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The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

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  • There is no need to worry, it is obvious that it will go through.. Rolly didn't even attend the game on Saturday.

  • Rothko said:
    The tests previously were a couple of forms and self-certifying you weren't dodgy, and the EFL have beefed it up because of the complaints, if it takes longer to get a better decision, then so be it
    True, i guess they must have (or at least you'd like to think they have) stronger checks now following the Bury fiasco.
  • BR7_addick
    BR7_addick Posts: 10,210
    Going into an exam tomorrow, approx 4 hours with no contact to the outside world, praying for some good news when I finish about 5pm.
    Sorry. 'Crackerjack!' won't be back until next year.
    Not gonna lie, this has completely “whooshed” me.
  • There is no need to worry, it is obvious that it will go through.. Rolly didn't even attend the game on Saturday.

    Of course he didnt... He watches on a personal stream
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,476
    Macronate said:

    The one big thing that worries me is that the EFL were at one stage going to buy us following such demands made by Roland.

    As they failed the fit and proper persons test, those in power at the EFL may now see this as a vengeful way of getting back at us by rejecting ESI's takeover bid.

    You alright mate?
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,103
    From Dave White’s Twitter ....

    A little early I know but ‘we’re on our way’ #cafc
  • _MrDick said:
    From Dave White’s Twitter ....

    A little early I know but ‘we’re on our way’ #cafc
    Ah, the cheque must have turned up this morning in the post for Dave then.
  • good luck Soapboxsam
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  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    clive said:
    _MrDick said:
    From Dave White’s Twitter ....

    A little early I know but ‘we’re on our way’ #cafc
    Perhaps he boarded the 'Valley Away' coach at Larkfield.
    He should make Derby away on the 30th then. 
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Must be great to "stay calm" but since the day Murray let Curbishley walk away without using his knowledge to find a successor, a myriad of bad decisions have been made at boardroom level with the infrastructure and soul of Cafc dropping quicker than a Joe Denly dolly. 

    Bizarrely from the chaos of Murray losing his Midas touch to the six years of  Duchatelet's tenure we had our golden moments on the field with the return of the prodigal sons Powell and Bowyer, more serendipity in Bowyer's case but while we had some success on the field as well as the relegations, Cafc were imploding.

    13 years since the break up of Murray and Curbishley, not sure when Murray and Varney's relationship hit the rocks but behind the scenes some great staff have tried to steady the ship, but unfortunately we lost many overboard under the latter period of Richard Murray's ownership, the 3 amigos and finally Duchatelet's Disastrous 6 years where from utter darkness came the lighthouse which is Lee Bowyer and Johnnie Jackson.

    Stay calm: I'm trying but waiting for the green light from the EFL as well the Marsden in Sutton that some tumours have been zapped, sure isn't making it easy for me to relax with a few complications thrown in (me and Cafc) 
    I can't wait for 2020 vision to unfold under East Street Investments. I will shed enough tears to float your boat and mine.

    Fingers crossed for you mate. 
  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,347
    It's a conflict of interests if the EFL interview our potential owners.

    Maybe the EFL still want to buy us... 
  • I wonder why the EFL speak to the outgoing owner? 
    Presumably to confirm that he is selling!
  • IanJRO
    IanJRO Posts: 691
    If it doesn't go through then Matt Southall will be in for even bigger pelters than Andrew Muir got for rocking up in a Charlton scarf!
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 50,974
    There is no need to worry, it is obvious that it will go through.. Rolly didn't even attend the game on Saturday.

    Of course he didnt... He watches on a personal stream
    Every game live, except when he is caught out at a restaurant while Charlton are playing  :)
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,842
    J BLOCK said:
    Surely has to be a done deal if Matt is tweeting this 
    Of course it's a done deal!!
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,219
    edited December 2019
    IanJRO said:
    If it doesn't go through then Matt Southall will be in for even bigger pelters than Andrew Muir got for rocking up in a Charlton scarf!
    True and hopefully it will go through but its refreshing and I am pathetically grateful for something just as small as a tweet like that. 
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  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,864
    J BLOCK said:
    Surely has to be a done deal if Matt is tweeting this 
    Good point that. X 
  • J BLOCK
    J BLOCK Posts: 8,309
    Rudders22 said:
    J BLOCK said:
    Surely has to be a done deal if Matt is tweeting this 
    Good point that. X 
    Thanks x
  • hoping it gets announced Weds next week and new owners first game is the Sky v Hull one.
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,143
    And some people bleat about the Aussie bid dragging on for two years.

    Assume this was the Jonathan Sainsbury bid in 2010 that also involved Lee Amis

    Interview with Duchatelet?  "Huh 1.5%, huh, none of it's my fault"

    Good news about Cullen
    Sebastian Sainsbury (not Jonathan). The threads from that time will be here, but what I recall was:

    - S. Sainsbury has nothing to do with the supermarket chain, and had done nothing of note in biz
    - the bid had no wedge. It was "highly leveraged"
    - it was all about moving to the Peninsula and financing the deal that way.
    - Long before the phrase was even coined, Charlton Life was used to propogate a spectacular amount of disinformation around this bid and the rival one from the Spivs. Lee Amis was involved in that, that's how his handle was known, and how I came to meet him. A mysterious poster close to the Board was busy trashing this bid. One particular evening on here was one of the wierdest ever for those of us following the thread.

    All of which makes me slightly uneasy to think that Matt Southall was involved, but it was 9 years ago. A lot has changed in the biz of football since then, not to mention land availability near the Valley.
  • Done deal. Ledley and the takeover. 
  • It must be close. 2 removal vans parked outside the ground 
  • J BLOCK said:
    Surely has to be a done deal if Matt is tweeting this 
    I wonder who actually approved this deal, as the takeover hasn't happened yet and there would be no real incentive for Roland to increase costs in the last few days of his ownership. I assume some sort of arrangement must have been made by the new owners with him
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,842
    J BLOCK said:
    Surely has to be a done deal if Matt is tweeting this 
    I wonder who actually approved this deal, as the takeover hasn't happened yet and there would be no real incentive for Roland to increase costs in the last few days of his ownership. I assume some sort of arrangement must have been made by the new owners with him
    The contract between Two Shits and ESI will have already been signed, and therefore legally binding. The only caveat to extract ESI from the contract would be EFL refusal.
  • Done deal. Ledley and the takeover. 
    @flyingkiwiDK

    Is this wishful thinking or have you heard something?
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,103
    I reckon it’s gotta be close to being announced. He’s even got a picture of ‘Vote for Vince” on his profile 


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