price. The Aussies must have offered the most money.
If someone offered me a few million pounds extra, I'm pretty sure I'd wait if I thought they could raise the funds.
The problem (not the only problem) has always been raising the funds that they have agreed to pay. Whether or not at any point, they did have (thought they did have) the funds.
I think a lot of the posts suggesting no price has been agreed, no bid on the table and not having the money are wide of the mark. FWIW I think something is going down and it’s reaching a conclusion. That’s not the same as reaching a positive conclusion because too much can go wrong at any point especially when dealing with someone like Duchatelet. I do think the two “buying” parties involved are getting their ducks in a row and it will either work out or not in the next week or so.
The way it's gone it could easily drag on another year.
We know that the Aussies are serious because they’ve been chipping away at this for a long time. They obviously didn’t have the means to secure the club and have at this point arrived with partners or perhaps just finance from America. Now that may collapse if the Americans pull out and then indeed we might see a long time before any group gets as close as we currently are. I would guess that should the Americans pull the plug then the Aussies might call it a day but that’s just my view. They might well seek partners elsewhere.
Tomorrow LdT will have to answer some searching questions and we might all know a lot more by midnight tomorrow. I’m keen to know if @Airman Brown is correct that RD has been turning away interest. That to me seems very odd for someone keen to find a buyer.
I doubt we’ll hear very much now until tomorrow at the FF.
I cannot remember. Who here on CL is a participant in the FF with LdT?
Fair play to jim white, he's giving us info to the best of his knowledge and giving us national attention.
The fact people want to throw a barney on here is their own business, and, ultimately, a waste of their time and energy.
Valley Gary in particular needs to take note IMHO!
Perhaps if you took more notice you'll see I've already replied to that particular comment.
Gary....you’re slagging off of JW is way OTT......some of the things you are calling him are out of order old son. By all means point out that you don’t agree with him, you’re perfectly entitled to if that’s your take on things, but there’s no need to use the vitriolic tone and words that you have. The guy is ostensibly on our side and there’s no need to coat him off like that....why make an enemy out of the guy, it beats me? If nothing else, I’m sure he has our interests at heart.
He's not on our side at all. He's infatuated with Roland.
Don't believe this is going to happen and I think it's for the same reason it hasn't so far - the money Roland wants is way more than we as a club are worth.
Roland is stubborn and not prepared to take a hit on his pride even if it ends up costing him way more. I think his heirs will sell us, God knows where we will be by then but it won't be higher than we are now.
Fair play to jim white, he's giving us info to the best of his knowledge and giving us national attention.
The fact people want to throw a barney on here is their own business, and, ultimately, a waste of their time and energy.
Valley Gary in particular needs to take note IMHO!
Perhaps if you took more notice you'll see I've already replied to that particular comment.
Gary....you’re slagging off of JW is way OTT......some of the things you are calling him are out of order old son. By all means point out that you don’t agree with him, you’re perfectly entitled to if that’s your take on things, but there’s no need to use the vitriolic tone and words that you have. The guy is ostensibly on our side and there’s no need to coat him off like that....why make an enemy out of the guy, it beats me? If nothing else, I’m sure he has our interests at heart.
Why make energy out of going on national radio and misleading a set of supporters that have already been through the mill multiple times. Just sit tight and see if what you have heard progresses, or if you have to be number one journo, then at least tread carefully with your information. It wasn't long ago that Roland had Jim dancing to his tune. If you act like a bellend, don't be surprise if people call you a bellend. So no, i don't think it is OTT 'old son'.
I think a lot of the posts suggesting no price has been agreed, no bid on the table and not having the money are wide of the mark. FWIW I think something is going down and it’s reaching a conclusion. That’s not the same as reaching a positive conclusion because too much can go wrong at any point especially when dealing with someone like Duchatelet. I do think the two “buying” parties involved are getting their ducks in a row and it will either work out or not in the next week or so.
