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The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

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  • iamdan
    iamdan Posts: 2,421
    Sooooooo what’s the latest, what have I missed?
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    iamdan said:
    Sooooooo what’s the latest, what have I missed?
    Jesus, and how to feed fishes and bread to stretch to 1566 pages 
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    iamdan said:
    Sooooooo what’s the latest, what have I missed?
    There's no short answer I'm afraid you will just have to sort out the wheat from the chaff  ;)
  • Aethelstan
    Aethelstan Posts: 542
    I was down the Valley earlier and I saw the first signing of the new regime down there. Shouldn't really be posting this but... image
    Hate to burst your fake bubble, but next time can you make it factually correct. We already have a number 11 in Fosu, so its impossible Neymar would get the 11 shirt, unless it was sanctioned by the Football League to change Fosus number
    Oh dear lord
    Whats this mean @CharltonByBlood It was clearly a joke based on @Rufus_Ambition original joke.
    Oh dear Lord (again)
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,734
    David White is an Ex director and said he has never met the owner, so unlike Richard Murray isn't in the inner loop.

    Bob Whitehand is an ex PLC vice Chairman and isn't in the inner loop.

    White and Whitehand can have their opinions BUT only Murray and LDT are in the inner loop and they are struggling to understand the ramblings of Duchatelet.

    At least the standard story is pro active in trying to get Roland to reveal WTF or how much he wants.

    There was me thinking that once Katrien Meire left we had about a year left of RD tenure.

    He has. More than £30 mill.

    I believe it was the seller that pushed this out there. Not the other way round.
    Don't think that's the case at all.
  • YTS1978
    YTS1978 Posts: 1,703
    cafcwill said:
    So we 'know' the 3 parties

    Aussies
    Un-named Banker
    Secret British Party (that is probably a lie from RD)

    who wins?
    There's only one way to sort this out...get Harry Hill on the blower
  • Hex
    Hex Posts: 1,888
    Hex said:
    JamesSeed said:
    If that’s true, I wonder at which stage he became involved. Oct ‘17 or before?
    Unlikely to have been before as he was 'involved' elsewhere.
    Gardikiotis? This goes back to the issue of the "two Australians bids". I could never connect Gardikiotis to Murphy/Muir, other than overlap of nationality. If Murray was working with Gardikiotis and there were indeed two separate approaches here, there would have been a conflict of interest in him representing the club with Murphy/Muir, wouldn't there?
    It wasn't Gardikiotis.
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,126

  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    1566, Pope Plus V becomes the 225th pope.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Image result for bidding war gif
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  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,968
    If we're doing Shakespeare, I'll throw in:

    "...it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing"

    Enter a messenger
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,126
    I think Pope Plus V’s are some kind of golfing trouser, probably plaid.....
  • ... it is significantly more than Duchatelet originally paid, and he has hardly improved anything!
    We have a winner!! Euphemism of the decade award goes to Muttley, congratulations!

    Resurfaced the pitch - tick.
    Erm, anything else?  Anybody?
    Depleted the squad, team management, support staff and overheads to get team relegated a division to make it all cheaper to run? That's an improvement right?
    Umm - depleted the numbers attending by 2/3 so there's much more space around the place on matchday and it's all much quieter, that's better isn't it? No? Whaddaya mean no?  It's like you know the square root of naff all about football, huh?
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,118
    David White is an Ex director and said he has never met the owner, so unlike Richard Murray isn't in the inner loop.

    Bob Whitehand is an ex PLC vice Chairman and isn't in the inner loop.

    White and Whitehand can have their opinions BUT only Murray and LDT are in the inner loop and they are struggling to understand the ramblings of Duchatelet.

    At least the standard story is pro active in trying to get Roland to reveal WTF or how much he wants.

    There was me thinking that once Katrien Meire left we had about a year left of RD tenure.

    He has. More than £30 mill.

    I believe it was the seller that pushed this out there. Not the other way round.
    Don't think that's the case at all.
    Without knowing who 'the bidder' is, how can you possibly know it wasn't RD playing smoke and mirrors, again?
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    David White is an Ex director and said he has never met the owner, so unlike Richard Murray isn't in the inner loop.

    Bob Whitehand is an ex PLC vice Chairman and isn't in the inner loop.

    White and Whitehand can have their opinions BUT only Murray and LDT are in the inner loop and they are struggling to understand the ramblings of Duchatelet.

    At least the standard story is pro active in trying to get Roland to reveal WTF or how much he wants.

