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So who are our new owners then? Guardian reports GFP looking to sell p26

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  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 51,640
    Anyone that wants to buy an English Championship club will have their own people looking at the opportunities available. I doubt this firm that’s been appointed will have to do much at all other than be an introductory link. 
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 15,185
    edited August 3
    I'd convinced myself that not all Americans are twats, and that these meant what they said about a long term plan and stayed in the background because that was the right way to run a football club.

    The main one talking about long term plans was a UK born Charlton fan... Take a bow Gavin Carter
  • billysboots
    billysboots Posts: 1,640
    Amanda Staveley is allegedly looking to buy into West Ham 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 24,715
    I'd convinced myself that not all Americans are twats, and that these meant what they said about a long term plan and stayed in the background because that was the right way to run a football club.

    The moan one talking about long term plans was a UK born Charlton fan.
    Allegedly 
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,563
    Anyone that wants to buy an English Championship club will have their own people looking at the opportunities available. I doubt this firm that’s been appointed will have to do much at all other than be an introductory link. 
    Anyone that wants to buy an English Championship club will get one…
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,941
    Same old shit
    investment bollox 
    no twat is making a profit out of us ever 
    its just loss making , get to the prem and you will have to spunk fortunes to stay there as much as the money that comes in and more .
    expect to lose , only come in if you’re prepared to burn your money and have an ego trip (a shit one really ) 
    fucking clowns 
    pretty obvious with the guffageness of this window 
    thanks , for your time now fuck off and let’s get someone who wants to spend longer than 5 mins here .

  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,620
    We have been owned by what seems like the character cast of a poor sitcom.
    1, A Belgian Business man, ( With only a basic grasp of football finances and business practice)
    2, A Fake Arab royal ably assisted by a Northern Con artist. 
    3, A Danish/US madcap inventor who used to write terrible guitar music.
    4, More Americans who should audition for  Saturday Night Live.



  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 19,416
    Think we have the answer to the thread question…

    A bunch of cunts 
    They’re certainly leaving us in a better place than they found us. Your comment is completely uncalled for.
    Doing this now completely fucks us. 
    It’s not so much that they are doing it now, it’s been in the ether for a while, but rather that the story has been stood up now by the leak of the sales deck. 
    What does that even mean ? 
    Rumours were going round they wanted to sell, now the pitch deck leak means papers can print the story. 
    What a pitch deck leak ? Am I the only one who’s confused with these “deck” phrases ? 
    THINK it's the one from the Titanic.....
  • AberystwythAddick
    AberystwythAddick Posts: 2,197
    edited August 4
    Think we have the answer to the thread question…

    A bunch of c**** 
    They’re certainly leaving us in a better place than they found us. Your comment is completely uncalled for.
    On reflection yes it was. 

    This situation is just frustrating. 
  • up_the_valley
    up_the_valley Posts: 4,689
    Can't this thread be closed?  Catching up on 2 threads on the same subject.

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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 67,230
    edited August 3
    Think we have the answer to the thread question…

    A bunch of cunts 
    They’re certainly leaving us in a better place than they found us. Your comment is completely uncalled for.
    Doing this now completely fucks us. 
    It’s not so much that they are doing it now, it’s been in the ether for a while, but rather that the story has been stood up now by the leak of the sales deck. 
    What does that even mean ? 
    Rumours were going round they wanted to sell, now the pitch deck leak means papers can print the story. 
    What a pitch deck leak ? Am I the only one who’s confused with these “deck” phrases ? 
    A pitch deck = a sales presentation / brochure. Probably an Americanism that's made it's way over like many others.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 25,701
    Think we have the answer to the thread question…

    A bunch of cunts 
    They’re certainly leaving us in a better place than they found us. Your comment is completely uncalled for.
    Doing this now completely fucks us. 
    It’s not so much that they are doing it now, it’s been in the ether for a while, but rather that the story has been stood up now by the leak of the sales deck. 
    What does that even mean ? 
    Rumours were going round they wanted to sell, now the pitch deck leak means papers can print the story. 
    What a pitch deck leak ? Am I the only one who’s confused with these “deck” phrases ? 
    A pitch deck = a sales presentation / brochure. Probably an Americanism that's made its way over like many others.
    Thanks . Never heard of it myself. 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 39,376
    We have been owned by what seems like the character cast of a poor sitcom.
    1, A Belgian Business man, ( With only a basic grasp of football finances and business practice)
    2, A Fake Arab royal ably assisted by a Northern Con artist. 
    3, A Danish/US madcap inventor who used to write terrible guitar music.
    4, More Americans who should audition for  Saturday Night Live.



