Parky

Nah. It's clear MA wants 100m for his pocket. Why say Nah then agree? The fact the bids havent been finalised clearly shows that they werent enough I'm saying the 100m doesn't inc the overdraft.

Nah. It's clear MA wants 100m for his pocket.

Maybe this profitable are fake and a bunch of chancers but at least they are exposing the laurel and hardy act for the lying c***s that they are...... 2 bids of 100m??? They don't want to sell that's my opinion. My latest reading of the fiasco. The PG are in it for the publicity that much is clear. They are piggy backing perhaps a very small bid 30-40m (although imo this is a fair bid for the club in the state that it's in). The other bid is 60m from FFS. For many reasons and some not logical I think MA will rather shoot himself in the arse than accept a bid from FFS (although it might get to a stage of panic where he might ). One sign that is glaring is not letting the high payers leave. What could this mean? Well it means two things, the first being they are being inc as assets in the ridiculously high window price and secondly MA can't be paying them (hence his relaxed stance on selling...The money is coming from the overdraft). You see the overdraft will land on the plates of the buyers. Has anybody actually bid 100m? Can't see it meself or MA would have been long gone. The rumour which I think is closest to the truth is that there are hidden costs and the window price of 100m is only a starting point. If MA is not writing off the debt of 110m the club will never sell. Darkness awaits.

Fat cunt ftw.

Wise purchase.

Why in gods name would we want to loan him out? We need cold hard cash. The only beneficial loan scenario is if they pay all his wages (ain't gonna happen).

Everything is just speculation though, we don't know how much he would have taken and there's no real evidence of any offers being made for the club at any time. I think the most there's ever been was City's owner saying they were interested in the PL and looked at us, Liverpool & Arsenal as well as City. The story that Ashley turned down an offer for £Xm from him was just made up from that. There is a quote somewhere where they said they offered 200m, but Ashley was asking 400m. I'll try and find it.

Personally I think he was trying to sell after those first few months when the full scope of the debt was realised, Why ask for such a high price in Jan then? Simply cause he is clearly a chancer.

It's gonna get to the point where KK will be able to buy the club. [/Wormscanopened]

Yup.

Personally I think he was trying to sell after those first few months when the full scope of the debt was realised,

No clarification has ever been published on what basis the bids (if any) were made. Agree with your post. A £100 million valuation for the equity and then being expected to take on all Ashley's debt and whatever overdraft will never come close to flying. But I've never been convinced that Ashley wasn't punting that particular deal as his required price and, in his stupidity, thought he might get some takers. The only serious bid is 60m from FS I'm pretty sure of that now.

In case people haven't seen it. No deadlines. What is he talking about?

This thread is more depressing than the club sale thread.

I look everyday for some guidance to this mystery. To think he turned down 200m last summer from the Man C owners!!! Sheeshh....

Yep, lets not forget that the new owner has to be verified by the FA in their two-week fit and proper persons test, and Ashley probably won't even do anything until thats cleared. Knowing this club whoever agrees the bid will fail the fit and proper person test, so Ashley takes the FA to court and we go a whole year without a manager, Ashley wins the court case, but the new owner is no longer interested and tries to pull out so Ashley takes him to court, loses, and we are a gazillion pounds in debt, in League 2, and with all our remaining contracted players such as Coloccini whom Ashley refused to discuss transfers with until the club gets sold are on strike but still getting paid. Mechazilla appears at the last moment and eats SJP.

What I would give if that were true.

I've died a few times and come back.

The Pompey scenario is complex as the owner lives in Russia and the financial structures are offshore.

miaoow

If he can't get rid of it on his terms he must realise that by now.

This is why a lot of people are staggered by the asking price.

TPG have been shouting about their bid nonstop. Weird as I don't imagine they have the finance to take us forward. It will be FS and it will be one minute to doomsday.