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The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

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  • J BLOCK
    J BLOCK Posts: 8,309
    Henry Irving said:

    Tweet from respected Belgian Football Journo

    Sort of already knew this, but good to have it confirmed.

    He's on his last legs, no doubt about it.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    Interestingly, Sint Truiden are doing pretty well this season, currently 4th in the table, 5 points ahead of Standard Liege
  • Horsfield9
    Horsfield9 Posts: 3,082
    Henry Irving said:

    Tweet from respected Belgian Football Journo

    Definitely " Time To Go " then, fingers and everything else crossed !

  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,619
    edited November 2017
    Henry Irving said:

    Tweet from respected Belgian Football Journo

    The money is obviously to fund KR’s dealings in the transfer market in January and next summer
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,254
    Horsfield9 said:

    Henry Irving said:

    Tweet from respected Belgian Football Journo

    Definitely " Time To Go " then, fingers and everything else crossed !

    My eyes are always crossed for CAFC :smile:
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,255
    AFKABartram said:

    Ok, its that time for

    "Guys......."

    Seriously, been a gentle meander down Nonsense Avenue, but grateful if this thread can return to being used SOLELY for takeover related talk from now on. Curbs, Beards, Adverts and Squeasy Cheesy Peas can soil many other threads on here, but lets have a go at keeping this one 'on point' as we darlings say in Performing Arts land.

    Any follow up stuff off topic runs the risk of being deleted and a complete waste of your time as well as our moderators.

    Ta muchos


    Ibborg hasn’t slept since October 19th because of you lot
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    To be fair - St Truiden are having their best ever season. Seems strange to get out now when they could be on the cusp of being worth a LOT more money
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    Garrymanilow said:

    Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours

    - we're being taken over
    - really, who by?
    - some Japanese outfit
    - that's good
    - yes
    - what's your favourite make of waffle?

    Apologies, AFKA - I'll post no more until it's on the official site.
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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,220
    Swisdom said:

    To be fair - St Truiden are having their best ever season. Seems strange to get out now when they could be on the cusp of being worth a LOT more money

    True but that assumes that RD thinks logically or in the way you describe. Maybe he just wants out and this was a good time to make the deal.

    Let's hope lighting strikes twice.
  • Spanish
    Spanish Posts: 856
    Swisdom said:

    To be fair - St Truiden are having their best ever season. Seems strange to get out now when they could be on the cusp of being worth a LOT more money

    They will be worth a lot more money now he's not there !!
  • GlassHalfFull
    GlassHalfFull Posts: 2,351
    edited November 2017
    STVV gains value = rent increase.

    Is it not a bit strange that he sells his local club first ?
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    Garrymanilow said:

    Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours

    For that matter, were the Sint Truiden fans as anti Roland as we are, and indeed the Standard Liege fans were before he sold them?
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Garrymanilow said:

    Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours

    Zou Jij?

  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806
    killerandflash said:

    Garrymanilow said:

    Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours

    For that matter, were the Sint Truiden fans as anti Roland as we are, and indeed the Standard Liege fans were before he sold them?
    No. Many people stopped supporting the club and those left often didn’t like Duchâtelet but nor did they seek to remind him of that as much as we did.
  • kings hill addick
    kings hill addick Posts: 5,781
    Henry Irving said:

    Swisdom said:

    To be fair - St Truiden are having their best ever season. Seems strange to get out now when they could be on the cusp of being worth a LOT more money

    True but that assumes that RD thinks logically or in the way you describe. Maybe he just wants out and this was a good time to make the deal.

    Let's hope lighting strikes twice.
    And he clearly has no idea about the purpose of a football team or club. He doesn't seem to recognise that football results matter to clubs or their fans. I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't even know that they are having a good season.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    Garrymanilow said:

    Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours

    Has anyone been in contact with any St Truiden fans since the sale? To be honest, I half expected someone to post some links or something.

    I'm not sure whether the lack of any celebratory news just means they are still all out on the biggest bender of their lives or whether the evil Count Duchetelet sucked all the lifeblood from their club years ago.
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,836
    Stig said:

    Garrymanilow said:

    Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours

    Has anyone been in contact with any St Truiden fans since the sale? To be honest, I half expected someone to post some links or something.

