casbahowl Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 First of all this is not WUM in any way, just a true reflection of a conversation I was party to at a sportsmans dinner in Manchester last night. The conversation, with a senior club official, was not in confidence so i feel justified repeating part of it in open forum. The gist of it was that we, SWFC, are at an advanced stage in negotiations for a proposed takeover by a consortium of Chinese/Americans. This culminated last Wednesday with a visit to Hillsborough, amidst much excitment, of 6 major players from said consortium. Things are now at a very interesting stage as MM has changed his plans for this weekend to have further talks in London with these guys. Thats as much as was learned and as I said is an honest appraisal of a coversation I was party to. We were also told that the 6'6" Croat striker was at Hillsborough last week for contract talks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanzaroteowl Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Velly interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BirdonaMaguire Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 First of all this is not WUM in any way, just a true reflection of a conversation I was party to at a sportsmans dinner in Manchester last night. The conversation, with a senior club official, was not in confidence so i feel justified repeating part of it in open forum. The gist of it was that we, SWFC, are at an advanced stage in negotiations for a proposed takeover by a consortium of Chinese/Americans. This culminated last Wednesday with a visit to Hillsborough, amidst much excitment, of 6 major players from said consortium. Things are now at a very interesting stage as MM has changed his plans for this weekend to have further talks in London with these guys. Thats as much as was learned and as I said is an honest appraisal of a coversation I was party to. We were also told that the 6'6" Croat striker was at Hillsborough last week for contract talks. I was told it was an initial investment of 20/30% by the Chinese who have had 3 trips over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest On Fire Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Would be very good news if true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
townend_owl Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Would be very good news if true Impossible to say with foreign investors - especially with the FFP in place. Will reserve judgement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogers Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Chinese and Americans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy owl Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Have also heard this from reliable source same as birdonna initial investment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standard issue Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Sweet and sour hamburgers with noodles at half time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnOwl55 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Interesting maybe - but not if they want to change our strip to red!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casbahowl Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 American based Chinese ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casbahowl Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 I was told it was an initial investment of 20/30% by the Chinese who have had 3 trips over. Apparantly MM not interested in part ownership, looking for full takeover ! I was told it was an initial investment of 20/30% by the Chinese who have had 3 trips over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest On Fire Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Impossible to say with foreign investors - especially with the FFP in place. Will reserve judgement! True Milans foreign and he's not invested too much But he only bought us to sell on and make a profit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daleblue Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 American based Chinese ! They invented chicken chowmein, so can't be all bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfmanjack Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 First of all this is not WUM in any way, just a true reflection of a conversation I was party to at a sportsmans dinner in Manchester last night. The conversation, with a senior club official, was not in confidence so i feel justified repeating part of it in open forum. The gist of it was that we, SWFC, are at an advanced stage in negotiations for a proposed takeover by a consortium of Chinese/Americans. This culminated last Wednesday with a visit to Hillsborough, amidst much excitment, of 6 major players from said consortium. Things are now at a very interesting stage as MM has changed his plans for this weekend to have further talks in London with these guys. Thats as much as was learned and as I said is an honest appraisal of a coversation I was party to. We were also told that the 6'6" Croat striker was at Hillsborough last week for contract talks. You listen to all the "experts", journalists, sports reporters, former players etc, talking and they all say the German model is the one to follow. We've had people on here saying we should be able to stand inside stadia, because they can stand in German stadia, and the German are the ones who know what they're doing in terms of running football clubs. In German football the ownership of football clubs by foreigners is not allowed, and also,if a club finds itself in debt to the tune of 6 million euro they are automatically relegated. The football clubs are properly run, by German people, and it seems to work brilliantly. Personally, I'd rather not see our club taken over by Chinese or american business men, who have no interest in the club or the supporters. We've had one foreign owner, who saved us from going out of existence, but if he is going to sell the club, I'd rather it wasn't to more foreigners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Distraught! Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Nobody will score any goals against us from free kicks - we will have such a Great Wall behind us. Kee Ran Lee for captain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camffiti Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Takeover due to be completed on September 1st? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
since59owe Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Takeover due to be completed on September 1st? ????????????????????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djstatic Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 You listen to all the "experts", journalists, sports reporters, former players etc, talking and they all say the German model is the one to follow. We've had people on here saying we should be able to stand inside stadia, because they can stand in German stadia, and the German are the ones who know what they're doing in terms of running football clubs. In German football the ownership of football clubs by foreigners is not allowed, and also,if a club finds itself in debt to the tune of 6 million euro they are automatically relegated. The football clubs are properly run, by German people, and it seems to work brilliantly. Personally, I'd rather not see our club taken over by Chinese or american business men, who have no interest in the club or the supporters. We've had one foreign owner, who saved us from going out of existence, but if he is going to sell the club, I'd rather it wasn't to more foreigners. Agree fully. The German model of running football clubs is the way forward. I spent a week in Frankfurt recently and visited their stadium and training facilities beside the stadium, very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camffiti Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 ????????????????????????????? All our past 'takeovers' were due to be completed after the transfer window closed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 This one's picking up pace Just had a phone call about this one and it's sounding pretty concrete Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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