The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

cabbles said:

micks1950 said:

cabbles said:

micks1950 said:

paulie8290 said:

micks1950 said:

SoundAsa£ said:

DOC64 said:

@JamesSeed is shown as banned on his profile. Surely not self imposed....

He’s NOT banned mate......and for the record, neither is ElfsborgAddick.

Well that's what it says on his profile page - who would have put that there?:

https://charltonlife.vanillacommunity.com/profile/JamesSeed

This has been mentioned a million times, if someone asks for there account to be closed like James Seed and Elfs that is the only avatar the mods have

Thanks.

I'm surprised that there isn't something like 'No longer a member' - which I've seen on other forums.

I appreciate Seed provided us with some info and was one of the posters on here that was the most active, but can we try and keep this thread about the takeover, rather than people who had news about the takeover. This isn’t aimed at anyone in particular, just trying to draw a line under it. He asked for some time out which we all thought was best. I believe he had the best of intentions when he posted on here but because of the protracted nature of the whole shitfest that is the takeover, things got a little intense and a break was needed. Nothing more than this. Personally I welcome any contributions from whoever if they hear something to add. May be wrong, may be right. As the great HI says, wait until it is on the official site

If that’s the case then why not make it a ‘new’ post rather than a response to my post that simply expressed surprise that there isn’t a profile category or ‘avatar’ for former members like ‘No longer a member’?

It’s a bit irritating when my last 2 posts are the only ones I’ve posted on this thread that are not specifically about a takeover (when the thread has multiple posts from multiple posters about anything but a takeover, plus a number having a go at @jamesseed).

Also, is it really necessary to refer to @jamesseed as ‘Seed’ (like a policeman or old style school teacher) rather than by his user name as is the usual practice?

Points taken mate. And I only used yours as it was literally the most recent one when I logged on.

I’ve always referred to him as Seed and don’t mean anything by that, same way I wrote HI instead of Henry Irving, or someone might write elfs instead of elfsborg

Alwaysneil said:

Any news on the takeover? Last I heard Rowlund wanted to sell, had screwed up by not going with the Saudis and was scratting around for a buyer prepared to pay what he thought he had agreed.

Some press leak suggested Usmaninov was interested. Smelt like a Duchatelet leak trying desperately to convince the Aussie consortium there remained interest from elsewhere so they should close the deal.

Desperation stakes.

SoundAsa£ said:

cabbles said:

micks1950 said:

cabbles said:

micks1950 said:

paulie8290 said:

micks1950 said:

SoundAsa£ said:

DOC64 said:

@JamesSeed is shown as banned on his profile. Surely not self imposed....

He’s NOT banned mate......and for the record, neither is ElfsborgAddick.

Well that's what it says on his profile page - who would have put that there?:

https://charltonlife.vanillacommunity.com/profile/JamesSeed

This has been mentioned a million times, if someone asks for there account to be closed like James Seed and Elfs that is the only avatar the mods have

Thanks.

I'm surprised that there isn't something like 'No longer a member' - which I've seen on other forums.

I appreciate Seed provided us with some info and was one of the posters on here that was the most active, but can we try and keep this thread about the takeover, rather than people who had news about the takeover. This isn’t aimed at anyone in particular, just trying to draw a line under it. He asked for some time out which we all thought was best. I believe he had the best of intentions when he posted on here but because of the protracted nature of the whole shitfest that is the takeover, things got a little intense and a break was needed. Nothing more than this. Personally I welcome any contributions from whoever if they hear something to add. May be wrong, may be right. As the great HI says, wait until it is on the official site

If that’s the case then why not make it a ‘new’ post rather than a response to my post that simply expressed surprise that there isn’t a profile category or ‘avatar’ for former members like ‘No longer a member’?

It’s a bit irritating when my last 2 posts are the only ones I’ve posted on this thread that are not specifically about a takeover (when the thread has multiple posts from multiple posters about anything but a takeover, plus a number having a go at @jamesseed).

Also, is it really necessary to refer to @jamesseed as ‘Seed’ (like a policeman or old style school teacher) rather than by his user name as is the usual practice?

Points taken mate. And I only used yours as it was literally the most recent one when I logged on.

I’ve always referred to him as Seed and don’t mean anything by that, same way I wrote HI instead of Henry Irving, or someone might write elfs instead of elfsborg

Nice one cabsy.

up_the_valley said:

It's on again

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.hitc.com/en-gb/2018/09/09/report-ex-arsenal-man-alisher-usmanov-decides-against-making-eve/

Redhenry said:

Usmanov denied he would be sponsoring Evertons training ground, a week later it was announced his company was sponsoring it. Just saying.....
My source came from Merseyside btw.

NapaAddick said:

Redhenry said:

Usmanov denied he would be sponsoring Evertons training ground, a week later it was announced his company was sponsoring it. Just saying.....
My source came from Merseyside btw.

Well... if that is true, then doesn't that 100% guarantee he can't be with us? I don't think league rules allow an owner to sponsor one club and own another. Besides, it makes no sense. If he had any interest in CAFC, why waste money sponsoring a future competitor?

It's not happening. He ain't coming here. Can we change the thread title please?

NapaAddick said:

TellyTubby said:

NapaAddick said:

Redhenry said:

Usmanov denied he would be sponsoring Evertons training ground, a week later it was announced his company was sponsoring it. Just saying.....
My source came from Merseyside btw.

Well... if that is true, then doesn't that 100% guarantee he can't be with us? I don't think league rules allow an owner to sponsor one club and own another. Besides, it makes no sense. If he had any interest in CAFC, why waste money sponsoring a future competitor?

It's not happening. He ain't coming here. Can we change the thread title please?

Not that know anything but did he not do this as a shareholder of arsenal?

I don't think so. He is no longer a shareholder. But am not 100% sure.

NapaAddick said:

I was listening to the Charlton podcast just now (2:30am) and heard a disturbing tidbit. That apparently we sold Konsa for a low amount because we needed cash to avoid breaching FFP rules. And larger bids included deferred payments (larger ones) but less... cash. And we needed cash to avoid an FFP breach.

First off, this would explain why we sold him so cheap. But how the hell can we be at the edge of FFP limits? We've sold so many players that just two years ago we were essentially profitable. One can lose £39m over 3 season. We have not lost that much.

But if it is true, and I were a prospective owner, I would not be too interested in buying a club that has no wiggle room to buy people in the transfer market. This might well be the takeover hangup, if true. I really hope it is not.

Did anyone else hear about this?

TelMc32 said:

In League One it isn’t FFP, but SCMP...Salary Cost Management Protocol.

It limits the amount any club can spend on wages as a proportion of turnover. For L1 it is 60% and for L2 it is 55%.

So anything that adds to revenue helps boost what you can spend on salary. Maybe Katy didn’t realise that...who knows.