The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

The Sectet Footballer tweeted last night that a deal to sell Charlton has been done!

captainbob said:

A fan on the tube said with total conviction, 'Curbishley and Varney are buying us.' Just saying.

Heard PV is of to Notts County.

Someone posting on FB that the deal is already done. 

Asking price has gone up to £100M today I would imagine.

Was muir there then?

Who were the two middle Eastern looking fellas sitting with Curbs?

carly burn said:

Who were the two middle Eastern looking fellas sitting with Curbs?

One was Karim Bagheri. 

Scoham said:

Airman Brown said:

flyingkiwiDK said:

Someone posting on FB that the deal is already done. 

Lot of this around in the last few days. One problem though is journos coming fresh to the story and taking what they are told at face value.

Muir’s interest is genuine and has been consistent, but he hasn’t been prepared to buy the club outright. Amazing the Aussies are still there two years after the story broke, but there is other interest.

So if there’s other interest it doesn’t suggest anything is close?

There have been whispers among the media that it is but obviously the people who have covered the story are now very sceptical of anything. What I know is that Muir has maintained his interest and that there are others on the scene, but I’m told Duchâtelet wanted a payment when new owners got the team promoted to the Championship, which doesn’t stack up financially. That element is now going to become fixed, because we’re in the Championship, but it’s part of the value being sold so maybe there will be more willingness to pay it.

Curb_It said:

JamesSeed said:

Anyone see the Royal Box?

Muir and Murphy were in the lounge today 

A year on since they last appeared in front of Charlton fans. 

Given up trying to work out what their motives are. Bizarre that their takeover deal could still be alive 2 years later, as you'd assume with any normal buyer that they'd either have closed the deal OR moved on to other targets

seth plum said:

One method of learning something, not the only one granted, is by past experience.
Feels like yet another fruitless round of stories.

Fear you may be correct Seth. All we can do is keep our fingers (and everything else) crossed.

seth plum said:

One method of learning something, not the only one granted, is by past experience.
Feels like yet another fruitless round of stories.

When you lose something, you look in lots of places until you find it.  Not finding it in the first few places you look doesn't mean it won't be found eventually. 

killerandflash said:

Curb_It said:

JamesSeed said:

Anyone see the Royal Box?

Muir and Murphy were in the lounge today 

A year on since they last appeared in front of Charlton fans. 

Given up trying to work out what their motives are. Bizarre that their takeover deal could still be alive 2 years later, as you'd assume with any normal buyer that they'd either have closed the deal OR moved on to other targets

This ! It just doesn't make sense to me.

1628, Oliver Cromwell's first appearance in parliament.

charltonbob said:

killerandflash said:

Curb_It said:

JamesSeed said:

Anyone see the Royal Box?

Muir and Murphy were in the lounge today 

A year on since they last appeared in front of Charlton fans. 

Given up trying to work out what their motives are. Bizarre that their takeover deal could still be alive 2 years later, as you'd assume with any normal buyer that they'd either have closed the deal OR moved on to other targets

This ! It just doesn't make sense to me.

If a price has been agreed but it involves a significant extra payment upon promotion I can see why prospective buyers might balk at it.  Giving Roland an extra £10m or whatever for achieving what he failed to do/couldn't be bothered to attempt would stick in my craw too.  Cross fingers that problem is gone now and the arguing over a few player sell-on clauses can be put to bed quickly.