Two or Three months ago Cafc was the escape route for Dalman, who wanted to try being the main man at the valley and escape from the tragedy of Sala.
As we all realize once Duchatelet who is omnipresent like the devil despite being seen about the same amount of times as Haley's comet comes into the equation everything goes tits up.
The hero from the Welsh hills was just another mirage.
Bo**ocks!!!!. Reading that statement was like watching Nabby's back pass slip by Phillip's. What we need now is the take aover equivalent of Ben Purrington to come along and save us.
To me it reads more like a I"can't say anything about it so I'm going to say what Cardiff wants to hear for now" statement.
Doesn't mean it's dead, just means he's a diplomatic person who realises everything he says from now on will be under intense scrutiny so until he becomes our owner (if that happens at all) he is 100% committed to the people that currently employ him
Seriously?
If that's not a statement of definite intent to remain at Cardiff I don't know what is.
It isn't going to happen. We're doomed, doomed, doomed.
To the contrary @WestCountryAddick id say if you were to take over a club you’d want it to have as few existing financial commitments as possible as it gives you a better ability to implement your budget how you would want to and not be penalised (like we have in recent years) of having the likes of Sarr, Vetokele, Texteira etc on overinflated contracts
True, but that doesn't change the fact that we should still be valued at the lower end due to many of our players being able to walk in a few weeks time, and if I were to be purchasing a club in this predicament (or any business that is losing a chunk of it's assets), it's certainly something I would use as a bargaining tool.
If he was so happy at Cardiff and could never let Neil and the club down blah blah, he would never have contacted Roland about a possible takeover in the first place. The statement said all the right things for the Cardiff fans, but it certainly wasn't a 100% confirmation that he would still be their Chairman next season.
At the moment I'd say that the takeover was still a possibility, but clearly there were major issues which might kill it off completely.
It doesn't seem unreasonable for RD to want all his money upfront. If Dalman is going to fund losses of even £6m per year on a five year plan (current budget) he needs a war chest of at least £70m (£6m x 5 +£33m +£7m), to make us anything aother than relegation fodder would need £100m and £200m to challenge for Premiership. If he hasn't accessed that money yet he should walk away or it will be Spivs Mk II.
No shortage of buyers but as ever, the stumbling block is Roland.
It's getting to the point where you start to wonder if he actually even wants to sell us.
I've said it before, Duchatelet doesn't want to sell per se, he wants his money back. Selling the club is the only way left for him to do it. It may look like he's selling but what he's actually trying to do is construct a deal that returns as much as possible of the money he's thrown down the drain and yet is still legally owed to him.
The club is "worth" no more than what he paid for it, I would say it's actually worth less today. Charlton loses £10m and year and is lumbered with £60m "Friendly" debt. You would have to be a lunatic to get involved in the first place, never mind agree to pay for Duchatelet's mistakes at the same time.
To me it reads more like a I"can't say anything about it so I'm going to say what Cardiff wants to hear for now" statement.
Doesn't mean it's dead, just means he's a diplomatic person who realises everything he says from now on will be under intense scrutiny so until he becomes our owner (if that happens at all) he is 100% committed to the people that currently employ him
Seriously?
If that's not a statement of definite intent to remain at Cardiff I don't know what is.
It isn't going to happen. We're doomed, doomed, doomed.
Seriously? How about "fans can rest assured that I will be at Cardiff this season and I have no idea where this Charlton story has come from or what it is about"?
Tan, the colour blind owner of Cardiff, will surely asked Mehmet Dalman to step down as you can't say your totally committed to Cardiff when just a few months before you have made a bid for another club, who now are in the same division of you ?
Mehmet Dalman use to head up the investment bank at Commerzbank, and from what I've heard from people who were working there at the time a thoroughly unpleasant person
To me it reads more like a I"can't say anything about it so I'm going to say what Cardiff wants to hear for now" statement.
Doesn't mean it's dead, just means he's a diplomatic person who realises everything he says from now on will be under intense scrutiny so until he becomes our owner (if that happens at all) he is 100% committed to the people that currently employ him
Seriously?
If that's not a statement of definite intent to remain at Cardiff I don't know what is.
It isn't going to happen. We're doomed, doomed, doomed.
Seriously? How about "fans can rest assured that I will be at Cardiff this season and I have no idea where this Charlton story has come from or what it is about"?
It doesn't seem unreasonable for RD to want all his money upfront. If Dalman is going to fund losses of even £6m per year on a five year plan (current budget) he needs a war chest of at least £70m (£6m x 5 +£33m +£7m), to make us anything aother than relegation fodder would need £100m and £200m to challenge for Premiership. If he hasn't accessed that money yet he should walk away or it will be Spivs Mk II.
It depends what "his money" means. If it means the £61m-plus on the books as loans to Staprix then it's "unreasonable" because it's not a realistic valuation of the club.
To the contrary @WestCountryAddick id say if you were to take over a club you’d want it to have as few existing financial commitments as possible as it gives you a better ability to implement your budget how you would want to and not be penalised (like we have in recent years) of having the likes of Sarr, Vetokele, Texteira etc on overinflated contracts
True, but that doesn't change the fact that we should still be valued at the lower end due to many of our players being able to walk in a few weeks time, and if I were to be purchasing a club in this predicament (or any business that is losing a chunk of it's assets), it's certainly something I would use as a bargaining tool.
I agree totally with @AFKABartram if you take the emotional attachment away from it. If every player that was contracted to us last season had 2 years to run the playing assets would be slightly bigger than they are now, the the liability would be much higher.
Good god are we seriously highlighting words and taking positives from that article, move on people.
Where was I "positive"? I just pointed out that the dude was being pretty qualified in his comments.
It's like saying "I'm sorry you feel offended". That's not an apology much in the same way as Dalman is not categorically ruling things out, is all we're saying.
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As we all realize once Duchatelet who is omnipresent like the devil despite being seen about the same amount of times as Haley's comet comes into the equation everything goes tits up.
The hero from the Welsh hills was just another mirage.
Seriously?
If that's not a statement of definite intent to remain at Cardiff I don't know what is.
It isn't going to happen. We're doomed, doomed, doomed.
"At this moment in time..." is a classic deflector. No denial - just move on to the next topic.
Cardiff can't keep him there if he want's to go but similarly they can't appear to give him carte blanche to go and do what he wants.
No change for me - this is still bubbling away...though not quick enough for my liking
At the moment I'd say that the takeover was still a possibility, but clearly there were major issues which might kill it off completely.
I would agree with that. It is a cleverly worded political statement.
"I expect to be at Cardiff next season" is another way of saying "I'll be off if I can get the deal done but expect it to fail".
I've said it before, Duchatelet doesn't want to sell per se, he wants his money back. Selling the club is the only way left for him to do it. It may look like he's selling but what he's actually trying to do is construct a deal that returns as much as possible of the money he's thrown down the drain and yet is still legally owed to him.
The club is "worth" no more than what he paid for it, I would say it's actually worth less today. Charlton loses £10m and year and is lumbered with £60m "Friendly" debt. You would have to be a lunatic to get involved in the first place, never mind agree to pay for Duchatelet's mistakes at the same time.
Now that would be weird !
It's like saying "I'm sorry you feel offended". That's not an apology much in the same way as Dalman is not categorically ruling things out, is all we're saying.