The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

Leeds_Addick

Crazy to think that someone’s actually spent time writing that

kentred2

Think that was an update for Murray and his nurses.

harveys_gardener

If two investors were unacceptable to EFL, what clubs have Oz shareholders, and doesn't it have to be a significant percentage?

MuttleyCAFC

It may be bland but it contradicts the 'its off' rumours of yesterday. That's a positive!

cafc_harry

harveys_gardener said:

If two investors were unacceptable to EFL, what clubs have Oz shareholders, and doesn't it have to be a significant percentage?

Don’t think they’re necessarily Australian.

Covered End

Sounds to me like they don't have/aren't willing to invest enough without additional investors.
Possibly because they were declined by the EFL due to involvement with other clubs.

Goonerhater

We could ask Alan Sugar if he has herd anything

i_b_b_o_r_g

Some didn't think it was off, but just wanted some clarification on time etc..

Back where we were before the rumour circulated saying that it could off then....

LargeAddick

Cant be an authentic statement - not a single huh

The Red Robin

Covered End said:

Sounds to me like they don't have/aren't willing to invest enough without additional investors Possibly because they were declined by the EFL due to involvement with other clubs.

This is what it sounds like to me too. They haven't got enough money for Roland yet, haven't got all of their investors agreed and because of that, the EFL aren't willing to accept it in its current state.

Henry Irving

The Red Robin said:

Key sentence is this one from the Aussies:

'Understandably, negotiations of this scale take time due to the enormous amount of due diligence that goes on behind the scenes, the need to satisfy the regulatory complexities of a football takeover and the challenges of assembling an ownership group.'


'the need to satisfy the regulatory complexities' Suggests the EFL are not happy with the current status of the proposed ownership.

'the challenges of assembling an ownership group.' See the repeated claims of @nth london addick. They haven't got all the investors on board / funds required yet. i.e Roland's asking price.

This has got a while to go yet I feel.

Maybe but the wording is very carefully done.

It doesn't say that those issues still remain to be addressed or have been completed.

It deliberately, IMHO, leaves it open to interpretation so avoids having to putting a timescale on completion or having to say exactly what stage we are at.

It could well be that there is still an issue with the EFL, due dillegence is not complete and the ownership group has not been finalised.

But it could equally mean all three have been completed and that's why it has taken so long but it's about to be over.

You pay your money and you take your pick.

Things we do know.

It's on the OS.

The statement has agreed by both parties

The deal isn't off

This thread will hit 950 pages tonight

The British group aren't even mentioned

@JamesSeed would be fully entitled to say "in your face Carly Burn and the rest of you trolls" but he won't.

The takeover remains 0% done and will remain so until it is 100% done

We still don't have clarity on what, if anything has delayed the deal.

We still don't have clarity on when it will, if ever, be completed.






As ever don't panic and when it's on the OS

cafcwill

Croydon said:

But Richard Murray told us their was a British Consortium.

Dick wasn't lying to us was he??

GreenWithEnvy

I don't often say much here but this is now a F'ing travesty. Death by a 1000 cuts this.

JamesSeed

flyingkiwiDK said:

The Red Robin said:

https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5b2a6b566699f/news-charlton-athletic-takeover-update

The below statement has been jointly-produced by Charlton Athletic and a group of investors hoping to take over the club.

Charlton Athletic can confirm that it is expecting a takeover of the club to be completed by a select group of investors linked to The Australian Football Consortium.

The group has a significant interest in the long-term prosperity of the club and is committed to seeing the deal go ahead.

Understandably, negotiations of this scale take time due to the enormous amount of due diligence that goes on behind the scenes, the need to satisfy the regulatory complexities of a football takeover and the challenges of assembling an ownership group.

The current ownership would like to assure the club’s supporters that the running of the club will remain its priority throughout this process. The club’s management team are focused on the club’s operations, and Lee Bowyer and his staff are continuing their preparations for the upcoming season.

We will provide a further update when further developments are made. In the meantime, thank you for your continued support.

If you ask me THIS is the main reason any deal is taking so long to complete.

But again, we don't know that for sure. We do know that they've spent up to two years looking at the legals. A massive delay. It's possible that a couple of investors pulled out at the end of May because they weren't happy with the legals. A smaller delay. But we don't really know, meanwhile 1000 pages draws ever closer.

i_b_b_o_r_g

Goonerhater said:

We could ask Alan Sugar if he has herd anything

I'll Twat him now

JamesSeed

In your face, Carly Burn and the rest of you trolls.

i_b_b_o_r_g

Hold on, lets go straight to the Valley of dreams again -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWE3uF9u9-g

blackpool72

JamesSeed said:

flyingkiwiDK said:

The Red Robin said:

https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5b2a6b566699f/news-charlton-athletic-takeover-update

The below statement has been jointly-produced by Charlton Athletic and a group of investors hoping to take over the club.

