The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)
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Wouldn’t surprise me if RM was up to no good again.8
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Anyone told Roland that they’ve got all the EFL clearances and he can now sell0
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Simply I think it’s taking too long for Belgian and he’s protecting his arse, transfer window will slam shut soon.0
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If 3 or 4 more players are sold in the next week then it's a fire sale. As it is, 1 player sold, Duche is just covering costs for next couple of months. It's up to the Aussies now. They either want the club or not.8
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Didn’t same happen at standard and new lot were raging at state club left in by himflyingkiwiDK said:Wouldn’t surprise me if RM was up to no good again.
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I posted a few days ago that possibly the Aussies had the whip hand and that Rolly had a very weak hand given the lack of staff etc at the club and that maybe they wanted to reduce the price at the last moment.
Perhaps this is Rollys response.1 -
Agree with this.flyingkiwiDK said:RD patience wearing thin actually tells me that the Aussies are pissing around and not the other way round.
Roland is like Ashley, Newcastle's owner... he would rather be hated but keep the club than sell for less than he thinks it is worth. And he would walk away.0 -
Thisjohnny73 said:If 3 or 4 more players are sold in the next week then it's a fire sale. As it is, 1 player sold, Duche is just covering costs for next couple of months. It's up to the Aussies now. They either want the club or not.
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I think its time for the Aussies to show some transparency now.
This whole saga has gone on far too long and we the long suffering fans are being mugged off in my opinion. This morning the deal was close, this evening its a million miles away. We won't get anything out of RD so perhaps they can enlighten us. They are supposed to be the good guys after all.19 -
It's all just PR spin from the Aussies. They don't want their glorious reign to start with negative news, so they've pinned the Konsa sale on Roland.
Source: wishful thinking.7 - Sponsored links:
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Could be a small price to pay for getting the fans onside.eaststandmike said:CP is under contract, I doubt the Aussies will want to hit the ground running having to pay Southend compo.
It seems they will have enough to pay out each month just to keep us ticking over.2 -
Think you have to wait till we're 10 games into the season before you can judge. Protests could affect the players so I think we should hold off.9
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This with bells onjohnny73 said:If 3 or 4 more players are sold in the next week then it's a fire sale. As it is, 1 player sold, Duche is just covering costs for next couple of months. It's up to the Aussies now. They either want the club or not.
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Is it just the rat getting his way for all the deserved comments and actions that we have made over his time ruing our club.2
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Agree with this, time for them to come out of the shadows and do it.johnny73 said:If 3 or 4 more players are sold in the next week then it's a fire sale. As it is, 1 player sold, Duche is just covering costs for next couple of months. It's up to the Aussies now. They either want the club or not.
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I’m going to wait and see what happens in the next few days before I panic, seems like Roland is doing little more than trying to hurry the Aussies along, still don’t buy the whole evil genius getting his last laugh over us. Feel like the ball is still in the Aussies court.1
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It seems like it actually us and RD who are running out of patience0
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We have dicked around for four and a half years. He's playing us all like an old fiddle.0
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Well that a first, Charlton fan agreeing with RDShrew said:It seems like it actually us and RD who are running out of patience
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This is what concerns me.flyingkiwiDK said:
I agree with you @nth london addick . As much as I hate the guy I’m convinced that the delay is not down to RD.nth london addick said:
That’s what I would like to think but the longer this whole shit show goes on you have to ask what the fuck is holding this upJ BLOCK said:
Surely, you don’t pass the fit and proper persons test without having funds, it’s a key part of passing it.nth london addick said:
Like maybe not showing they have moniesAFKABartram said:Are we 100% clear that the reason this hasn’t been wrapped up is with RD?
Because that may well not be the case.
#Justsaying
Other clubs the takeover is complete pending a fit and proper persons test
We are doing the fit and proper yet no deal has been done (it would seem ) so surely the delay is on the buyers side not the sellers
There’s no evidence in the public domain to suggest this delay is caused by RD
Many appear to have a direct line in with the Aussies ie Cawley from what's been said on here but the problem with that is it means you only get their side/ version of the story. Don't know them from Adam so who is to say they are being 100% genuine and transparent with what they're leaking to progress a deal in their favour.
I am sure facts and truths are manipulated and leaked to gain advantage in such a deal.
The irony is to have balance and gain a semblance of what is near the truth you also need a direct line in to the other party and call both sides out on discrepancies.
If Cawley or other journos also had a line into the selling div then we may get near to what is going on.
