If someone actually knows something, then tell us, if not then cut all the I spy bullshit.
Okay, I'll give it a go. I'm really sorry if the ensuing language frustrates you, but I can't risk divulging my source at all.
It is clear things are coming to a head. This thread will probably fall by the wayside in the next week or two - hopefully because RD sells up. Otherwise, it'd be because there was no deal.
Gut instinct - and this is both my gut instinct, and my source's - is that we'll see a change of ownership shortly. My confidant reckons that's more likely than things ballsing up again ("reports of deal stalled p143") --(said confidant, by the way, told me that the deal was "un-stalled" several hours before Airman got that info, but asked me not to say anything until it had leaked elsewhere).
I mean, this is all relatively vague language, sure, and take what I say with as much or as little a pinch of salt as you like, but I trust the person in question who has basically gone out on a bit of a limb as a favour to me cos they know how much I love Charlton!
I did have the info earlier but didn’t bring it here until it surfaced elsewhere as I didn’t think a stop-go narrative on top of the existing would be good for people’s nerves...
Should've written before Airman *shared that info, hah.
Yep - one of those bits of info where we were probably all waiting to see who leaked first!
Roland Duchâtelet, the controversial owner of Charlton Athletic, has put the club up for sale and admitted that he should not have invested in football.
The Belgian bought Charlton nearly four years ago when they were in the Championship but has faced strong protests from supporters in recent seasons over the way that he has run the club, who are now in League One.
CARD (Coalition Against Roland Duchâtelet), a supporters’ group, have put pressure on him to either invest or sell his stake in the club. Stunts have included a mock funeral being held before kick-off, beach balls being thrown on the pitch and a pitch invasion.
Until now, Duchâtelet,71, had been adamant that he would not sell Charlton.
“I have not decided anything, I am open to possible offers, I will take the time to think, but contrary to popular belief I have not made any money from football, this rarely happens for investors, those who say otherwise are wrong,” Duchâtelet said.
Duchâtelet has controlled clubs in Germany, Spain and Hungary. He was forced to sell Standard Liège, the Belgian club, in 2015 when repeated fan protests turned aggressive. There were clashes with police near the stadium, a group of fans broke into Duchâtelet’s office and others stormed an event for sponsors, who had to ask the media to help them to safety.
Liège fans had similar grievances to Charlton’s, including the lack of reinvestment from the sale of their best players, such as Axel Witsel, and the sacking of favoured managers.
Duchâtelet sold Saint-Trond, the Belgian club, last month.
“It’s not that I’m fed up, I have other activities and my age,” he said. “Actually, I wanted to leave football after the sale of the Standard Liège. Football is an exciting world, but very complex: there is a lot of underground influences, we decide a lot about emotions, we make and break your image on the basis of rumours, social networks create real background slides that are difficult to answer.
“It was an interesting experience and I learned a lot about how social media have an impact on the psychology of masses and how they can influence decisions which affect many people.”
Still pretty disingenuous of the old git. Makes it sound like he has just come round to the idea. When was it that the club was first started to be touted around ?
Still pretty disingenuous of the old git. Makes it sound like he has just come round to the idea. When was it that the club was first started to be touted around ?
So he’s basically claiming the reason he’s failed is because of fans on social media. We know that’s bollocks but it’s great because it means we really got under his wrinkly old skin.
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Yep - one of those bits of info where we were probably all waiting to see who leaked first!
Oh what fun it is to see Roland slink away " !
Katrien is hiding in the Office cabinet which is why she has disappeared ready to leap out on the new owner Pink Panther style.
(Can't believe I just said that)
The Belgian bought Charlton nearly four years ago when they were in the Championship but has faced strong protests from supporters in recent seasons over the way that he has run the club, who are now in League One.
CARD (Coalition Against Roland Duchâtelet), a supporters’ group, have put pressure on him to either invest or sell his stake in the club. Stunts have included a mock funeral being held before kick-off, beach balls being thrown on the pitch and a pitch invasion.
Until now, Duchâtelet,71, had been adamant that he would not sell Charlton.
“I have not decided anything, I am open to possible offers, I will take the time to think, but contrary to popular belief I have not made any money from football, this rarely happens for investors, those who say otherwise are wrong,” Duchâtelet said.
Duchâtelet has controlled clubs in Germany, Spain and Hungary. He was forced to sell Standard Liège, the Belgian club, in 2015 when repeated fan protests turned aggressive. There were clashes with police near the stadium, a group of fans broke into Duchâtelet’s office and others stormed an event for sponsors, who had to ask the media to help them to safety.
Liège fans had similar grievances to Charlton’s, including the lack of reinvestment from the sale of their best players, such as Axel Witsel, and the sacking of favoured managers.
Duchâtelet sold Saint-Trond, the Belgian club, last month.
“It’s not that I’m fed up, I have other activities and my age,” he said. “Actually, I wanted to leave football after the sale of the Standard Liège. Football is an exciting world, but very complex: there is a lot of underground influences, we decide a lot about emotions, we make and break your image on the basis of rumours, social networks create real background slides that are difficult to answer.
“It was an interesting experience and I learned a lot about how social media have an impact on the psychology of masses and how they can influence decisions which affect many people.”
The whole regime are pathological liars.
The sooner the leech and his acolytes fuck off to some other planet, the better