The way it's gone it could easily drag on another year.
We know that the Aussies are serious because they’ve been chipping away at this for a long time. They obviously didn’t have the means to secure the club and have at this point arrived with partners or perhaps just finance from America. Now that may collapse if the Americans pull out and then indeed we might see a long time before any group gets as close as we currently are. I would guess that should the Americans pull the plug then the Aussies might call it a day but that’s just my view. They might well seek partners elsewhere.
Tomorrow LdT will have to answer some searching questions and we might all know a lot more by midnight tomorrow. I’m keen to know if @Airman Brown is correct that RD has been turning away interest. That to me seems very odd for someone keen to find a buyer.
I doubt we’ll hear very much now until tomorrow at the FF.
Over to you, Lieven...
A deal will never get done until Roland gives up on these Aussies who have yet to put a deal together for over a year. His valuation is based on their negotiations, which I believe is irrelevant as they don’t have the funding. If they do have funding then ask Lieven tomorrow why the deal has never got done. I believe there are other real bidders waiting for a deal at the correct price, but have been put off by price Aussies supposedly agreed to pay. My question for Lieven would be why are you wasting your time with the Aussies who clearly don’t have the funding in place.
I think a lot of the posts suggesting no price has been agreed, no bid on the table and not having the money are wide of the mark. FWIW I think something is going down and it’s reaching a conclusion. That’s not the same as reaching a positive conclusion because too much can go wrong at any point especially when dealing with someone like Duchatelet. I do think the two “buying” parties involved are getting their ducks in a row and it will either work out or not in the next week or so.
The way it's gone it could easily drag on another year.
We know that the Aussies are serious because they’ve been chipping away at this for a long time. They obviously didn’t have the means to secure the club and have at this point arrived with partners or perhaps just finance from America. Now that may collapse if the Americans pull out and then indeed we might see a long time before any group gets as close as we currently are. I would guess that should the Americans pull the plug then the Aussies might call it a day but that’s just my view. They might well seek partners elsewhere.
Tomorrow LdT will have to answer some searching questions and we might all know a lot more by midnight tomorrow. I’m keen to know if @Airman Brown is correct that RD has been turning away interest. That to me seems very odd for someone keen to find a buyer.
I doubt we’ll hear very much now until tomorrow at the FF.
I cannot remember. Who here on CL is a participant in the FF with LdT?
I think a lot of the posts suggesting no price has been agreed, no bid on the table and not having the money are wide of the mark. FWIW I think something is going down and it’s reaching a conclusion. That’s not the same as reaching a positive conclusion because too much can go wrong at any point especially when dealing with someone like Duchatelet. I do think the two “buying” parties involved are getting their ducks in a row and it will either work out or not in the next week or so.
The way it's gone it could easily drag on another year.
We know that the Aussies are serious because they’ve been chipping away at this for a long time. They obviously didn’t have the means to secure the club and have at this point arrived with partners or perhaps just finance from America. Now that may collapse if the Americans pull out and then indeed we might see a long time before any group gets as close as we currently are. I would guess that should the Americans pull the plug then the Aussies might call it a day but that’s just my view. They might well seek partners elsewhere.
Tomorrow LdT will have to answer some searching questions and we might all know a lot more by midnight tomorrow. I’m keen to know if @Airman Brown is correct that RD has been turning away interest. That to me seems very odd for someone keen to find a buyer.
I doubt we’ll hear very much now until tomorrow at the FF.
Over to you, Lieven...
Booooom the correct answer right there @Davidsmith welcome back into the game
They ain’t got the money still fucking 15months later move the hell on and let someone else have a go
There are others there waiting for this to fall over hence why I believe something can happen and will happen we are just no where near done and it’s due to the continued hanging around of the Aussie group
I don’t blame jim white I feel for him to be honest he got fed dog shit info some rehashed nonsense and wasn’t sceptical enough when it was delivered to him
The training ground info was a Chinese whispers it was obvious let’s be honest why would someone be introduced as the new owners before an official announcement
It was 100% potential new owners and the potential but has been missed out
At the next fans forum people should give his minion a harder time, not necessarily aggressive or anything but make him not want to make up rubbish again in a few months.