    I'm not sure whether the lack of any celebratory news just means they are still all out on the biggest bender of their lives or whether the evil Count Duchetelet sucked all the lifeblood from their club years ago.
    Pretty much the latter, so I understand.
  • Cardinal Sin
    Cardinal Sin Posts: 5,233
    killerandflash said:

    Garrymanilow said:

    Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours

    For that matter, were the Sint Truiden fans as anti Roland as we are, and indeed the Standard Liege fans were before he sold them?
    Not much of a comparison, They are a fraction of our size and Duchatelet's personality looms large over the town, so many work for him directly or indirectly and he was probably seen, quite rightly, as a safer pair of hands because he wouldn't strangulate the club or put them in an invidious longterm commercial position.
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  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Cardinal Sin said:

    killerandflash said:

    Garrymanilow said:

    Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours

    For that matter, were the Sint Truiden fans as anti Roland as we are, and indeed the Standard Liege fans were before he sold them?
    Not much of a comparison, They are a fraction of our size and Duchatelet's personality looms large over the town, so many work for him directly or indirectly and he was probably seen, quite rightly, as a safer pair of hands because he wouldn't strangulate the club or put them in an invidious longterm commercial position.
    Or so you would have thought.

    So many locals cannot wait to tell you what an absolute arsehole the man is - particularly those who frequent the Canaries bar.
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,737
    Posted my comment in the "Robinson -I've brought the culture back to Charlton" thread ....

    ...as didn't want to enrage AFKA .

    It's not a pretty sight.
  • Cardinal Sin
    Cardinal Sin Posts: 5,233
    Addickted said:

    Cardinal Sin said:

    killerandflash said:

    Garrymanilow said:

    Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours

    For that matter, were the Sint Truiden fans as anti Roland as we are, and indeed the Standard Liege fans were before he sold them?
    Not much of a comparison, They are a fraction of our size and Duchatelet's personality looms large over the town, so many work for him directly or indirectly and he was probably seen, quite rightly, as a safer pair of hands because he wouldn't strangulate the club or put them in an invidious longterm commercial position.
    Or so you would have thought.

    So many locals cannot wait to tell you what an absolute arsehole the man is - particularly those who frequent the Canaries bar.
    Much harder to get a strong protest going though when your numbers aren't great and he could potentially get back at many of those who might stick their heads above the parapet.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Well he's tried with at least two posters on here.

    Fortunately his influence in the U.K. Is no where near as it is in Belgium.
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,254
    Stig said:

    Garrymanilow said:

    Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours

    Has anyone been in contact with any St Truiden fans since the sale? To be honest, I half expected someone to post some links or something.

    I'm not sure whether the lack of any celebratory news just means they are still all out on the biggest bender of their lives or whether the evil Count Duchetelet sucked all the lifeblood from their club years ago.
    Why would they celebrate, he's sold the football club but kept the ground & presumably all the commercial activities that go with it, maybe even a slice of the entry fee each game. I just don't see how this is going to have a happy ending. I will wash my mouth out after saying this & flay myself within an inch of my life but is it possible that without the ground they would have been better off with the doucebag still owning them. Also isn't the current CEO staying in that position even with the new owners ? I feel really sorry for St Truiden & dread anyone buying us in a deal that doesn't include all the assets.
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,418
    edited November 2017
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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    charltonbob said:

    Stig said:

    Garrymanilow said:

    Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours

    Has anyone been in contact with any St Truiden fans since the sale? To be honest, I half expected someone to post some links or something.

    I'm not sure whether the lack of any celebratory news just means they are still all out on the biggest bender of their lives or whether the evil Count Duchetelet sucked all the lifeblood from their club years ago.
    Why would they celebrate, he's sold the football club but kept the ground & presumably all the commercial activities that go with it, maybe even a slice of the entry fee each game. I just don't see how this is going to have a happy ending. I will wash my mouth out after saying this & flay myself within an inch of my life but is it possible that without the ground they would have been better off with the doucebag still owning them. Also isn't the current CEO staying in that position even with the new owners ? I feel really sorry for St Truiden & dread anyone buying us in a deal that doesn't include all the assets.
    Ah, fair play I hadn't realised that he'd kept the ground.
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,734
    Stig said:

    charltonbob said:

    Stig said:

    Garrymanilow said:

    Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours

    Has anyone been in contact with any St Truiden fans since the sale? To be honest, I half expected someone to post some links or something.