    There was me thinking that once Katrien Meire left we had about a year left of RD tenure.

    He has. More than £30 mill.

    I believe it was the seller that pushed this out there. Not the other way round.
    Surely that can’t be right. There is allegedly a BID of £30 million. 
    He definitely rejected £35m last week. 
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    David White is an Ex director and said he has never met the owner, so unlike Richard Murray isn't in the inner loop.

    Bob Whitehand is an ex PLC vice Chairman and isn't in the inner loop.

    White and Whitehand can have their opinions BUT only Murray and LDT are in the inner loop and they are struggling to understand the ramblings of Duchatelet.

    At least the standard story is pro active in trying to get Roland to reveal WTF or how much he wants.

    There was me thinking that once Katrien Meire left we had about a year left of RD tenure.

    He has. More than £30 mill.

    I believe it was the seller that pushed this out there. Not the other way round.
    Don't think that's the case at all.
    Without knowing who 'the bidder' is, how can you possibly know it wasn't RD playing smoke and mirrors, again?
    Quite. And that statement in the Standard stunk of Roland.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,729
    ... it is significantly more than Duchatelet originally paid, and he has hardly improved anything!
    We have a winner!! Euphemism of the decade award goes to Muttley, congratulations!

    Resurfaced the pitch - tick.
    Erm, anything else?  Anybody?
    Depleted the squad, team management, support staff and overheads to get team relegated a division to make it all cheaper to run? That's an improvement right?
    Umm - depleted the numbers attending by 2/3 so there's much more space around the place on matchday and it's all much quieter, that's better isn't it? No? Whaddaya mean no?  It's like you know the square root of naff all about football, huh?
    Don't forget the pipes! Ok, no boiler to heat them with, but they are there!
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    JamesSeed said:
    David White is an Ex director and said he has never met the owner, so unlike Richard Murray isn't in the inner loop.

    Bob Whitehand is an ex PLC vice Chairman and isn't in the inner loop.

    White and Whitehand can have their opinions BUT only Murray and LDT are in the inner loop and they are struggling to understand the ramblings of Duchatelet.

    At least the standard story is pro active in trying to get Roland to reveal WTF or how much he wants.

    There was me thinking that once Katrien Meire left we had about a year left of RD tenure.

    He has. More than £30 mill.

    I believe it was the seller that pushed this out there. Not the other way round.
    Surely that can’t be right. There is allegedly a BID of £30 million. 
    He definitely rejected £35m last week. 
    Says who?
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,729
    edited March 2019
    He has improved comfort inside the ground - you can buy a ticket with nobody either side of you and really stretch out.

    In all seriousness, what seems a bit strange for somebody selling the club is that the price is a secret. You would think you would want it out there to attract buyers!
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    JamesSeed said:
    David White is an Ex director and said he has never met the owner, so unlike Richard Murray isn't in the inner loop.

    Bob Whitehand is an ex PLC vice Chairman and isn't in the inner loop.

    White and Whitehand can have their opinions BUT only Murray and LDT are in the inner loop and they are struggling to understand the ramblings of Duchatelet.

    At least the standard story is pro active in trying to get Roland to reveal WTF or how much he wants.

    There was me thinking that once Katrien Meire left we had about a year left of RD tenure.

    He has. More than £30 mill.

    I believe it was the seller that pushed this out there. Not the other way round.
    Surely that can’t be right. There is allegedly a BID of £30 million. 
    He definitely rejected £35m last week. 
    Says who?
    Can't say who, but it's someone closely connected to one of the bidders. 
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  • JamesSeed said:
    David White is an Ex director and said he has never met the owner, so unlike Richard Murray isn't in the inner loop.

    Bob Whitehand is an ex PLC vice Chairman and isn't in the inner loop.

    White and Whitehand can have their opinions BUT only Murray and LDT are in the inner loop and they are struggling to understand the ramblings of Duchatelet.

    At least the standard story is pro active in trying to get Roland to reveal WTF or how much he wants.

    There was me thinking that once Katrien Meire left we had about a year left of RD tenure.

    He has. More than £30 mill.

    I believe it was the seller that pushed this out there. Not the other way round.
    Surely that can’t be right. There is allegedly a BID of £30 million. 
    He definitely rejected £35m last week. 
    Definitely ? 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    JamesSeed said:
    JamesSeed said:
    David White is an Ex director and said he has never met the owner, so unlike Richard Murray isn't in the inner loop.

    Bob Whitehand is an ex PLC vice Chairman and isn't in the inner loop.