I think a lot of the posts suggesting no price has been agreed, no bid on the table and not having the money are wide of the mark. FWIW I think something is going down and it’s reaching a conclusion. That’s not the same as reaching a positive conclusion because too much can go wrong at any point especially when dealing with someone like Duchatelet. I do think the two “buying” parties involved are getting their ducks in a row and it will either work out or not in the next week or so.
The way it's gone it could easily drag on another year.
We know that the Aussies are serious because they’ve been chipping away at this for a long time. They obviously didn’t have the means to secure the club and have at this point arrived with partners or perhaps just finance from America. Now that may collapse if the Americans pull out and then indeed we might see a long time before any group gets as close as we currently are. I would guess that should the Americans pull the plug then the Aussies might call it a day but that’s just my view. They might well seek partners elsewhere.
Tomorrow LdT will have to answer some searching questions and we might all know a lot more by midnight tomorrow. I’m keen to know if @Airman Brown is correct that RD has been turning away interest. That to me seems very odd for someone keen to find a buyer.
I doubt we’ll hear very much now until tomorrow at the FF.
I cannot remember. Who here on CL is a participant in the FF with LdT?
I think a lot of the posts suggesting no price has been agreed, no bid on the table and not having the money are wide of the mark. FWIW I think something is going down and it’s reaching a conclusion. That’s not the same as reaching a positive conclusion because too much can go wrong at any point especially when dealing with someone like Duchatelet. I do think the two “buying” parties involved are getting their ducks in a row and it will either work out or not in the next week or so.
The way it's gone it could easily drag on another year.
We know that the Aussies are serious because they’ve been chipping away at this for a long time. They obviously didn’t have the means to secure the club and have at this point arrived with partners or perhaps just finance from America. Now that may collapse if the Americans pull out and then indeed we might see a long time before any group gets as close as we currently are. I would guess that should the Americans pull the plug then the Aussies might call it a day but that’s just my view. They might well seek partners elsewhere.
Tomorrow LdT will have to answer some searching questions and we might all know a lot more by midnight tomorrow. I’m keen to know if @Airman Brown is correct that RD has been turning away interest. That to me seems very odd for someone keen to find a buyer.
I doubt we’ll hear very much now until tomorrow at the FF.
Over to you, Lieven...
A deal will never get done until Roland gives up on these Aussies who have yet to put a deal together for over a year. His valuation is based on their negotiations, which I believe is irrelevant as they don’t have the funding. If they do have funding then ask Lieven tomorrow why the deal has never got done. I believe there are other real bidders waiting for a deal at the correct price, but have been put off by price Aussies supposedly agreed to pay. My question for Lieven would be why are you wasting your time with the Aussies who clearly don’t have the funding in place.
Said this all along. The sooner the Aussies f*** off the better
Sorry, I was wrong. On Friday I posted that JW was speaking bollox & he was being played by RD. Having just listened to that 1.40 min snippet I concur he is just plain talking bollox. Conference call from the US & Oz.......it could only happen to us. Rather have Mike Ashley if I'm honest.
"Unlocking the money" in investment terms is more likely to mean dis-investing already held assetts or waiting for certain fixed rate bonds to become available. This could mean weeks or even months.
The Aussies have been around for almost 12 months & they still don't have enough money to buy the club, let alone fund it for their magical 5 year "plan". Tell them to do one & come back when they are sensible.
I think a lot of the posts suggesting no price has been agreed, no bid on the table and not having the money are wide of the mark. FWIW I think something is going down and it’s reaching a conclusion. That’s not the same as reaching a positive conclusion because too much can go wrong at any point especially when dealing with someone like Duchatelet. I do think the two “buying” parties involved are getting their ducks in a row and it will either work out or not in the next week or so.
