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Swindon_Addick
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It seems the people Roland sold his Belgian club to weren't as wealthy as they presented themselves to be. Stop me if you've heard this one before...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/may/10/standard-liege-fans-protest-against-777-partners
https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/may/10/standard-liege-fans-protest-against-777-partners
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Pretty sure 777 Partners are in the throws of buying Everton n all?2
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Yes, it's the same bunch. The chances of that going through must be pretty much zero now.Gribbo said:Pretty sure 777 Partners are in the throws of buying Everton n all?1 -
Not Happening .Gribbo said:Pretty sure 777 Partners are in the throws of buying Everton n all?0 -
Phillip Auclair of the guardian football podcast has spoke and written quite extensively about 777 partners and why Everton fan should be worried. I saw him at Guardian Podcast live we he openly spoke about the shady practices of 777.Gribbo said:Pretty sure 777 Partners are in the throws of buying Everton n all?4 -
Does he own any clubs anymore?0
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777 have already 'lent' Everton £200m before this deal has even been completed. The last payment was £16m for day-to-date operational costs. They're already balls deep.Radostanradical said:
Phillip Auclair of the guardian football podcast has spoke and written quite extensively about 777 partners and why Everton fan should be worried. I saw him at Guardian Podcast live we he openly spoke about the shady practices of 777.Gribbo said:Pretty sure 777 Partners are in the throws of buying Everton n all?
Farhad Moshiri doesn't want to put any more money in so they'll be looking for another buyer.
If 777 have been paying the players wages and the deal falls through, they'll be close to going into administration you would think.
If any other buyers are circling, you would think they'll allow administration to happen, to get the club at a lower valuation.
And of course, if Everton fall into administration, the building work on their new stadium by Laing O'Rourke stops immediately.1 -
I dont believe so, he sold Ujpest this year too.sam3110 said:Does he own any clubs anymore?0 -
I don't listen to FW religiously anymore but I love that man so much.Radostanradical said:
Phillip Auclair of the guardian football podcast has spoke and written quite extensively about 777 partners and why Everton fan should be worried. I saw him at Guardian Podcast live we he openly spoke about the shady practices of 777.Gribbo said:Pretty sure 777 Partners are in the throws of buying Everton n all?1 -
777 were also close to buying Charlton from Sandgaard, I was told.2
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A phrase involving frying pans and fires springs to mind.Henry Irving said:777 were also close to buying Charlton from Sandgaard, I was told.1 -
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Has he sold all the football clubs while keeping ownership of the stadiums ?Radostanradical said:
I dont believe so, he sold Ujpest this year too.sam3110 said:Does he own any clubs anymore?0 -
Yeah, thought that when I heard Jordan and White mention them on Talk Sport the other day, re' Everton take-over.Henry Irving said:777 were also close to buying Charlton from Sandgaard, I was told.0 -
777 were also the majority owners of an Aussie airline that went into administration a couple of weeks ago, and on top of that a London asset management company has recently sued them for fraud.JohnBoyUK said:
777 have already 'lent' Everton £200m before this deal has even been completed. The last payment was £16m for day-to-date operational costs. They're already balls deep.Radostanradical said:
Phillip Auclair of the guardian football podcast has spoke and written quite extensively about 777 partners and why Everton fan should be worried. I saw him at Guardian Podcast live we he openly spoke about the shady practices of 777.Gribbo said:Pretty sure 777 Partners are in the throws of buying Everton n all?
Farhad Moshiri doesn't want to put any more money in so they'll be looking for another buyer.
If 777 have been paying the players wages and the deal falls through, they'll be close to going into administration you would think.
If any other buyers are circling, you would think they'll allow administration to happen, to get the club at a lower valuation.
And of course, if Everton fall into administration, the building work on their new stadium by Laing O'Rourke stops immediately.
So there's surely no way they end up being Everton owners.1 -
777 were sniffing around us at one point I believe0
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Unless they're doing a Southall / Farnelliott and getting entangled for a decent payout if a sale goes through with another buyer. Hoping for anything on £200m would be wishful think though, you'd think, even with an established Prem sideChris_from_Sidcup said:
777 were also the majority owners of an Aussie airline that went into administration a couple of weeks ago, and on top of that a London asset management company has recently sued them for fraud.JohnBoyUK said:
777 have already 'lent' Everton £200m before this deal has even been completed. The last payment was £16m for day-to-date operational costs. They're already balls deep.Radostanradical said:
Phillip Auclair of the guardian football podcast has spoke and written quite extensively about 777 partners and why Everton fan should be worried. I saw him at Guardian Podcast live we he openly spoke about the shady practices of 777.Gribbo said:Pretty sure 777 Partners are in the throws of buying Everton n all?
Farhad Moshiri doesn't want to put any more money in so they'll be looking for another buyer.
If 777 have been paying the players wages and the deal falls through, they'll be close to going into administration you would think.
If any other buyers are circling, you would think they'll allow administration to happen, to get the club at a lower valuation.
And of course, if Everton fall into administration, the building work on their new stadium by Laing O'Rourke stops immediately.
