timeEd32 Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 $2.2 billion for the Houston Rockets (NBA team): https://www.theringer.com/nba/2017/9/5/16255460/houston-rockets-sale-tilman-fertitta That's $600M more than they were valued at, $200M more than the largest sale ever. This is what we need - some super rich person to blow Ashley away with an offer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Got to be some sheikh with an incomprehensible fortune out there who wants a PL football club, surely? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 MLSE have been rumoured to be interested in buying a Premier League team for years. I wonder if they would like to add to their collection of big unsuccessful teams by buying us. They have just sold the naming rights to the Air Canada Centre for $800m, which will now be called the Scotiabank Centre or similar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Somebody email Jeff Bezos and ask him if he wants to buy a battered football team. Is he Scottish? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Somebody email Jeff Bezos and ask him if he wants to buy a battered football team. Is he Scottish? an insanely rich scando Bezos was born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Somebody email Jeff Bezos and ask him if he wants to buy a battered football team. Is he Scottish? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41171865 Oh dear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Risk adverse in terms of losing his own money, not the future of this club. He's got a track record of taking punts with his own money, some of those have lost him hundreds of millions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41171865 Oh dear. What the fuck is a 'government drugs tsar?' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41171865 Oh dear. Ashley can carry the vote himself can't he? He owns 61% of the company.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41171865 Oh dear. Ashley can carry the vote himself can't he? He owns 61% of the company.... Its all good pressure tho, its coming from all angles these days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Wow! https://musingsofanufcfan.wordpress.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Howaythetoon Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Worrying read, but not at all surprising. He's here to stay isn't he... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elric Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Jesus Christ. That's a good read though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Chibas Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Mike Ashley........ the gift, errrr the interest free loan when the banks were cough-cough banging down the doors, which keeps on giving. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 "But he's pumped his own money in.........." Just thinking, I reckon we lose around £15m a year at least (that's me being conservative) in lost advertising revenue, retail income and poor commercial deals: add 2 relegations; not taking cups seriously (lost revenue), sell in order to buy policy; I reckon over his tentute that's at £250m the club has lost Its fucking scandalous Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Worrying read, but not at all surprising. He's here to stay isn't he... Where did he get the money from to buy us? Surely it's all tied up in wallpaper? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 If toon fans/ consortium bought sports direct shares, could they influence his activities in SD and Nufc? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Wow! https://musingsofanufcfan.wordpress.com/ Oh dear Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Can you get relegated for complications due to aids? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 https://musingsofanufcfan.wordpress.com/ I'm not sure why Ashley would do himself out of a tenner to make six quid for himself and give four to other people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 That was bang in the middle of our shit season under Roeder when we could have easily went down. Makes you wonder if the whole thing had been agreed between Hall & Ashley at that point but was dependent on us maintaining our Premier League status. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minto1959 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 It's a catch 22 as far as I'm concerned. He wants to sell, he's relialsed he made a error in the first place, and wants to nearly double his money. He thinks that a good balance sheet and a premier league team is what buyers want after all he is a business man. But because of the lack of money/ambition no one is willing to pay his asking price as the team is mediocre and constantly flirts with and are relegated. Buyers want to buy a club with ambition and not have to start from scratch to get us up where we belong after paying over the odds for the club. So until something changes, money/ambition or a super rich buyer willing to cough up, nothing will change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Recon this is props quite close to the truth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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