The way it's gone it could easily drag on another year.
We know that the Aussies are serious because they’ve been chipping away at this for a long time. They obviously didn’t have the means to secure the club and have at this point arrived with partners or perhaps just finance from America. Now that may collapse if the Americans pull out and then indeed we might see a long time before any group gets as close as we currently are. I would guess that should the Americans pull the plug then the Aussies might call it a day but that’s just my view. They might well seek partners elsewhere.
Tomorrow LdT will have to answer some searching questions and we might all know a lot more by midnight tomorrow. I’m keen to know if @Airman Brown is correct that RD has been turning away interest. That to me seems very odd for someone keen to find a buyer.
I doubt we’ll hear very much now until tomorrow at the FF.
I cannot remember. Who here on CL is a participant in the FF with LdT?
I think a lot of the posts suggesting no price has been agreed, no bid on the table and not having the money are wide of the mark. FWIW I think something is going down and it’s reaching a conclusion. That’s not the same as reaching a positive conclusion because too much can go wrong at any point especially when dealing with someone like Duchatelet. I do think the two “buying” parties involved are getting their ducks in a row and it will either work out or not in the next week or so.
The way it's gone it could easily drag on another year.
We know that the Aussies are serious because they’ve been chipping away at this for a long time. They obviously didn’t have the means to secure the club and have at this point arrived with partners or perhaps just finance from America. Now that may collapse if the Americans pull out and then indeed we might see a long time before any group gets as close as we currently are. I would guess that should the Americans pull the plug then the Aussies might call it a day but that’s just my view. They might well seek partners elsewhere.
Tomorrow LdT will have to answer some searching questions and we might all know a lot more by midnight tomorrow. I’m keen to know if @Airman Brown is correct that RD has been turning away interest. That to me seems very odd for someone keen to find a buyer.
I doubt we’ll hear very much now until tomorrow at the FF.
Over to you, Lieven...
A deal will never get done until Roland gives up on these Aussies who have yet to put a deal together for over a year. His valuation is based on their negotiations, which I believe is irrelevant as they don’t have the funding. If they do have funding then ask Lieven tomorrow why the deal has never got done. I believe there are other real bidders waiting for a deal at the correct price, but have been put off by price Aussies supposedly agreed to pay. My question for Lieven would be why are you wasting your time with the Aussies who clearly don’t have the funding in place.
I think a lot of the posts suggesting no price has been agreed, no bid on the table and not having the money are wide of the mark. FWIW I think something is going down and it’s reaching a conclusion. That’s not the same as reaching a positive conclusion because too much can go wrong at any point especially when dealing with someone like Duchatelet. I do think the two “buying” parties involved are getting their ducks in a row and it will either work out or not in the next week or so.
The way it's gone it could easily drag on another year.
We know that the Aussies are serious because they’ve been chipping away at this for a long time. They obviously didn’t have the means to secure the club and have at this point arrived with partners or perhaps just finance from America. Now that may collapse if the Americans pull out and then indeed we might see a long time before any group gets as close as we currently are. I would guess that should the Americans pull the plug then the Aussies might call it a day but that’s just my view. They might well seek partners elsewhere.
Tomorrow LdT will have to answer some searching questions and we might all know a lot more by midnight tomorrow. I’m keen to know if @Airman Brown is correct that RD has been turning away interest. That to me seems very odd for someone keen to find a buyer.
I doubt we’ll hear very much now until tomorrow at the FF.
Over to you, Lieven...
