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The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,236
    edited January 2018
    flyingkiwiDK said:

    cafcwill said:

    AveryAddick said:

    Seems to of gone very quiet, let’s hope it’s the Lull before the storm.

    almost too quiet

    any new light to shed over this @Redhenry or @Airman Brown

    Anything would be appreciated
    Interesting that @Redhenry and @Airman Brown have gone quiet too. Do they know something is about to happen?
    Or maybe it's just nothing is progressing.

    Duchatelet and one of the bidders could agree a price at any time.

    That could be today, next week, next month, next year or never.

    People could drop out and others join.


  • Duncan270566
    Duncan270566 Posts: 402
    And I'm sure Big Sam's statue spoke far more sense!

    Wibble.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Roland is supposed to know about selling, he sold Holmes from under Robinson's feet.
  • Jensenwasclass
    Jensenwasclass Posts: 835
    Duchatelet starting the asset stripping as soon as he took over the club
    by selling Yann, then giving Morrison a free transfer, letting Wiggins go.
    as I have mentioned previously we were warned of this by Standard Liege
    fans. He has no interest in football whatsoever, just in destroying clubs!
  • catfordmorry
    catfordmorry Posts: 556
    killerandflash said:

    I'm trust I'm not the only person having to google a lot of words on this thread at the moment :innocent:

    In an ideal world I would be googling too.
    Unfortunately it’s not an ideal world so I’m not.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,957
    kentaddick said:



    “Bart” fucking LOL


    So he thought AFKA on here was his 1st Charlton manager?

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    The Red Robin said:

    He's absolutely clueless isn't he.


    This.


  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Redhenry said:

    No progress unfortunately. RD wants 55m, the best bid is about half that amount.

    55m! - the man is clearly deluded.
  • bellz2002
    bellz2002 Posts: 1,362
    Redhenry said:

    No progress unfortunately. RD wants 55m, the best bid is about half that amount.

    £55million?!?!?! Utter madness. Surely he's got to take the hint and just sell at half the amount. No-one is going to bid £55m for us.

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  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 51,004
    But if he keeps to his decision until at least the end of January, it will save him spending on new players and be able to sell others
  • cafcwill
    cafcwill Posts: 1,287
    Redhenry said:

    No progress unfortunately. RD wants 55m, the best bid is about half that amount.

    55 Mill, what a joke!

    Out of interest, do you know who has the highest bid in?

    Aussies?
    Scots?
    Your Mystery Party?
    Other?
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,882
    edited January 2018
    Jensenwasclass said:

    Duchatelet starting the asset stripping as soon as he took over the club
    by selling Yann, then giving Morrison a free transfer, letting Wiggins go.
    as I have mentioned previously we were warned of this by Standard Liege
    fans. He has no interest in football whatsoever, just in destroying clubs!

    The sale of Yann wasn't asset stripping though, as we then spent more money on a useless replacement Polish Pete

    Indeed the problem with RD's time at the club isn't that we haven't spent money, it's that we've spent it really badly.

    Buying the wrong players in the summer, then a mass panic in January/February to bulk out the squad, with excessive contracts (e.g. Teixeira)
  • Ross
    Ross Posts: 4,412
    Is he still putting £1m into the club a month like he was previously?
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,472
    Roland Duchâtelet obviously thinks he’s dealing with someone a silly as Roland Duchâtelet.

    There’s only one Roland Duchatelet so it looks like we’re stuck with him!
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Ross said:

    Is he still putting £1m into the club a month like he was previously?

    What I’m about to say needs to be said every time this is mentioned (RD being mentioned as putting in money). He isn’t, what he’s doing is creating debt from the club to him (staprix). He’s not putting anything in, in fact, he’s making interest on that profit, he is techniquely speaking taking money out of the club, the longer he’s in charge, the more money he is owed. With interest.
  • WSA
    WSA Posts: 1,913
    Redhenry said:

    No progress unfortunately. RD wants 55m, the best bid is about half that amount.

    Poor us - we are going to be stuck with him.

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  • Big in Brasov
    Big in Brasov Posts: 743
    Redhenry said:

    No progress unfortunately. RD wants 55m, the best bid is about half that amount.

    Not at all surprised by this figure. It's clear the prospect of losing money, even in a business that represents just 1.5% of his interests, is something he's unwilling to face.

    For me the concern is that if he can't find anyone ready to meet his crazy valuation, his fall-back position will be to try to sell the loss-making part of the business, i.e. the football club, and then claw back as much as he possibly can by any means, over a prolonged period.

    And this is why the pressure needs to be ramped up.
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    so essentially what we can expect from now on is a team in stasis that will aim to survive in League 1, while its best assets are flogged off each year to cover operating losses, how much were they a year? Can't believe we need to lose over £6m in League 1, can someone remind me/speculate how much we need to flog off each year to stand still (if we're lucky)?

    With reference to the CARD thread, the above seems like a good reason to demonstrate..

  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,199
    Redhenry said:

    No progress unfortunately. RD wants 55m, the best bid is about half that amount.

    Great. Looks like I'll have to do the whole of dry January after all. Thanks Roland.
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,472
    razil said:

    so essentially what we can expect from now on is a team in stasis that will aim to survive in League 1, while its best assets are flogged off each year to cover operating losses, how much were they a year? Can't believe we need to lose over £6m in League 1, can someone remind me/speculate how much we need to flog off each year to stand still (if we're lucky)?

    With reference to the CARD thread, the above seems like a good reason to demonstrate..

    Yes. In Belgium.

  • Ross
    Ross Posts: 4,412
    edited January 2018
    kentaddick said:

    Ross said:

    Is he still putting £1m into the club a month like he was previously?

    What I’m about to say needs to be said every time this is mentioned (RD being mentioned as putting in money). He isn’t, what he’s doing is creating debt from the club to him (staprix). He’s not putting anything in, in fact, he’s making interest on that profit, he is techniquely speaking taking money out of the club, the longer he’s in charge, the more money he is owed. With interest.
    So technically he is putting it in, but then expecting the club to pay it back to him with added interest, yes?
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Redhenry said:

    No progress unfortunately. RD wants 55m, the best bid is about half that amount.

    If there is any truth to this his actions make perfect sense. Sell the assets he has i.e. players and get some money via that avenue and then take a lower offer for the club. I doubt he will get the numbers to add up to £55m but it will be a lot better than the half he is being offered.

    It also makes sense that any potential bidder is allowing him to sell players.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,946
    Even 27.5 mill is overpaying in my mind.
  • Missed It
    Missed It Posts: 2,734
    Now we see why he only ever loaned the money to Charlton. He thought he could make money on player sales, then flip the whole thing for a profit while the debt on the books protects his 'investment'. Shame he made such a monumental pigs ear of a simple plan.

    I'll join the queue for kicking the rancid old goat down the stairs.
  • raytreacy69
    raytreacy69 Posts: 955
    Redhenry said:

    No progress unfortunately. RD wants 55m, the best bid is about half that amount.

    Just don't get this
    Surely any potential bidder would be aware of his asking price before going through DD etc.
    That being the case as unrealistic as his sale price is why would you be in negotiations with him if you were only going to offer half of what he wants??
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,957
    killerandflash said:


    Indeed the problem with RD's time at the club isn't that we haven't spent money, it's that we've spent it really badly.

    Roland, who did that ... ?

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