Following promotion to the Championship in May the owner had hoped the club would be sold by the start of the season.
Talks appeared to progress initially. Unfortunately though, as we near the start of the season, a takeover has not happened. While the interested parties are still active, the fact they haven’t concluded a sale yet means the club is very much still on the market.
It was announced in January 2018 that the club was for sale and it is disappointing for the owner and the fans that the club has not been sold. Let there be no doubt, the Charlton Athletic owner wants to sell the club.
He has sold three other football clubs in recent years (Standard Liege, St Truiden and a few months ago Alcorcon) as he wants to get out of football. None of those clubs have taken this long to sell.
In the meantime though, the owner will continue to pay the staff and the bills. In Lee Bowyer and his staff, the club has a management team everyone can get behind, they did a brilliant job to get Charlton promoted last season and they created a bond between the team and the fans. Everyone knows the Championship will be tough but in Lee and his team, the owner feels the club has the best people in place to give Charlton the chance to surprise teams again this season.
On the surface, it’s a fairly reasonable statement by Roland’s standards (waiting for it to be picked apart by others who are far more tuned in than myself) but doesn’t really tell us much that we don’t already know.
As its been confirmed by RD that he cant sell at the moment (if ever) would it be a good idea to close this thread until there are signsthat things are changing? It'll stop all the arguments
Think about happyvalley, all the work he has put in
Bollox Happy Valley is the reason Roland ain't selling. He enjoys his posts so much that He won't sell.
He really thinks that people interested in buying League One and Championship football clubs enter the process not knowing the ongoing costs involved. Duchatelet really does have a screw loose.
Quote apart from anything else, does nobody ever explain to him how unprofessional and weird it is to describe himself in the third person, and not to give a name at any point? At least Trump uses his own name when he does it.
He says he will continue to pay the staff and the bills. I have the horrible thought that the delusional one may not sanction any more arrivals, so that the wage bill today, will be the wage bill for the rest of the season.
The statement is as bland as we are ever likely to read from Duchatelet.
It tells us little new and features only a few excuses, this time it is the EFL that is to blame.
It appears to be damage limitation after another poor performance on Talksport and a justification for not holding the agreed pre-season fans forum meeting.
I seriously think that @happyvalley's historical factoids need to be reviewed throughout the whole thread as the farthing ceased to be legal tender on December 31st, 1960.
If @AFKABartram spent more time moderating rather than fawning over our owner and slagging off respected posters (and @PragueAddick), then this kind of fake news would be shut down more frequently.
The statement is as bland as we are ever likely to read from Duchatelet.
It tells us little new and features only a few excuses, this time it is the EFL that is to blame.
It appears to be damage limitation after another poor performance on Talksport and a justification for not holding the agreed pre-season fans forum meeting.
That makes as much sense as a Douchbag statement.
Which explains why you don’t want this thread closed.
You’re keeping it alive because you want to divide & conquer, don’t you Roland.
Please close this thread... I’m not strong enough to avoid it, I see x number of new updates and I have to open it up... please for all of us weak individuals - CLOSE THE THREAD...
Yesterday felt pretty depressing but I’ve been convinced for s while now that he ain’t selling. I wonder whether Bowyer and Gallen laying the stark financial realities on the line to him prompted his appearance on talksport - I’m not sure how he can claim to be a socialist yet know that 10,000 fans are going to suffer a miserable season if he doesn’t release a small proportion of his vast wealth in order to give us half a chance next season - a socialist when it suits.
Glossing over the bit about him claiming to be a socialist (where on earth does that come from?) were you convinced that he isn't selling when "someone at the club" told you a few days ago that the Muir was in negotiation with the ex-directors? Or did you only become convinced when that turned out not to be true?
I said I didn't believe it and that view was reinforced by airmans post of bob whitehands comments - do keep up
So, at the time the source at the club time you Muir was in discussions with the ex directors you didn't bekieve him/her, but you promulgated the rumour anyway?
What did your source day when you told him/her a few minutes later when their story was shown to be a lie?
Did he apologise?