Booooom the correct answer right there @Davidsmith welcome back into the game
They ain’t got the money still fucking 15months later move the hell on and let someone else have a go
There are others there waiting for this to fall over hence why I believe something can happen and will happen we are just no where near done and it’s due to the continued hanging around of the Aussie group
I don’t blame jim white I feel for him to be honest he got fed dog shit info some rehashed nonsense and wasn’t sceptical enough when it was delivered to him
The training ground info was a Chinese whispers it was obvious let’s be honest why would someone be introduced as the new owners before an official announcement
It was 100% potential new owners and the potential but has been missed out
Long way to go in this
Who is Lieven anyway? What is his background, what experience does he have in valuing and selling companies? Roland as usual employing unsuitable people to deal on his behalf. I have been told that at least 3 seperate entities have approached Debenture holders but Aussies/Americans have never been in touch. This has months to run.
I think a lot of the posts suggesting no price has been agreed, no bid on the table and not having the money are wide of the mark. FWIW I think something is going down and it’s reaching a conclusion. That’s not the same as reaching a positive conclusion because too much can go wrong at any point especially when dealing with someone like Duchatelet. I do think the two “buying” parties involved are getting their ducks in a row and it will either work out or not in the next week or so.
The way it's gone it could easily drag on another year.
We know that the Aussies are serious because they’ve been chipping away at this for a long time. They obviously didn’t have the means to secure the club and have at this point arrived with partners or perhaps just finance from America. Now that may collapse if the Americans pull out and then indeed we might see a long time before any group gets as close as we currently are. I would guess that should the Americans pull the plug then the Aussies might call it a day but that’s just my view. They might well seek partners elsewhere.
Tomorrow LdT will have to answer some searching questions and we might all know a lot more by midnight tomorrow. I’m keen to know if @Airman Brown is correct that RD has been turning away interest. That to me seems very odd for someone keen to find a buyer.
I doubt we’ll hear very much now until tomorrow at the FF.
Over to you, Lieven...
Booooom the correct answer right there @Davidsmith welcome back into the game
They ain’t got the money still fucking 15months later move the hell on and let someone else have a go
There are others there waiting for this to fall over hence why I believe something can happen and will happen we are just no where near done and it’s due to the continued hanging around of the Aussie group
I don’t blame jim white I feel for him to be honest he got fed dog shit info some rehashed nonsense and wasn’t sceptical enough when it was delivered to him
The training ground info was a Chinese whispers it was obvious let’s be honest why would someone be introduced as the new owners before an official announcement
It was 100% potential new owners and the potential but has been missed out
Long way to go in this
Who is Lieven anyway? What is his background, what experience does he have in valuing and selling companies? Roland as usual employing unsuitable people to deal on his behalf. I have been told that at least 3 seperate entities have approached Debenture holders but Aussies/Americans have never been in touch. This has months to run.
De Turck RD's stand in CFO dealing with the sale on his behalf.
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It has been widely reported that the Aussies don’t have large financial resources available to them and therefore cannot afford to pay Roland’s £40m valuation.
That ridiculous figure comes from a commercial valuation of the underlying land at The Valley and Sparrows Lane. Since the Aussies can’t afford £40m, it appears that they are enlisting American financial investors to fund (and therefore have ownership of) those physical assets, whilst the Aussies run the club from a commercial perspective.
This has massive downside risk for us fans. The financial investors are likely to charge commercial interest on their loan of c.10%, giving the Aussies an annual bill of c £4m just to use The Valley and Training Ground. In the medium term, without a very significant investment in players, the most likely scenario is that the club are a mid to lower Championship side and the Aussies will run out of money within 3 to 4 seasons. If that happens, we then have a football club effectively owned by financial investors with zero interest in owning a football club who just want to liquidate their land asset or sell it on for significantly more than they paid for it. Think what has happened to Coventry City for a parallel situation where they don’t own the ground.
Far too much guesswork from Albury Addick. A meaningless ramble, until facts are known.
