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The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

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  • let's hope that we are not dealing with a fake sheikh from Arabique ..
    My dear departed parents used to play The Sheikh of Araby as a duet on the old Joanna.  Mum on the high notes, Dad thumping out the bass, must be 25 years since that happened last.  Here's hoping my little bit of self indulgence gets lost amid the other 70 thousand comments.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TCSR88qvpo 
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,724
    Got my reply from the EFL 

  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    Got my reply from the EFL 

    You should just reply that our resident nutter loves to rant...sorry update us, but his version is usually unreadable nonsense.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,209
    EFL working on a Saturday
  • All it’s members do.
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,254

    Scoham said:
    CAFCsayer said:
    I hope that a couple of months from now we’re not posting about and hoping the Aussies get their act together. 
    Tbf, this current lot only showed interest a couple of weeks ago and, if the reports are to be believed,  it's only dragging because of EFL procedures.
    A very much doubt they only showed interest a few weeks ago, I imagine that's just when we found out.
    Sure I read somewhere that their first contact was 4 weeks before it was publicly announced. 
    I thought I saw they had been working on it for 4 months.
    Probably answered by now but yes I saw that they have been working on it for 4 months
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,890
    Quite cute that the EFL work in EFL House.
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,890

  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,864
    That haven't finished the racist incident with the leeds GK yet? What 3 months ago??
  • Was hoping that somebody might have gleaned a bit of info today but seems not. 
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  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,834
    let's hope that we are not dealing with a fake sheikh from Arabique ..
    My dear departed parents used to play The Sheikh of Araby as a duet on the old Joanna.  Mum on the high notes, Dad thumping out the bass, must be 25 years since that happened last.  Here's hoping my little bit of self indulgence gets lost amid the other 70 thousand comments.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TCSR88qvpo 
    I enjoyed that. Thanks for posting.
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Was hoping that somebody might have gleaned a bit of info today but seems not. 
    Don’t think there’s info to be had. The EFL are asking questions and hopefully they are being sufficiently answered. 

    Fully expect it to go through, just probably early January now. 
  • Was hoping that somebody might have gleaned a bit of info today but seems not. 

    SHG turn up to a game, you may hear something 
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 26,272
    Rothko said:
    it’s either going all fine and Southall is doing a great thing seeing the Upbeats, or it’s cynical PR he’s rocking up there. Delete as required to suit your mood 
    Even if it's cynical PR, at least it's effective cynical PR, which makes a nice change. Don't think we've had that since the {...} statement caused Mel Baroni to do a runner.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    My Fulham mate who used to work at the EFL in the Finance Department phoned me today to say he'd been contacted by them to see if he was free to assist over Christmas and the New Year with some financial due diligence for them.

    As they pay about 60% of what Ann Summers is currently paying him he politely refused.

    The bloke has no sense of the dramatic.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,804
    I’m available to do some finance DD over the Christmas period of it relates to Charlton. Family will be gutted but sometimes that happens. 

    Only partially joking 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Addickted said:
    My Fulham mate who used to work at the EFL in the Finance Department phoned me today to say he'd been contacted by them to see if he was free to assist over Christmas and the New Year with some financial due diligence for them.

    As they pay about 60% of what Ann Summers is currently paying him he politely refused.

    The bloke has no sense of the dramatic.


    Dildos over deadlines !
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,222
    Addickted said:
    My Fulham mate who used to work at the EFL in the Finance Department phoned me today to say he'd been contacted by them to see if he was free to assist over Christmas and the New Year with some financial due diligence for them.

    As they pay about 60% of what Ann Summers is currently paying him he politely refused.

    The bloke has no sense of the dramatic.
    Youuuuu cannnn stick your EFL up your arseeeee
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,209
    Chunakah starts tomorrow (Chag Urim Sameach BTW) and lasts for eight nights.

    Deal will be done by then.
  • MrWalker
    MrWalker Posts: 4,104
    Addickted said:
    My Fulham mate who used to work at the EFL in the Finance Department phoned me today to say he'd been contacted by them to see if he was free to assist over Christmas and the New Year with some financial due diligence for them.

    As they pay about 60% of what Ann Summers is currently paying him he politely refused.

    The bloke has no sense of the dramatic.
    Either way it'll be a great buzz for him. 
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  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,222
    MrWalker said:
    Addickted said:
    My Fulham mate who used to work at the EFL in the Finance Department phoned me today to say he'd been contacted by them to see if he was free to assist over Christmas and the New Year with some financial due diligence for them.

    As they pay about 60% of what Ann Summers is currently paying him he politely refused.

    The bloke has no sense of the dramatic.
    Either way it'll be a great buzz for him. 
    Be like a Rabbit in headlights if he took it
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,222
    sammy391 said:

    Caption : “coming soon to Ch”


    He's in Switzerland now 🤣
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,474
    Addickted said:
    My Fulham mate who used to work at the EFL in the Finance Department phoned me today to say he'd been contacted by them to see if he was free to assist over Christmas and the New Year with some financial due diligence for them.

    As they pay about 60% of what Ann Summers is currently paying him he politely refused.

    The bloke has no sense of the dramatic.


    Dildos over deadlines !
    Vibrator over calculator......Your mate needs to get his priorities sorted out.
     
  • In the event of the deal doesn't get done till March will this issue of VOTV be republished. Glad I have worked in publishing for 30 years. Always wait till the ink is dry.
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,205
    CAFCsayer said:
    sammy391 said:

    Caption : “coming soon to Ch”


    He's in Switzerland now 🤣
    He’s a bit of a tease too!
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,205
    Solidgone said:
    CAFCsayer said:
    sammy391 said:

    Caption : “coming soon to Ch”


    He's in Switzerland now 🤣
    He’s a bit of a tease too!
    ...and im sure he thinks he’s buying Chelsea!
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,418
    edited December 2019
    In the event of the deal doesn't get done till March will this issue of VOTV be republished. Glad I have worked in publishing for 30 years. Always wait till the ink is dry.
    Sorry have I missed something or is this one of those whooshy things?
  • harveys_gardener
    harveys_gardener Posts: 7,038
    edited December 2019
    Henry I've read that comment but it is waffle. Do they say the ball is back in the ESI court? No. They are prevaricating which is damaging to our chances of competing in this division. Do they give a reason for their failure to make a judgemental? No.

    FFS due diligence. When has that been visible in EFL dealings?

    At the end of the day they have issued a statement giving no indication why there is a delay. 
    You moaned they hadn't responded within ten days but they had.

    You moaned they hadn't responded  to Duchatelet's rant only hours after  the event but they responded the same afternoon.

    You moaned the statement is waffle as it gives no indication why there is a delay but ESI are saying there is no delay.

    What more can the EFL say about a confidential process? ESI are crooks? Duchatelet lied? The numbers don't add up?

    They can't comment in any detail and nor should they.

    I don't have 100% faith in the EFL, I've met with them, but I have zero faith in the person trying to pin all the blame on them; Roland Duchatelet.
    They responded quickly to Duchatalet's statement, not the application for new ownership by ESI.  Therefore waffle.  Although their 10 day rule is ambiguous, any delay seems not to have been explained according to the RD report.

    Did I say they had not responded to the RD rant? No.

    ESI have given no statement on the procedure.

    EFL can say "we have asked for further clarification" They have not done so publicly.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,209
    In the event of the deal doesn't get done till March will this issue of VOTV be republished. Glad I have worked in publishing for 30 years. Always wait till the ink is dry.
    It says "it's not a done deal" though @WhenIwasLittleBoy
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,821
    Is that Jose Mourinho at the front rocking a flat cap to get a free scarf?
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