    White and Whitehand can have their opinions BUT only Murray and LDT are in the inner loop and they are struggling to understand the ramblings of Duchatelet.

    At least the standard story is pro active in trying to get Roland to reveal WTF or how much he wants.

    There was me thinking that once Katrien Meire left we had about a year left of RD tenure.

    He has. More than £30 mill.

    I believe it was the seller that pushed this out there. Not the other way round.
    Surely that can’t be right. There is allegedly a BID of £30 million. 
    He definitely rejected £35m last week. 
    Says who?
    Can't say who, but it's someone closely connected to one of the bidders. 
    As you only have one contact...
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,118
    JamesSeed said:
    David White is an Ex director and said he has never met the owner, so unlike Richard Murray isn't in the inner loop.

    Bob Whitehand is an ex PLC vice Chairman and isn't in the inner loop.

    White and Whitehand can have their opinions BUT only Murray and LDT are in the inner loop and they are struggling to understand the ramblings of Duchatelet.

    At least the standard story is pro active in trying to get Roland to reveal WTF or how much he wants.

    There was me thinking that once Katrien Meire left we had about a year left of RD tenure.

    He has. More than £30 mill.

    I believe it was the seller that pushed this out there. Not the other way round.
    Surely that can’t be right. There is allegedly a BID of £30 million. 
    He definitely rejected £35m last week. 
    Definitely ? 
    Possibly.
  • Maybe it is DW who is the mystery bidder just got this back as an approval document from our lawyers 



    go on whitey
  • I don’t understand that post nla
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    JamesSeed said:
    JamesSeed said:
    David White is an Ex director and said he has never met the owner, so unlike Richard Murray isn't in the inner loop.

    Bob Whitehand is an ex PLC vice Chairman and isn't in the inner loop.

    White and Whitehand can have their opinions BUT only Murray and LDT are in the inner loop and they are struggling to understand the ramblings of Duchatelet.

    At least the standard story is pro active in trying to get Roland to reveal WTF or how much he wants.

    There was me thinking that once Katrien Meire left we had about a year left of RD tenure.

    He has. More than £30 mill.

    I believe it was the seller that pushed this out there. Not the other way round.
    Surely that can’t be right. There is allegedly a BID of £30 million. 
    He definitely rejected £35m last week. 
    Says who?
    Can't say who, but it's someone closely connected to one of the bidders. 
    As you only have one contact...
    Well that was true at one time. But it’s weird how many people suddenly want to swap/share info when you have a primary source. 
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    JamesSeed said:
    David White is an Ex director and said he has never met the owner, so unlike Richard Murray isn't in the inner loop.

    Bob Whitehand is an ex PLC vice Chairman and isn't in the inner loop.

    White and Whitehand can have their opinions BUT only Murray and LDT are in the inner loop and they are struggling to understand the ramblings of Duchatelet.

    At least the standard story is pro active in trying to get Roland to reveal WTF or how much he wants.

    There was me thinking that once Katrien Meire left we had about a year left of RD tenure.

    He has. More than £30 mill.

    I believe it was the seller that pushed this out there. Not the other way round.
    Surely that can’t be right. There is allegedly a BID of £30 million. 
    He definitely rejected £35m last week. 
    Definitely ? 
    Yup. 
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    It should be D-NLA.
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    1567, Rugby School is founded.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    JamesSeed said:
    JamesSeed said:
    JamesSeed said:
    David White is an Ex director and said he has never met the owner, so unlike Richard Murray isn't in the inner loop.

    Bob Whitehand is an ex PLC vice Chairman and isn't in the inner loop.

    White and Whitehand can have their opinions BUT only Murray and LDT are in the inner loop and they are struggling to understand the ramblings of Duchatelet.

    At least the standard story is pro active in trying to get Roland to reveal WTF or how much he wants.

    There was me thinking that once Katrien Meire left we had about a year left of RD tenure.

    He has. More than £30 mill.

    I believe it was the seller that pushed this out there. Not the other way round.
    Surely that can’t be right. There is allegedly a BID of £30 million. 
    He definitely rejected £35m last week. 
    Says who?
    Can't say who, but it's someone closely connected to one of the bidders. 
    As you only have one contact...
    Well that was true at one time. But it’s weird how many people suddenly want to swap/share info when you have a primary source. 
    Jimmy, as you have by far the best DNA on CL it's good that your in the outer loop.

    Only Roland left in the inner loop, as both Murray and LDT are discombobulated by the antics and sayings of Mr Douchebag.

    Ps. More loopy than loop.
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