Duchatelet realises he isn’t going to get his money back through a sale. So he does a deal with Nimer. Nimer finds a bankrupt fool with pretentions of grandeur to front and stands behind him. Said fool actually believes Christmas has come early and comes in acting Billy big bollocks. He acts as such, spending this rich Arab’s money or at least thinking he is. But no money had come in yet so it was club money.
There were no conditions to the £50m agreed payment and no questions from the fronting fool. Why so keen to own the club so money could be put in and not put money in then and there. If there was not time for due dilligence, there shouldn't have been an agreement to pay the money. The price was grossly too high for what was being purchased and Nimer agreed to sign it off against his name all the same. Nimer seemed unwilling to take a leading role, that was Southall’s job. Southall was thinking money would be coming in for transfers in January and when this didn’t happen started getting nervous and frustrated with Nimer whilst trying not to let it get out to fans. When it was clear the money was not coming in, they fell out amongst massive fireworks.
It was then time for Southall, the patsy to get the blame. His usefulness to Nimer was over other than as a distraction factor. No money came in from ESI and the club was flipped and then some money came in to pay wages. Where did it come from? Not the new owner who it is considered unlikely to have the funds. Nobody is going to buy the club and still ESI want to own it, ridiculous £50m commitment included. Meanwhile the EFL are yet to clear the source and sustainability of funds even with the 'new owner'. But they still want to own us! If they still own us in potentially a matter of weeks and cannot prove source and sustainability, the likely outcome is expulsion from the league and the death of the club.
Meanwhile the original seller who seemingly stands to lose a lot of money is silent and fails to co-operate with a party willing to purchase the club. Is this not strange? The EFL either passes them or it doesn't. There has been ample time for that to happen and it hasn't. Who realistically are they hoping to sell the club to? What is the ESI plan and who stands to benefit?
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On what basis would RD not want the club to die? Surely it would be the perfect solution for him.
If you were spending £50m plus on the deal, would you get a bankrupt idiot to front it? Seriously?
I spent ages trying to argue there must be a connection back to RD. I like the idea as it's almost all too crazy for there not to be. However it's too difficult so far to confirm there is any kind of rigged deal.
Below's a graphic showing the associations as far as I've been able to capture them. I think it's an accurate reflection of names and associations -based on internet reports, a lot out of Romania- and it's no more than that. I was especially excited about Rednic having worked for RD (a few years ago) and with Florica (last year in one of his earlier approaches for Dinamo), but in the end was convinced there's probably nothing in it:
I also reckon it might help if it was made clear the ground will never be able to be developed on other than sports fields if Charlton do cease to exist.
Maybe we can help if this is the case by trying to get the land unuseable whatever happens to us.
It was blatantly obvious from the moment that Southall said they bought the club but not the property as they were waiting on the due diligence. It was the most obvious lie.
Struggling to see how there's a way out of this if he's involved.
I was desperate to prove it was a "set up" but I am now 95+% certain Roland has nothing to do with it and the Romanians are irrelevant.