So there's surely no way they end up being Everton owners.0 -
No 777 would have been much MUCH worse than Sandgaard. For all of TS faults (and he does have them) I think he was truly just a fool in over his head, I genuinely think his ego was what drove him and his heart was in the right place.Swindon_Addick said:
A phrase involving frying pans and fires springs to mind.Henry Irving said:777 were also close to buying Charlton from Sandgaard, I was told.5 -
The only other name that seems to be linked to Everton because they have outstanding loans they are owed are MSP Sports Capital , who own Augsburg , Brondby and a stake in McLaren F1 Team amongst other things.0
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Sandgaard had money, which is a big step up from thinly-veiled fraudsters2
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To clarify, Sandgaard was intended to be the frying pan not the fire. We definitely dodged a bullet with him not selling to 777.Radostanradical said:
No 777 would have been much MUCH worse than Sandgaard. For all of TS faults (and he does have them) I think he was truly just a fool in over his head, I genuinely think his ego was what drove him and his heart was in the right place.Swindon_Addick said:
A phrase involving frying pans and fires springs to mind.Henry Irving said:777 were also close to buying Charlton from Sandgaard, I was told.2 -
I wish we could form some kind of partnership or network with some of these European clubs. I'm sure it could be a massive boost to our chances of seeing the stars of the future.2
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Numerous members of staff and ex members of staff would dispute if his heart was in the right placeRadostanradical said:
No 777 would have been much MUCH worse than Sandgaard. For all of TS faults (and he does have them) I think he was truly just a fool in over his head, I genuinely think his ego was what drove him and his heart was in the right place.Swindon_Addick said:
A phrase involving frying pans and fires springs to mind.Henry Irving said:777 were also close to buying Charlton from Sandgaard, I was told.4 -
Perhaps and that can be said of staff in any workplace but I was speaking in terms of his intent for the club.JohnnyH2 said:
Numerous members of staff and ex members of staff would dispute if his heart was in the right placeRadostanradical said:
No 777 would have been much MUCH worse than Sandgaard. For all of TS faults (and he does have them) I think he was truly just a fool in over his head, I genuinely think his ego was what drove him and his heart was in the right place.Swindon_Addick said:
A phrase involving frying pans and fires springs to mind.Henry Irving said:777 were also close to buying Charlton from Sandgaard, I was told.0 -
If Sandgaard was the frying pan, it would be interesting to contextualise our other owners ... jiminez and cash a frying pan? Duchaltalet a fire, southall a raging inferno??Swindon_Addick said:
To clarify, Sandgaard was intended to be the frying pan not the fire. We definitely dodged a bullet with him not selling to 777.Radostanradical said:
No 777 would have been much MUCH worse than Sandgaard. For all of TS faults (and he does have them) I think he was truly just a fool in over his head, I genuinely think his ego was what drove him and his heart was in the right place.Swindon_Addick said:
A phrase involving frying pans and fires springs to mind.Henry Irving said:777 were also close to buying Charlton from Sandgaard, I was told.0 -
I don't think the frying pan/fire metaphor works because it assumes the club, or perhaps even the fans, have some agency (the ability to jump or not). In reality it is the owners and would-be owners that decide the club’s fate. A more fitting comparison might be a game of pass the parcel with a never ending chain of individuals and groups temporarily handling the club before passing it on; some of whom may be negligent in their handling whilst others my try to rip-off various layers trying to get the goodies inside.1
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I don't understand why Moshiri is so hellbent on selling to 777 when there's so many red flags. Think there was another American group he tried this with last season that blatantly didn't have the funds but he spent months negotiating with.
It's clear him losing the Alisher Usmanov backing has caused problems and he basically wants shot of the club before he has to fully pay for the new stadium but letting a deal with a group like 777 get this advanced is rather concerning.0 -
He only ever had a 49% share in Carl Zeiss Jena, thanks to the German 50+1 rule which ensured they kept him away from the football side. The 49% share allowed him to plan for a Sint-Truiden style hotel development on the site, and having been there I thought it made absolute sense, because it would provide cover on all four sides of the stadium whereas at the moment it only has one main stand. But of course being Roland He couldn't do it without pissing people off, this time the Ultras who gather on the South Curve, he wants to kick them all out to site the hotel at that end. AFAIK he still owns that, and its deadlocked. But he would doubtless claim it doesn't count as "football" so now he is out of it.Radostanradical said:
I dont believe so, he sold Ujpest this year too.sam3110 said:Does he own any clubs anymore?
In addition though, he still owns the stadium at Sint-Truiden and has his offices there, and the relationship between club and stadium owner there is more like the English situation, i.e. the club is completely at his mercy.
Standard are a shadow of the club he bought. Tragic waste of heritage and know-how. We should never forget that he' s such a ****.5 -
Southall, et al were the Great Fire of London in this context.Kap10 said:
If Sandgaard was the frying pan, it would be interesting to contextualise our other owners ... jiminez and cash a frying pan? Duchaltalet a fire, southall a raging inferno??Swindon_Addick said:
To clarify, Sandgaard was intended to be the frying pan not the fire. We definitely dodged a bullet with him not selling to 777.Radostanradical said:
No 777 would have been much MUCH worse than Sandgaard. For all of TS faults (and he does have them) I think he was truly just a fool in over his head, I genuinely think his ego was what drove him and his heart was in the right place.Swindon_Addick said:
A phrase involving frying pans and fires springs to mind.Henry Irving said:777 were also close to buying Charlton from Sandgaard, I was told.1