To be fair I thought we were all indulging in a bit of meaningless rambling until we know the facts. What I would say is that 99.99% of all commercial transactions are done with a view to making a profit. Not for love or Hubris ( Roland) - investments are made to make money. You have to ask yourself if the physical assets end up being split off from the football side - why would anyone do that when the trading business is a perpetual loss maker and when the physical assets would be difficult to realise or liquidate. I’m with David Smith on this- the Aussies agreed to the silly price months ago based on Rolands land asset valuation and have spent the last 12 months desperately trying to find some way of funding that. I feel that it would be better for all of us if they dropped out and a better funded bidder came along and agreed a lower more sensible price. Until the Aussies accept defeat we are probably stuck in Groundhog Day.
He can't spell analyst........ even though he was one apparently
So who is he in terms of negotiating the selling of a football club and its assets........... a "two a penny" financial controller of many years...... is that it?
I think the meet and greet at the training ground on a Sunday as championed by Airman may have been with 'POTENTIAL new owners'. Not 'THE new owners.' Chinese whispers play a f****** huge part in a lot that goes on here.
What happened is that the group was described to those who happened to be there when they went round. Whether the original language or the retelling of it is imprecise probably isn’t meaningful.
Good to see confirmation from JW of the American angle.
Not meaningful? How can you say that?
This whole sorry charade has blown up again partly on the back of that statement. Quite how you can nonchalantly bat it into the long grass is pretty astounding tbh.
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The Aussies must have offered the most money.
If someone offered me a few million pounds extra, I'm pretty sure I'd wait if I thought they could raise the funds.
The problem (not the only problem) has always been raising the funds that they have agreed to pay.
Whether or not at any point, they did have (thought they did have) the funds.
Roland is stubborn and not prepared to take a hit on his pride even if it ends up costing him way more. I think his heirs will sell us, God knows where we will be by then but it won't be higher than we are now.
His valuation is based on their negotiations, which I believe is irrelevant as they don’t have the funding.
If they do have funding then ask Lieven tomorrow why the deal has never got done.
I believe there are other real bidders waiting for a deal at the correct price, but have been put off by price Aussies supposedly agreed to pay.
My question for Lieven would be why are you wasting your time with the Aussies who clearly don’t have the funding in place.
JW will be standing in for him.
They ain’t got the money still fucking 15months later move the hell on and let someone else have a go
There are others there waiting for this to fall over hence why I believe something can happen and will happen we are just no where near done and it’s due to the continued hanging around of the Aussie group
I don’t blame jim white I feel for him to be honest he got fed dog shit info some rehashed nonsense and wasn’t sceptical enough when it was delivered to him
The training ground info was a Chinese whispers it was obvious let’s be honest why would someone be introduced as the new owners before an official announcement
It was 100% potential new owners and the potential but has been missed out
Long way to go in this
Good old Kevin!
The sooner the Aussies f*** off the better
What is his background, what experience does he have in valuing and selling companies?
Roland as usual employing unsuitable people to deal on his behalf.
I have been told that at least 3 seperate entities have approached Debenture holders but Aussies/Americans have never been in touch.
This has months to run.
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What I would say is that 99.99% of all commercial transactions are done with a view to making a profit. Not for love or Hubris ( Roland) - investments are made to make money. You have to ask yourself if the physical assets end up being split off from the football side - why would anyone do that when the trading business is a perpetual loss maker and when the physical assets would be difficult to realise or liquidate.
I’m with David Smith on this- the Aussies agreed to the silly price months ago based on Rolands land asset valuation and have spent the last 12 months desperately trying to find some way of funding that.
I feel that it would be better for all of us if they dropped out and a better funded bidder came along and agreed a lower more sensible price. Until the Aussies accept defeat we are probably stuck in Groundhog Day.
So who is he in terms of negotiating the selling of a football club and its assets........... a "two a penny" financial controller of many years...... is that it?
How can you say that?
This whole sorry charade has blown up again partly on the back of that statement. Quite how you can nonchalantly bat it into the long grass is pretty astounding tbh.