    I'm not sure whether the lack of any celebratory news just means they are still all out on the biggest bender of their lives or whether the evil Count Duchetelet sucked all the lifeblood from their club years ago.
    Why would they celebrate, he's sold the football club but kept the ground & presumably all the commercial activities that go with it, maybe even a slice of the entry fee each game. I just don't see how this is going to have a happy ending. I will wash my mouth out after saying this & flay myself within an inch of my life but is it possible that without the ground they would have been better off with the doucebag still owning them. Also isn't the current CEO staying in that position even with the new owners ? I feel really sorry for St Truiden & dread anyone buying us in a deal that doesn't include all the assets.
    Ah, fair play I hadn't realised that he'd kept the ground.
    Stig said:

    charltonbob said:

    Stig said:

    Garrymanilow said:

    Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours

    Has anyone been in contact with any St Truiden fans since the sale? To be honest, I half expected someone to post some links or something.

    I'm not sure whether the lack of any celebratory news just means they are still all out on the biggest bender of their lives or whether the evil Count Duchetelet sucked all the lifeblood from their club years ago.
    Why would they celebrate, he's sold the football club but kept the ground & presumably all the commercial activities that go with it, maybe even a slice of the entry fee each game. I just don't see how this is going to have a happy ending. I will wash my mouth out after saying this & flay myself within an inch of my life but is it possible that without the ground they would have been better off with the doucebag still owning them. Also isn't the current CEO staying in that position even with the new owners ? I feel really sorry for St Truiden & dread anyone buying us in a deal that doesn't include all the assets.
    Ah, fair play I hadn't realised that he'd kept the ground.
    Tbf football is a fraction of what goes on there now. His doing, of course. Not a comparable situation with CAFC.
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,254
    Airman Brown said:

    Stig said:

    charltonbob said:

    Stig said:

    Garrymanilow said:

    Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours

    Has anyone been in contact with any St Truiden fans since the sale? To be honest, I half expected someone to post some links or something.

    I'm not sure whether the lack of any celebratory news just means they are still all out on the biggest bender of their lives or whether the evil Count Duchetelet sucked all the lifeblood from their club years ago.
    Why would they celebrate, he's sold the football club but kept the ground & presumably all the commercial activities that go with it, maybe even a slice of the entry fee each game. I just don't see how this is going to have a happy ending. I will wash my mouth out after saying this & flay myself within an inch of my life but is it possible that without the ground they would have been better off with the doucebag still owning them. Also isn't the current CEO staying in that position even with the new owners ? I feel really sorry for St Truiden & dread anyone buying us in a deal that doesn't include all the assets.
    Ah, fair play I hadn't realised that he'd kept the ground.
    Stig said:

    charltonbob said:

    Stig said:

    Garrymanilow said:

    Wonder if the Sint Truiden forum's potential takeover thread was as insane as ours

    Has anyone been in contact with any St Truiden fans since the sale? To be honest, I half expected someone to post some links or something.

    I'm not sure whether the lack of any celebratory news just means they are still all out on the biggest bender of their lives or whether the evil Count Duchetelet sucked all the lifeblood from their club years ago.
    Why would they celebrate, he's sold the football club but kept the ground & presumably all the commercial activities that go with it, maybe even a slice of the entry fee each game. I just don't see how this is going to have a happy ending. I will wash my mouth out after saying this & flay myself within an inch of my life but is it possible that without the ground they would have been better off with the doucebag still owning them. Also isn't the current CEO staying in that position even with the new owners ? I feel really sorry for St Truiden & dread anyone buying us in a deal that doesn't include all the assets.
    Ah, fair play I hadn't realised that he'd kept the ground.
    Tbf football is a fraction of what goes on there now. His doing, of course. Not a comparable situation with CAFC.
    No thankfully not, if he had had his claws into us that deep there would have been no hope. Which going back to my previous post I just don't see a happy outcome for St Truiden. Am I missing something here ? If he controls the commercial side, a slice of the pie for everyone entering the ground, ground sponsorship ( & this is only guesswork although I have seen this suggested previously) how do the japanese make this work ?
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,458
    Seems to be lots of stories in the Belgian & Dutch media regarding Duchatelet selling STVV. Some direct quotes as well as video interviews with the great man.
    I don't understand a word of it, but have none of these media outlets asked him what he intends to do with us?
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