The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)
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@Airman Brown , any update ?sammy391 said:3 -
Not double Dutch?ElfsborgAddick said:
I can help you as I am fluent in Dutch and saw these interviews.carly burn said: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?
We're being sold this Monday.0 -
We need a it’s not happening gif.0
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You have to buy VOTV to find out.sammy391 said:
wouldn't be worth AB making up all these rumours if he gave out the info for free.
Ohh wait.1 -
Heard a very very very loose rumour that it's a done deal ....41
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Bourneville Hand Grenade type loose.J BLOCK said:Heard a very very very loose rumour that it's a done deal ....
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J BLOCK said:
Heard a very very very loose rumour that it's a done deal ....
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Is that anything to do with a post on another forum (which could be a joke, can’t tell) or is it something else?J BLOCK said:Heard a very very very loose rumour that it's a done deal ....
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Update summary 19 November
VOTV puts more flesh on the bone with the name of the legal firm doing DD and other info about a possible Australian connection (buy it if you want chapter and verse) but doesn't confirm the name of the buyer.
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Don't read the other forumcafc_harry said:
Is that anything to do with a post on another forum (which could be a joke, can’t tell) or is it something else?J BLOCK said:Heard a very very very loose rumour that it's a done deal ....
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I would put the probability of it being Andrew Muir at about 90 per cent and rising but I can’t absolutely link him to the due diligence, the existence of which I am certain about.Henry Irving said:Update summary 19 November
VOTV puts more flesh on the bone with the name of the legal firm doing DD and other info about a possible Australian connection (buy it if you want chapter and verse) but doesn't confirm the name of the buyer.37 -
My advice to any lawyers advising the acquirers would be to be very thorough in your due diligence. I'm sure the fingerprints of one of Belgium's finest legal minds are all over the club's contracts.15
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I still have concerns over this consortium having enough money.1
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I'd like the Australian attitude at our club, win at all costs...
The interview with the rugby coach after England battered them was good, they hate losing, and then https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/4944030/crawley-manager-harry-kewell-confrontation-fans/arry Kewell yesterday, calling out the Crawley fans in the stand4 -
Muir wasn't involved initially when it was reported that the consortium were looking to raise more funds and rumours they couldn't buy the ground. If he is now involved or maybe leading I doubt there will be an issue of funds.ShootersHillGuru said:I still have concerns over this consortium having enough money.
Of course he could now be acting alone, having heard through AFC or simply being a coincidence that both are Australian.4 -
Just because Muir is involved it also doesn’t mean there are not other funding gaps in their plan.
I’m still concerned until it’s certain we get new owners with enough money for club and The Valley and enough going forward.0 - Sponsored links:
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I’m concerned that we will still be used openly as a feeder club for The Premiership in order to survive.
As a fan of many many years I have seen so many of our top youngsters come and go I’ve lost count......it’s been soul destroying heartbreak for 60 years.
Before I die, my one wish is that we become a club that doesn’t “have” to sell to survive but one that will keep our best young players and build a team using them alongside established well thought of pros in order to establish ourselves at Premiership level.
We are known as ‘the go to club’ for any aspiring team that wants to succeed as we always seem to have something to offer them by way of having our best players wearing for sale signs around their necks.
We have more f’ing scouts in our directors box than directors or club officials!
Dream on SoundAs....dream on!4 -
On what basis? You don't know it is a consortuim or if it is who the members of the consortium are?ShootersHillGuru said:I still have concerns over this consortium having enough money.
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No it doesn't mean there are no gaps and it doesn't mean there are.ShootersHillGuru said:Just because Muir is involved it also doesn’t mean there are not other funding gaps in their plan.
I’m still concerned until it’s certain we get new owners with enough money for club and The Valley and enough going forward.
Let's start worrying that a meteor will land on the Valley tomorrow because no one can prove it won't.
IF IF IF a takeover happens then we can judge the relative wealth of the owner/s.2 -
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Where has this meteor rumour come from ?18
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Australia.ShootersHillGuru said:Where has this meteor rumour come from ?
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Aw man, anyone know how many square feet The Valley is?Henry Irving said:ShootersHillGuru said:Just because Muir is involved it also doesn’t mean there are not other funding gaps in their plan.
I’m still concerned until it’s certain we get new owners with enough money for club and The Valley and enough going forward.
Let's start worrying that a meteor will land on the Valley tomorrow because no one can prove it won't.
https://www.movoto.com/blog/novelty-real-estate/asteroid/2 -
To be honest, I think unless football fundamentally changes or you start supporting Barcelona you're never going to see that happen. Every club except the top two in Spain ends up selling their best players if a bigger fish comes in. If Real bid £200m for Kane he will be gone. Same with Rashford. The best we can hope for is that any new owners a) understand just what ridiculously high sums you can get for young English talent and b) bring in enough decent players that we progress and can at least get a few more years out of our academy productsSoundAsa£ said:I’m concerned that we will still be used openly as a feeder club for The Premiership in order to survive.
As a fan of many many years I have seen so many of our top youngsters come and go I’ve lost count......it’s been soul destroying heartbreak for 60 years.
Before I die, my one wish is that we become a club that doesn’t “have” to sell to survive but one that will keep our best young players and build a team using them alongside established well thought of pros in order to establish ourselves at Premiership level.
We are known as ‘the go to club’ for any aspiring team that wants to succeed as we always seem to have something to offer them by way of having our best players wearing for sale signs around their necks.
We have more f’ing scouts in our directors box than directors or club officials!
Dream on SoundAs....dream on!15 -
Of course you’re right. I don’t know.Henry Irving said:
No it doesn't mean there are no gaps and it doesn't mean there are.ShootersHillGuru said:Just because Muir is involved it also doesn’t mean there are not other funding gaps in their plan.
I’m still concerned until it’s certain we get new owners with enough money for club and The Valley and enough going forward.
Let's start worrying that a meteor will land on the Valley tomorrow because no one can prove it won't.
IF IF IF a takeover happens then we can judge the relative wealth of the owner/s.
But I do know that the original AFC approach was less than impressive and widely accepted as without finance.
Yes I know that can change in an instant and Muir could solve all or some of that funding gap but given we can now I think, legitimately speculate that this takeover is Australian I am still concerned that the AFC group have now got enough to get things over the line but still not enough for what us fans like.
A buyout that doesn’t include The Valley wouldn’t exactly be many fans first choice of outcome regardless of getting shot of the Belgians.
And yes I have heard talk of exactly that.
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Muir has about £250m more then RD I think,we are never going to get a billionaire.4
