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The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)
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Some managers aren’t great with lots of money - some work harder when operating as a wheeler dealer.MuttleyCAFC said:I thought it was great that Southall was talking to Gallen every time the camera was on him, not just watching the game. Also the statement he made. I have long thought that you give this management team the tools the sky is the limit.
hopefully Gallen, Bows and co can work just as hard at getting h the right players on board and get us going somewhere organically whilst playing great football.9 -
Josh just needs to see the season out & he's a free agent. Signs for cafc in the summer for free & gets decent signing on fee & wh get nothing. (I think?)PragueAddick said:
Exactly. For a start Gullivan will be tempted to double the asking price for Josh Cullen in the window, when they hear that.. Any excuse, with that shower, to extract maximum wedge.jimmymelrose said:I don't want us singing about having loads of dosh. I remember Spurs fans doing that when they bought Paul Stewart. They sounded like wankers then and so would we now. We should just go about things quietly and with respect to other clubs, whilst remembering the last difficult decade.1 -
Dave2l said:I find all this situation too painful and frustrating now.
Our club is basically a blindman who is holding gold or millions of pounds.
We are extremely good....but owners are just constantly screwing us over ever since Curbs left.
I just hate Roland so much.
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He's 24 in April so dont think they'd get a Development Fee would they?charltonbob said:
Josh just needs to see the season out & he's a free agent. Signs for cafc in the summer for free & gets decent signing on fee & wh get nothing. (I think?)PragueAddick said:
Exactly. For a start Gullivan will be tempted to double the asking price for Josh Cullen in the window, when they hear that.. Any excuse, with that shower, to extract maximum wedge.jimmymelrose said:I don't want us singing about having loads of dosh. I remember Spurs fans doing that when they bought Paul Stewart. They sounded like wankers then and so would we now. We should just go about things quietly and with respect to other clubs, whilst remembering the last difficult decade.
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PragueAddick said:
It's generally believed that the big Middle East investments (in Citeh and PSG) as well as the desperate Qatar bid to get the World Cup are examples of political 'soft power' building. To put it crudely " we cannot be such bad guys that your press say we are, we are footie fans like you". I'm having a bit of trouble believing that Abu Dhabi reckons the world will look more favourably on it because it invested in Charlton Athletic, though. Unfortunately...ShootersHillGuru said:
That depends on why you buy a football club. If it’s to make money then you’ve got your work cut out. If it’s to have like a train set or for prestigious reasons so you can invite your rich mates then depending on just how rich you are you might well not mind throwing the cash around.Ultimatum said:Let’s throw 10 mil here, 15 mil there , 2 mil here etc etc... this is real money people 😂. There’s no way these new owners, regardless how rich they are will throw money away. They’re business men who got rich by being clever not throwing it around like it’s nothing.Secondly, how much can we realistically spend with FFP rules?
Just when I'd decided to give CL a break for a bit this happens..
Given money would be no object why buy a club like ours and not a bigger higher profile club? There must be some value to be had, perhaps Bowyer's clear abilities and thus the touching distance to the Prem. This for me was one of Roland's biggest mistakes contract wise? Then again the jammy wotsit may well have got out of this with no losses other than to his reputation, in what has to be one of the greatest escapes in football ownership - due to the random luck of finding our prodigal son and him accidentally becoming manager. Which makes me think they are in it for the investment at least somewhere down the line, or at the very least that they spend their money wisely. Then there is our location of course. I've tended to think owning an English Prem club is a fashion accessory, or perhaps a competitive hobby like owning a race horse. It will be interesting to tease these things out through hours of CL chatter and any fan engagement assuming they are forthcoming.
I'm relieved that RD has gone (EFL permitting) and the club and ground are secure (for now at least) and pleased we are on the face of it about to embark on a far more enjoyable roller coaster than the last 13 or so years, or perhaps ever, and perhaps we've earned it? But its also important, to me anyway, that we retain the special things about our club, like the price of tickets, keeping and developing our historic ground, our academy and its products getting to the first team, connection to the community, the fantastic atmosphere we now have (ironically another of Duchatelet's unintended achievements).
There is something special about achieving success against the odds, and with club men like Bowyer and Curbs before him. I'm aware I may be in a small minority, but I'm not sure with this kind of wealth behind us if thats what happens, we will ever experience that kind of 'earned' specialness and pride again and in football nowadays perhaps that kind of thing is a rarer and rarer commodity. So we are potentially inevitably at the end of an era in many more ways than one might immediately think.
Having said that I'm hoping to enjoy it for what it is, while at the same time arguing to prevent us becoming a 'plastic' club.
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Cullen won’t be a free agent in the summer, as far as I know, West Ham have a clause in his current contract that they will activate and if he is not going to get in their team next season, they’ll sell him.
