The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)
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Ultimately we'll potentially have another new owner who doesnt ever come to the Valley but being in Australia they'll be a bit more excempt compared to Roland who is less than three hours away - In addition to that though
- We get a new CEO, and dont have to endure KM's smirks or lies
- We dont get Thomas Driesen with his Football Manager 2014 and FIFA 08 for scouting updates
- We potentially have Mark Schwarzer involved who as other have said, knows the English Leagues from a playing perspective
Only true downside is we wont have the mega bucks but when have we ever?8 -
Well I'm f@cking happy! So what if this lot are not what we were hoping for, let's cross that bridge if we come to it...
Let's focus on the fact that this could be the end of RD and KM!! Whoooohoooo!10 -
Very, very worrying.
Sure Roland is an arsehole - but he is an arsehole with access to a LOT of cash - he just chooses not to spend it here.
These guys - who I have never heard of in 20 years of being involved in football down here - are nowhere near his league cash wise.
There are very few Aussies with the kind of cash needed by Charlton, the only one who MIGHT be a good fit is Frank,Lowy - the guy who owns Westfield - as he is a footballl lover but outside him there wouldn't be many others outside the Packers, Murdoch and Rinehearts.
Be very careful what you wish for people, this sounds very similar to when Tony Petty bought Swansea many years back - it was a disaster.
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.Douchbag came in & said he wants us in the Premier, Quisling Murray said we wouldn't sell out best & young players until they had given good service to the club, Pinnochio said that she doesn't lie. If they are scrabbling around for 20mill to buy us they probably know less about us than the belgians wanted to :-(LuckyReds said:
That makes more sense.sammy391 said:
I read that as making Charlton the (Premier league) team that everyone in Australia supports... bit like how Leicester are "Thailands team"!Sheepie1985 said:I don't like this at all...especially the "plans to turn it into Australia's Football Club"...risk of changing names/the valley/kit etc?
Still leaves some concern over their lack of capital and exactly what their feeder club plans are. These are two massive issues.
They're certainly ambitious though, perhaps overly so, and that's a contrast to the shower of shite we've currently got.
Id be interested to know what footballing chops they've got, and whether they'd give autonomy to the coaching and managerial staff.
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Night night chaps
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The spivs were ambitious, look where that got us!1
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No likes, no promote either for breaking the biggest story of the year.5
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Maybe Fank is one of the backers.Ormiston Addick said:Very, very worrying.
Sure Roland is an arsehole - but he is an arsehole with access to a LOT of cash - he just chooses not to spend it here.
These guys - who I have never heard of in 20 years of being involved in football down here - are nowhere near his league cash wise.
There are very few Aussies with the kind of cash needed by Charlton, the only one who MIGHT be a good fit is Frank,Lowy - the guy who owns Westfield - as he is a footballl lover but outside him there wouldn't be many others outside the Packers, Murdoch and Rinehearts.
Be very careful what you wish for people, this sounds very similar to when Tony Petty bought Swansea many years back - it was a disaster.0 -
At the very least the news is out that the club is for sale22
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Maybe Fank is one of the backers.Ormiston Addick said:Very, very worrying.
Sure Roland is an arsehole - but he is an arsehole with access to a LOT of cash - he just chooses not to spend it here.
These guys - who I have never heard of in 20 years of being involved in football down here - are nowhere near his league cash wise.
There are very few Aussies with the kind of cash needed by Charlton, the only one who MIGHT be a good fit is Frank,Lowy - the guy who owns Westfield - as he is a footballl lover but outside him there wouldn't be many others outside the Packers, Murdoch and Rinehearts.
Be very careful what you wish for people, this sounds very similar to when Tony Petty bought Swansea many years back - it was a disaster.0 - Sponsored links:
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As someone who has raised investment, it might not be because they dont have the money.
They might want the right people to be part of the deal. A lot of people throw the term "smart money" around and it's often true.