    You forgot the owners before Roland.
  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 4,109
    They heard the price of Cawley's Substack and bailed
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 36,567
    Think we have the answer to the thread question…

    A bunch of cunts 
    They’re certainly leaving us in a better place than they found us. Your comment is completely uncalled for.
    Doing this now completely fucks us. 
    It’s not so much that they are doing it now, it’s been in the ether for a while, but rather that the story has been stood up now by the leak of the sales deck. 
    What does that even mean ? 
    Rumours were going round they wanted to sell, now the pitch deck leak means papers can print the story. 
    What a pitch deck leak ? Am I the only one who’s confused with these “deck” phrases ? 
    A PowerPoint presentation 
    You mean like Advancing the Addicks 😂
  • mascot88
    mascot88 Posts: 10,159
    Oh god no - no again 



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  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,293
    Let's be honest if £3.5m only gets you Harry Clarke these days we are screwed trying to compete 
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 30,838
    Chunes said:
    Can't believe we're gonna have to do another Takeover thread... 
    I’ll be dead before we get taken over again . There are worse things to worry about . 
    I hope not.
  • msomerton
    msomerton Posts: 3,597
    Gillis said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    Always find those kind of articles a bit odd , I wonder if they took the $3.8bn as the money that Friedman's hedge fund has under control and took that as all being his net worth? 
    It's Football League World so almost certainly cut and paste rubbish but Canyon Partners, the Hedge Fund Friedman co-founded is, according to Wikipedia, worth $29bn.

    I have no idea how much JF is worth personallu but I'm pretty sure that it is more then me and that he's not going to spend anything more than a fraction of it on Charlton. Having said that, a fraction of his wealth is still a hell of a lot.
    Yeah it's FLW so I'm of course taking all the figures with an enormous pinch of salt. 
    The following line makes me think they may not have spent too much time on their research:

    "It was reported that the takeover cost £10.5 million, with the American taking charge of the London outfit after a difficult period under Charlie Methven."
    Gillis said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    Always find those kind of articles a bit odd , I wonder if they took the $3.8bn as the money that Friedman's hedge fund has under control and took that as all being his net worth? 
    It's Football League World so almost certainly cut and paste rubbish but Canyon Partners, the Hedge Fund Friedman co-founded is, according to Wikipedia, worth $29bn.

    I have no idea how much JF is worth personallu but I'm pretty sure that it is more then me and that he's not going to spend anything more than a fraction of it on Charlton. Having said that, a fraction of his wealth is still a hell of a lot.
    Yeah it's FLW so I'm of course taking all the figures with an enormous pinch of salt. 
    The following line makes me think they may not have spent too much time on their research:

    "It was reported that the takeover cost £10.5 million, with the American taking charge of the London outfit after a difficult period under Charlie Methven."
    They also took on the club debit, which would have been around £40 million then.
  • So if we accept that this has been going on for a while and we accept that’s since at least December they’ve been putting feelers out. 
    Why didn’t Gavin Carter give an update in the May Charlton TV MONTHLY love video.  

    ‘ Non-Executive Chairman Gavin Carter will also join the panel to review the season and preview the summer ahead.’ 

    The above was taken from the description of that video. Surely they could’ve had greater transparency about what was occurring this summer. 

  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 25,701
    Chunes said:
    Can't believe we're gonna have to do another Takeover thread... 
    I’ll be dead before we get taken over again . There are worse things to worry about . 
    I hope not.
    Not as much as me mate ! I’m hanging on in there