Maybe we can get him on a permanent in January. But don’t go expecting him to be available for nothing in the summer.1 -
Apologies if this has been covered earlier in the thread, but does their purchase of the club include The Valley and the training ground? I’m assuming it does, but haven’t seen that stated anywhere.0
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Yes James pretty sure Cawley confirmed it in a London news on line articleJamesSeed said:Apologies if this has been covered earlier in the thread, but does their purchase of the club include The Valley and the training ground? I’m assuming it does, but haven’t seen that stated anywhere.1 -
It does James.1
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But now we are in the market0
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Dr Kish has posted that Matt Southall told fans he wants Leko and Cullen on permanent deals.4
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Jury out on Leko for mecharlton_hero said:Dr Kish has posted that Matt Southall told fans he wants Leko and Cullen on permanent deals.11 -
Is it still true??1
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@JamesSeed here you go found this tweet from Louis Mendez as well
The Valley is included in the deal. Roland Duchatelet does not still own it. #cafc
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Now I know I remembered i'd posted this at some time , so I went back and found it , sad I know , but I was on page 2010 on October 25th (after yet another rumour fell on it's arse ). Proof if any was needed, that obviously the Saudi's have been listening to what the fans have been saying for sometime , or at least a month in any case and again proves that Charlton Life is indeed the font of all wisdom and knowledge !Horsfield9 said:JamesSeed said:According to my non Aussie source, the Yanks and the Aussies had a joint bid rejected a few days ago.
Should wait for Black Friday and re-try.
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I think there is a lot of potential in Leko. I can see Bowyer sees him as a project.14
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After what seems like an eternity under RD, this seems a bit surreal at the moment. I guess that once the deal gets EFL approval and the new board set out their plans in detail, then it will really sink in that the nightmare of the last few years is finally over.
So at the moment I'm happy, but strangely not as happy as I imagined I would be. Not sure if that makes any sense...15 -
I was elated when I first heard the news of a sale agreed subject to EFL approval and I still am.Lazy_eye_metaphor said:After what seems like an eternity under RD, this seems a bit surreal at the moment. I guess that once the deal gets EFL approval and the new board set out their plans in detail, then it will really sink in that the nightmare of the last few years is finally over.
So at the moment I'm happy, but strangely not as happy as I imagined I would be. Not sure if that makes any sense...
i have put the champagne in the fridge but I haven’t opened it yet.0 -
How the f f flip you get it in the fridge then????Alwaysneil said:
I was elated when I first heard the news of a sale agreed subject to EFL approval and I still am.Lazy_eye_metaphor said:After what seems like an eternity under RD, this seems a bit surreal at the moment. I guess that once the deal gets EFL approval and the new board set out their plans in detail, then it will really sink in that the nightmare of the last few years is finally over.
So at the moment I'm happy, but strangely not as happy as I imagined I would be. Not sure if that makes any sense...
i have put the champagne in the fridge but I haven’t opened it yet.
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Leko on a permanent?
Now I'm worried.1 -
Don’t get me wrong, he makes mistakes but he is not half as bad as what people make out on here. He is the only player we have at the club who can turn a defender on a sixpence! He will get better! He is still only young!16
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Can’t believe people are turning down the prospect of Leko on a perm?! Yes he makes mistakes, but he’s got the most goal contributions in our whole team, has played with England all through the ranks and is only young too. There’s a lot of potential if Bowyer can sort out his decision making, and I believe he can definitely do that
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That's a bit how I feel, @L@Lazy_eye_metaphor, as do others.Lazy_eye_metaphor said:After what seems like an eternity under RD, this seems a bit surreal at the moment. I guess that once the deal gets EFL approval and the new board set out their plans in detail, then it will really sink in that the nightmare of the last few years is finally over.
So at the moment I'm happy, but strangely not as happy as I imagined I would be. Not sure if that makes any sense...
Possibly this is one of the reasons why the atmosphere yesterday wasn't as expected.
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Agreed, I don’t particularly rate him to be honest but signing him on a permanent makes sense. He shouldn’t cost that much, he has sell on value and it means we can get an extra loan in.JoshAddick said:Can’t believe people are turning down the prospect of Leko on a perm?! Yes he makes mistakes, but he’s got the most goal contributions in our whole team, has played with England all through the ranks and is only young too. There’s a lot of potential if Bowyer can sort out his decision making, and I believe he can definitely do that2 -
I'd be ok with Leko on a permanent, but I'd want him as the backup pace option to a proper striker
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I thought the day would never come.
So relieved. Half-year season tickets will be on their way.
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Yep a few half season tickets will be sold now.0
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Clearly, what they uncovered during due diligence didn’t phase them. I just Hope Roland’s price gives them everything, lock stock and barrel debt free. Did I read somewhere that the former Directors debentures have now been cleared?0
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Yes. Think it was said by someone on here_MrDick said:Clearly, what they uncovered during due diligence didn’t phase them. I just Hope Roland’s price gives them everything, lock stock and barrel debt free. Did I read somewhere that the former Directors debentures have now been cleared?0
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