Something doesn't feel right about this aussie consortium and available funds instinctively as much as my optimism wants me to overlook it.
The only known fact at this point still is that we are almost in july, selling and seeing the back of the spine of a weak squad with no manager or executive in place and radio silence from the club who are more preoccupied with broadcasting banal piss like what fucking football club Jackson supports.
The fans and those of us glued to this takeover all across various social media are being used as pawns in whatever is going on I reckon.
Wankers the lot of them.4 - Sponsored links:
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I’m beginning to think these Aussies are just another cowboy outfit. This pre season is going to be
isa total shambles . I’m just going to watch my local non league side next season if this doesn’t go through ( as I’ve been saying all along ).1 -
My take, pure guesswork
Price, structure of deal, payments etc = agreed. RD would not have let the Aussies progress this long without that being tied down.
Aussie funds in place = yes. Too much of a high quality and respected front man for it not to be the case imo.
EFL approval of change - agreed / almost agreed
Legacy / associated issues attached to the convuluted former company structure from the previous era OR uncertainty over asset ownership with RD of what is included in the sale - potentially outstanding. As I say, a complete guess. Something is clearly o/s though.
RD wants shot and does not want to put another penny into propping up Charlton Athletic. He very much expected this all to be concluded by now (which is why I doubt this is price haggling). He doesn’t handle frustration well and probably threatened that if no not resolved by a certain point he would start selling players as he is not paying another wage bill.
Given Konsa was attracting good interest from at least 3 prem clubs I’ve been made aware, a sale to Brentford appears rushed to me and I would speculate at a deal structure that suits RDs current position.
Whether this latest leakage is game playing who knows. What is clear though is both parties are currently in the country today and the leaks emerging are not saying ‘done deal’. Very much the opposite.
Just my spec so please feel free to pick the bones of it and convince me what might be wrong
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My biggest concern always was that RD is so minted that he will do what ever he wants in the build up to the saleshirty5 said:We have dicked around for four and a half years. He's playing us all like an old fiddle.
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I have stopped buying season tickets but have been dragging myself along to most games - if that scumbag stays as owner- that will be it for me. I take heart that supporters can lift clubs from the bottom of the barrel as it looks like where we are heading if the Aussies don't buy us. Non league football looks a couple of years away if we go on like this and the club will be worth nothing!0
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Why would he do that? . It Makes no sense .nth london addick said:
My biggest concern always was that RD is so minted that he will do what ever he wants in the build up to the saleshirty5 said:We have dicked around for four and a half years. He's playing us all like an old fiddle.
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Just like to say a big well done to CARD in their efforts to get RD to sell up. Well done guys!-2
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I'll just leave this here.carly burn said:100% not happening.
Roland to bring in a few Belgian cronies and the Club will be run like one in severe administration for a huge part of next season until Varney and his associates hoover it up for a quid probably some time after Christmas.1 -
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Why would he do that? . It Makes no sense .nth london addick said:
My biggest concern always was that RD is so minted that he will do what ever he wants in the build up to the saleshirty5 said:We have dicked around for four and a half years. He's playing us all like an old fiddle.
As an act of petulance and revenge
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Seems reasonable. The only thing you forgot to mention was that Roland is a gigantic diseased fuckstick.AFKABartram said:My take, pure guesswork
Price, structure of deal, payments etc = agreed. RD would not have let the Aussies progress this long without that being tied down.
Aussie funds in place = yes. Too much of a high quality and respected front man for it not to be the case imo.
EFL approval of change - agreed / almost agreed
Legacy / associated issues attached to the convuluted former company structure from the previous era OR uncertainty over asset ownership with RD of what is included in the sale - potentially outstanding. As I say, a complete guess. Something is clearly o/s though.
RD wants shot and does not want to put another penny into propping up Charlton Athletic. He very much expected this all to be concluded by now (which is why I doubt this is price haggling). He doesn’t handle frustration well and probably threatened that if no not resolved by a certain point he would start selling players as he is not paying another wage bill.
Given Konsa was attracting good interest from at least 3 prem clubs I’ve been made aware, a sale to Brentford appears rushed to me and I would speculate at a deal structure that suits RDs current position.
Whether this latest leakage is game playing who knows. What is clear though is both parties are currently in the country today and the leaks emerging are not saying ‘done deal’. Very much the opposite.
Just my spec so please feel free to pick the bones of it and convince me what might be wrong3 -
If the Belgian cnut is still in charge next season then that's me finished until he goes4