Charlton Athletic can confirm that it is expecting a takeover of the club to be completed by a select group of investors linked to The Australian Football Consortium.

The group has a significant interest in the long-term prosperity of the club and is committed to seeing the deal go ahead.

Understandably, negotiations of this scale take time due to the enormous amount of due diligence that goes on behind the scenes, the need to satisfy the regulatory complexities of a football takeover and the challenges of assembling an ownership group.

The current ownership would like to assure the club’s supporters that the running of the club will remain its priority throughout this process. The club’s management team are focused on the club’s operations, and Lee Bowyer and his staff are continuing their preparations for the upcoming season.

We will provide a further update when further developments are made. In the meantime, thank you for your continued support.

If you ask me THIS is the main reason any deal is taking so long to complete.

But again, we don't know that for sure. We do know that they've spent up to two years looking at the legals. A massive delay. It's possible that a couple of investors pulled out at the end of May because they weren't happy with the legals. A smaller delay. But we don't really know, meanwhile 1000 pages draws ever closer.

Please keep posting any information that comes your way James it's much appreciated.
If what you have been told fails to come about that is hardly your fault.

T_C_E

LargeAddick said:

Cant be an authentic statement - not a single huh

They've changed the password since his Sunday night rant.

Dazzler21

10 pages today.

cfgs

Well the statement has totally reassured me, it carried so information though it took a long time to absorb it all.

Henry Irving

Dazzler21 said:

10 pages today.

poor effort

bobmunro

JamesSeed said:

In your face, Carly Burn and the rest of you trolls.

I thought you were above that, James - but you were encouraged by the great cardigan wearer ;-)

FishCostaFortune

Dazzler21 said:

10 pages today.

I feel like my original prediction of 10-15 may be blown out the water.

Can we make the 1000 by the weekend?

The Red Robin

JamesSeed said:

flyingkiwiDK said:

The Red Robin said:

https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5b2a6b566699f/news-charlton-athletic-takeover-update

The below statement has been jointly-produced by Charlton Athletic and a group of investors hoping to take over the club.

Charlton Athletic can confirm that it is expecting a takeover of the club to be completed by a select group of investors linked to The Australian Football Consortium.

The group has a significant interest in the long-term prosperity of the club and is committed to seeing the deal go ahead.

Understandably, negotiations of this scale take time due to the enormous amount of due diligence that goes on behind the scenes, the need to satisfy the regulatory complexities of a football takeover and the challenges of assembling an ownership group.

The current ownership would like to assure the club’s supporters that the running of the club will remain its priority throughout this process. The club’s management team are focused on the club’s operations, and Lee Bowyer and his staff are continuing their preparations for the upcoming season.

We will provide a further update when further developments are made. In the meantime, thank you for your continued support.

If you ask me THIS is the main reason any deal is taking so long to complete.

But again, we don't know that for sure. We do know that they've spent up to two years looking at the legals. A massive delay. It's possible that a couple of investors pulled out at the end of May because they weren't happy with the legals. A smaller delay. But we don't really know, meanwhile 1000 pages draws ever closer.

And have they been replaced?

Henry Irving

bobmunro said:

JamesSeed said:

In your face, Carly Burn and the rest of you trolls.

I thought you were above that, James - but you were encouraged by the great cardigan wearer ;-)

Oh, @bobmunro I was actually taking the bullet for him but he jumped in front of the gun. : - )

RodneyCharltonTrotta

JamesSeed said:

Bland statement as predicted.

Bloody hell.

To be fair at least it gives us masses something concrete that things are happening so fair play to both sides for publishing that as up until now there hasn't been anything official from the club really in that respect.

Hopefully things will get over the line although a concern that due diligence is really taking this long if its been in the offing for as long as reported.

DessieValley

Things we do know.

I'm not renewing season ticket until he's gone.

shirty5

45 days to go before the first game of the season.

Macronate

Macronate said:

FishCostaFortune said:

I've got the feeling this is going be a 10-15 page day on this thread.

Exactly.

I think @JamesSeed is in league with @Henry Irving to get this thread to 1000 pages.

Every now and then, a beauty of a comment is popped in and the thread goes mad.

Once it gets to 1000, the two of them will go off on holiday together to Paris, leaving us all in utter despair.

So now we know the two protagonists have roped in the current ownership, the OS and an imaginary Australian consortium in their quest to reach 1000 pages.

Shameful.