Duchatelet bought when the company was distressed, despite what Seriously Deluded claimed at the time, and the spivs were desperate to get some money back and get the club off their hands.
So he paid less than he would have had the club been in good health financially.
£45m still seems too high though.
distressed is right. Evening Standard tonight says Jiminez and Cash have to pay back 3m to Khousori (sp) after he lent them 1.8m on the basis they owned the Club which neither did. Plus estimated 350k costs. Roland got it on the cheap, should have done DD instead of relying on Dozy Daisy.
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Does this mean I can take the faded CARD poster and B & W scarf out of my car rear window....finally?
the way i see it, it's a bit like me buying a car, crashing it a few times and selling it. surely it's not worth as much! Roland has done bloody well to recoup what he has, if the deal is accurate. Now only care what the plan is from the new owners and their short, medium term plans. Doubt they have a long-term and we'll probably be sold on to another buyer within 5 years!!
Mind you the "car" when he bought it was also pretty knackered.
Apart from the shabby stadium and quagmire of a pitch, many of the best players were in the final 6 months of their contract, and thus potentially able to leave for nothing
I am absolutely ecstatic... But let's not get things twisted, If Roland has got 45mil he has won. Its all well and good saying we won, but he has taken a club to the league below, ripped the heart out of it and sold it for 2.5x what he paid, while we languish in league 1 with 10k 9K? crowds.
If it is true, then I'm hoping it means they really, really want to buy us and no one else and that they mean business.
I'm thinking that too. But can't help but think there's a sting in the tail....it seems to be too good to be true. I mean - if they are paying £45m then I'd like to think they have a fair few pennies in the bank to invest on the squad.
I'm maintaining calmness at the moment.....but there might be light at the end of the tunnel - let's just hope it's not a train
I'm going out with mates. And I'm not going to send Tavern down the Valley... last time I did that it was on a Thursday night I'm sure and the news about Zabeel had just broken. He ended up on Sky Sports news and it all went pear shaped after that.
Stay indoors love!
Hold on, there were a load of keyboard warriors spouting off the other day about a woman place, etc @Curb_It says she's going out and @Tavern is home in the warm and the response is nothing, zilch, nada.............. when you lot come out from behind your sofa's Auntie @Curb_It wants a friendly chat.
If it is true, then I'm hoping it means they really, really want to buy us and no one else and that they mean business.
I'm thinking that too. But can't help but think there's a sting in the tail....it seems to be too good to be true. I mean - if they are paying £45m then I'd like to think they have a fair few pennies in the bank to invest on the squad.
I'm maintaining calmness at the moment.....but there might be light at the end of the tunnel - let's just hope it's not a train
Better get some revised tenders in for the training ground @Swisdom and jack the price up a bit sounds like they're loaded
If it is true, then I'm hoping it means they really, really want to buy us and no one else and that they mean business.
I'm thinking that too. But can't help but think there's a sting in the tail....it seems to be too good to be true. I mean - if they are paying £45m then I'd like to think they have a fair few pennies in the bank to invest on the squad.
I'm maintaining calmness at the moment.....but there might be light at the end of the tunnel - let's just hope it's not a train
Better get some revised tenders in for the training ground @Swisdom and jack the price up a bit sounds like they're loaded
Being involved in the development at SL, wouldn't Swisdom have a good idea of the future plans for the site under a new owner ?
If it is true, then I'm hoping it means they really, really want to buy us and no one else and that they mean business.
I'm thinking that too. But can't help but think there's a sting in the tail....it seems to be too good to be true. I mean - if they are paying £45m then I'd like to think they have a fair few pennies in the bank to invest on the squad.
I'm maintaining calmness at the moment.....but there might be light at the end of the tunnel - let's just hope it's not a train
Better get some revised tenders in for the training ground @Swisdom and jack the price up a bit sounds like they're loaded
If it is true, then I'm hoping it means they really, really want to buy us and no one else and that they mean business.
I'm thinking that too. But can't help but think there's a sting in the tail....it seems to be too good to be true. I mean - if they are paying £45m then I'd like to think they have a fair few pennies in the bank to invest on the squad.
I'm maintaining calmness at the moment.....but there might be light at the end of the tunnel - let's just hope it's not a train
Better get some revised tenders in for the training ground @Swisdom and jack the price up a bit sounds like they're loaded
Being involved in the development at SL, wouldn't Swisdom have a good idea of the future plans for the site under a new owner ?
If it is true, then I'm hoping it means they really, really want to buy us and no one else and that they mean business.
I'm thinking that too. But can't help but think there's a sting in the tail....it seems to be too good to be true. I mean - if they are paying £45m then I'd like to think they have a fair few pennies in the bank to invest on the squad.
I'm maintaining calmness at the moment.....but there might be light at the end of the tunnel - let's just hope it's not a train
Better get some revised tenders in for the training ground @Swisdom and jack the price up a bit sounds like they're loaded
Being involved in the development at SL, wouldn't Swisdom have a good idea of the future plans for the site under a new owner ?
If it is true, then I'm hoping it means they really, really want to buy us and no one else and that they mean business.
I'm thinking that too. But can't help but think there's a sting in the tail....it seems to be too good to be true. I mean - if they are paying £45m then I'd like to think they have a fair few pennies in the bank to invest on the squad.
I'm maintaining calmness at the moment.....but there might be light at the end of the tunnel - let's just hope it's not a train
Better get some revised tenders in for the training ground @Swisdom and jack the price up a bit sounds like they're loaded
Being involved in the development at SL, wouldn't Swisdom have a good idea of the future plans for the site under a new owner ?
If it is true, then I'm hoping it means they really, really want to buy us and no one else and that they mean business.
I'm thinking that too. But can't help but think there's a sting in the tail....it seems to be too good to be true. I mean - if they are paying £45m then I'd like to think they have a fair few pennies in the bank to invest on the squad.
I'm maintaining calmness at the moment.....but there might be light at the end of the tunnel - let's just hope it's not a train
Better get some revised tenders in for the training ground @Swisdom and jack the price up a bit sounds like they're loaded
Being involved in the development at SL, wouldn't Swisdom have a good idea of the future plans for the site under a new owner ?
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Apart from the shabby stadium and quagmire of a pitch, many of the best players were in the final 6 months of their contract, and thus potentially able to leave for nothing
And real attendance more like 9K I reckon.
I'm maintaining calmness at the moment.....but there might be light at the end of the tunnel - let's just hope it's not a train
He wouldn't have stopped talking long enough to hear anybody else.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/barnsley-eyeing-charlton-boss-karl-11993870
It would be worth a hell of a lot more if it had planning permission for say housing development.