Why don’t you belt up and read what I said - also - what my source said came via a family member and always does
I'm just trying to help out here. If I understand right, the source at the club told a family member of his who told you. So either the source at the club lied and the family member passed it on to you in good faith (in which case, no wonder you're so cross) OR the source at the club was telling the truth and the family member told you something different (but, that can't be the case; because why would the source at the club tell his family member that Muir wasn't talking to the ex directors).
This is really helpful, because, setting it out in black and white makes it a lot clearer and easier to understand. The source at the club is a liar, but his family member told you what they believe to be the truth, which you then promulgated on here and which we were all able to discover wasn't the truth almost immediately. That must be annoying for you (because, well, you know, it makes you look a bit daft), but it must be mortifying for the family member to have lied to them.
Good. I am glad we got to the bottom of it. I appreciate you clarifying. And I can now understand (and I should have seen this much sooner) why you're reluctant to reveal the name of your source.
And, while I think about it, you should be congratulated for casting doubt on it from the get-go.
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Following promotion to the Championship in May the owner had hoped the club would be sold by the start of the season.
Talks appeared to progress initially. Unfortunately though, as we near the start of the season, a takeover has not happened. While the interested parties are still active, the fact they haven’t concluded a sale yet means the club is very much still on the market.
It was announced in January 2018 that the club was for sale and it is disappointing for the owner and the fans that the club has not been sold. Let there be no doubt, the Charlton Athletic owner wants to sell the club.
He has sold three other football clubs in recent years (Standard Liege, St Truiden and a few months ago Alcorcon) as he wants to get out of football. None of those clubs have taken this long to sell.
The owner is frustrated as he believes the huge losses owners incur in the Championship are a clear deterrent for many candidate buyers to step in. The owner feels the EFL need to take action so the financial rules are more like American sport where clubs rarely lose money, making them more attractive to purchase (https://talksport.com/radio/listen-again/1564477200/1564479000/ and https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5c77e0391c719/owner-roland-duchatelet-demands-efl-acquire-charlton).
In the meantime though, the owner will continue to pay the staff and the bills. In Lee Bowyer and his staff, the club has a management team everyone can get behind, they did a brilliant job to get Charlton promoted last season and they created a bond between the team and the fans. Everyone knows the Championship will be tough but in Lee and his team, the owner feels the club has the best people in place to give Charlton the chance to surprise teams again this season.
JUST SELL THE CLUB AND
Definitely not being sold until someone pays his ridiculous price aka never.
Thread needs closing now so we can stop arguing over the most pathetic things that none of us know feck all about.
Happy Valley is the reason Roland ain't selling.
He enjoys his posts so much that He won't sell.
At least it's a bit better then a Roland statement.
Such a pointless waste of time.
We are not his 2%.
We are his 100% that he rants and moans about.
Such random arguements....where did the American sport comparison come from?
The bloke is just such a one dimensional selfish bastard.
The statement is as bland as we are ever likely to read from Duchatelet.
It tells us little new and features only a few excuses, this time it is the EFL that is to blame.
It appears to be damage limitation after another poor performance on Talksport and a justification for not holding the agreed pre-season fans forum meeting.
If @AFKABartram spent more time moderating rather than fawning over our owner and slagging off respected posters (and @PragueAddick), then this kind of fake news would be shut down more frequently.
Which explains why you don’t want this thread closed.
You’re keeping it alive because you want to divide & conquer, don’t you Roland.
This is really helpful, because, setting it out in black and white makes it a lot clearer and easier to understand. The source at the club is a liar, but his family member told you what they believe to be the truth, which you then promulgated on here and which we were all able to discover wasn't the truth almost immediately. That must be annoying for you (because, well, you know, it makes you look a bit daft), but it must be mortifying for the family member to have lied to them.
Good. I am glad we got to the bottom of it. I appreciate you clarifying. And I can now understand (and I should have seen this much sooner) why you're reluctant to reveal the name of your source.
And, while I think about it, you should be congratulated for casting doubt on it from the get-go.
Thanks.
And who can blame them. I'm sure he'll crack........ eventually!