You could have a bunch of bankers investing who offer nothing but money, or you could have a big media company investing, or a sports brand or a former player or all three etc etc...
They will offer more than just cash.
I am trying to be positive here!21 -
You didnt... @LoOkOuT provided the link on the rumour page...Henry Irving said:No likes, no promote either for breaking the biggest story of the year.
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Positive news at last. Anything that means they are selling up is a win win7
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The first 200 lifers to send me their sizes and £20 get one of my exclusive 'Administration 2019' hoodies.15
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ForeverAddickted said:
On a plus note I bet the potential buyers think that if they buy the club they'll be immune from protests on their doorstep because they're so far away.
Ready to step up to the plate @OzAddick and become the Aussie One if need be?
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My thoughtsCroydonAddick1 said:'The mooted deal to purchase both the club and the New Eltham training facility is believed to be worth around £20million.'
Does that include The Valley?
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We wanted him to sell and he is, let's celebrate our victory.7
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Very doubtful, Lowy is a billionaire but has never invested in an A-League club here as they all lose money hand over fist - why would he invest at Charlton and lose even more cash?up_the_valley said:
Maybe Fank is one of the backers.Ormiston Addick said:Very, very worrying.
Sure Roland is an arsehole - but he is an arsehole with access to a LOT of cash - he just chooses not to spend it here.
These guys - who I have never heard of in 20 years of being involved in football down here - are nowhere near his league cash wise.
There are very few Aussies with the kind of cash needed by Charlton, the only one who MIGHT be a good fit is Frank,Lowy - the guy who owns Westfield - as he is a footballl lover but outside him there wouldn't be many others outside the Packers, Murdoch and Rinehearts.
Be very careful what you wish for people, this sounds very similar to when Tony Petty bought Swansea many years back - it was a disaster.
Even if he got Charlton back to the PL the money he could make would be incidental to what he makes elsewhere.
Plus, the guy is serious class, if he wanted to buy the club he'd just do it - there would be no smoke and mirrors involved.
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Let's hope Duchatelet sells and sells quickly.1
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If it doesn't there is a question of ACV although in reverse the effect is the same0
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Do you think the £20m includes The Valley or is that not part of the deal?0
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That they are willing to sell is good news. We've known they were willing to sell for months but now it is real.
But people are quite right to ask questions about any potential buyers.
Don't think we should dismiss new owners on the basis of a Daily Mail report but equally we as a fan base should hold them to account while remaining supportive of regime change.
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FFS, I pray this is just a leak to try and flush out other buyers.
When I read "attempting to raise capital", feeder club and fronted by a management consultant all this spells out to me is out of the frying pan and into the fire.0 -
Noticed all the playful "it's happening" gifs have stopped. Shows the disappointment and concern to me.2
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Sounds miles off being a done deal, although we obviously do not know how much investment backing they have managed to raise.
Sound to me like a cross between the Spivs and Roland - i.e. want to use the club to develop players for sale, AND don't actually have the money to keep it afloat themselves.
My gut is wrong all the time, but it doesn't like the sound of this one at all.0 -
Don't see how this is anything like RD, which is what some people are suggesting.9
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Can only imagine this was leaked by Roland in an effort to entice others. Can't see any benefit from the Aussies point of view for doing it.
One the face of it though I'm not overwhelmed. Feeder clubs generally don't do well and if they haven't even got funds to even buy the club at the moment then that's another minus. That said it isn't Roland and that's what we want.2 -
I'm not overly filled with doom and gloom.
Seems this consortium have a plan that needs additional investors to make it work. A return on that investment is solely reliant on success. That is an important driver and completely divorced from Duchatelets meagre break even and results not important philosophy.
Given just how difficult it is converting that blueprint into reality, I have a feeling that the required investors might be very hard to persuade its worth the risk.
I'm thinking this won't eventually happen.
It has however given other potential buyers a figure to hang their hat.
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