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The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)
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And between now and Christmas he loses roughly another 2.5 million. Taylor, KG and Aribo won’t cover that.1
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Good point.ShootersHillGuru said:And between now and Christmas he loses roughly another 2.5 million. Taylor, KG and Aribo won’t cover that.
But the same argument has been with us for 18 months and with the same (solid) logic. Since this thread started he has lost an ADDITIONAL £15,000,000. Has any of that sped up the sale? No. Has it lowered his price? Apparently... no. So why after all this time do many think it is somehow going to make him see reality now?
I have just long ago given up that he will sell soon or at the right price because of things you and I would find logical. And the reason I believe this is because..... here we are!15 -
But you have selectively quoted part of my post out of context.NapaAddick said:
I just don't believe the "he was angry with Fawaz so he stopped negotiations" line of reasoning, in the press. I am sure he did not want it going public, but if Fawaz ran over Roland's dog, I think Douchatelet would take Fawaz' offer if it met his price. Since when does RD care about things like confidentiality.... at least compared to money? Answer.... never. If Fawaz offers £45-50M, Roland would grab it right away, confidentiality be damned.micks1950 said:
He was 'furious' with Fawaz and broke of negotiations with him because of the 'breach of trust' of posting a picture of his tour of the Valley on social media.
I have no idea whether Duchateley was ‘furious’ at Fawaz or not (hence the inverted commas).
I was simply contrasting @Stu_of_Kunming’s suggestion that
“In my opnion They [the Aussies] always planned to drop their offer at the last minute, assuming douchbag would have no choice but to accept, however, we know RD was furious at this and point blank refused”.
with what happened with Fawaz, and suggesting that if Duchatelet was willing to break off further contact with Fawaz apparently for posting a picture of his Valley tour on social media then how to explain his continued contact with the Aussies (as I said in the part of my post you missed out)?:
“Yet he's still involved with the Aussies who you suggest agreed a price and then tried to 'low ball' him with a premeditated price drop at the last minute?
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So do you think we'll get another statement of sorts this week? LDT is here now, and recently when he arrives something happens.
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Wigan being sold for £22m...
Be glad when their takeover is done as means the EFL can move on to signing off our paperwork eh LDV!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/457994635 -
Oddily that has taken 6 months since price was agreed. I wonder it has taken that long.0
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If only we had a pier to make us attractive to prospective purchasers, Ferry Approach just ain't the sameForeverAddickted said:Wigan being sold for £22m...
Be glad when their takeover is done as means the EFL can move on to signing off our paperwork eh LDV!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45799463
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There is much to be said for the above from @NapaAddick. Having, in relatively recent statements accepted that he was in the wrong business (of football) because 'normal' business rules largely do not operate in football as they would in the wider business world, Duchatelet nevertheless still doggedly adheres presumably to the type of business principles which created his wealth in the first place where everything has a recognisable value.NapaAddick said:
Good point.ShootersHillGuru said:And between now and Christmas he loses roughly another 2.5 million. Taylor, KG and Aribo won’t cover that.
But the same argument has been with us for 18 months and with the same (solid) logic. Since this thread started he has lost an ADDITIONAL £15,000,000. Has any of that sped up the sale? No. Has it lowered his price? Apparently... no. So why after all this time do many think it is somehow going to make him see reality now?
I have just long ago given up that he will sell soon or at the right price because of things you and I would find logical. And the reason I believe this is because..... here we are!
In his mind he may well believe for example that The Valley has a potential asset value for development (which should be a consideration in the saleprice) even though we know that planning regulations and other restrictions would prevent that from being realised. Even if that is not the case he still clearly expects someone with the requisite funding to meet his high expectation plus, and maybe someone ITK can answer this - is the 1m a month loss really accruing to Duchatelet or is he simply adding it to the 'loan'?0 -
That's taken an age to go through as well. It was first mentioned LAST OctoberForeverAddickted said:Wigan being sold for £22m...
Be glad when their takeover is done as means the EFL can move on to signing off our paperwork eh LDV!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45799463
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41648722Wigan Athletic could be under new ownership by the end of the year after Hong Kong-based investors agreed a takeover deal worth in excess of £20m.
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Didnt help Dave Whelan kept mentioning that he broke his leg in an FA Cup Finalkillerandflash said:
That's taken an age to go through as well. It was first mentioned LAST OctoberForeverAddickted said:Wigan being sold for £22m...
Be glad when their takeover is done as means the EFL can move on to signing off our paperwork eh LDV!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45799463
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41648722Wigan Athletic could be under new ownership by the end of the year after Hong Kong-based investors agreed a takeover deal worth in excess of £20m.
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Both. Staprix (RD owns them) are lending Charlton the money each month.Coyotejohn1947 said:
There is much to be said for the above from @NapaAddick. Having, in relatively recent statements accepted that he was in the wrong business (of football) because 'normal' business rules largely do not operate in football as they would in the wider business world, Duchatelet nevertheless still doggedly adheres presumably to the type of business principles which created his wealth in the first place where everything has a recognisable value.NapaAddick said:
Good point.ShootersHillGuru said:And between now and Christmas he loses roughly another 2.5 million. Taylor, KG and Aribo won’t cover that.
But the same argument has been with us for 18 months and with the same (solid) logic. Since this thread started he has lost an ADDITIONAL £15,000,000. Has any of that sped up the sale? No. Has it lowered his price? Apparently... no. So why after all this time do many think it is somehow going to make him see reality now?
I have just long ago given up that he will sell soon or at the right price because of things you and I would find logical. And the reason I believe this is because..... here we are!
In his mind he may well believe for example that The Valley has a potential asset value for development (which should be a consideration in the saleprice) even though we know that planning regulations and other restrictions would prevent that from being realised. Even if that is not the case he still clearly expects someone with the requisite funding to meet his high expectation plus, and maybe someone ITK can answer this - is the 1m a month loss really accruing to Duchatelet or is he simply adding it to the 'loan'?
So yes it's adding to the loan, but yes the loan/loss is accruing to RD unless a buyer repays the total, which they won't.0 -
A fair amount of the purchase price was in nectar points (same as Charlton) and the delays have been caused due to recent fraudulent activity.Rudders22 said:Oddily that has taken 6 months since price was agreed. I wonder it has taken that long.
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“It’ll be done after we get our biggest ever victory”12
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Space Oddity.0
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10 years ago today, Zabeel made an offer to buy the club - we’ve gone full circle.....8
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and we were front page news in Doha to my amazement whilst coining it in the desert0
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I saw a Cholomley-Warner sketch on Harry Enfield. He warned against buying sub-standard products. The example he showed was a teapot with the spout on wrong way round. He then demonstrated an easy way to spot such inferior items by showing the underside where it was stamped “Made in Belgium “
CAFC under RD is such a teapot !!!12 -
I could think of another pot.0
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On dear, it's fallen to page 2 again. It's not happening is it?0
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Anyone? Anything?0
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We've made history under Duchatelet by achieving our biggest margin of victory ever.
No need to sell now, everything's rosy.1 -
Or perhaps in reality they knew very little?ross1 said:4 -
The summaries on the this thread were so good there was no need for anything else to be said.3
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Only Roland knows when the club will be sold .
He will decide when he has had enough and accept someone's offer.
The rest is just noise.5 -
One day, we will tell our grandkids about this thread. And instead of giving them a book about Henry VIII or the World Wars, we'll give them a printed version of this thread. This is real history.1
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