ianovthetoon Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 380m will include the debt surely? He essentially owes himself the money now? The 20m knockdown is probably the 20m he's promised the players if we win the FA Cup. He did say he'd only sell when we won something! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Looking at the potential of the club and with a world class manager here already in Rafa, surely we'd be a good choice, no? Especially when you look at how much money is involved in the PL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Presumably he'll sell once he decides he's not making money from it/not worth the hassle and then gets an offer close to what he wants? He's been here 10 years, he must be doing quite well out of us otherwise surely he'd have made greater efforts to sell a long time ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 £350m with debt wiped is a fair price. He'll still make a lot of money and its all his rather than tied up in shares etc...Nice return on a 10 year gamble where he bluffed most of it and could have ended up like Sunderland are now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 £20m Typical Mike Ashley 'look, I'm trying!' move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Is it assumed in most circles that the £400m/£380m includes the debt? Maybe I'm just being pessimistic, I just don't see it with Ashley. Particularly as he likes to make it plainly obvious how he got 'stung' by debt when he bought the club I bet the vindictive wank would love to do the same to someone else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 He's gonna sell us to someone worse, isn't he? We'll be the first North Korean team in the PL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Like when you've just sold your flat and the day before you're handing over the keys you take a shit in the closet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Like when you've just sold your flat and the day before you're handing over the keys you take a shit in the closet. People do that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Like when you've just sold your flat and the day before you're handing over the keys you take a s*** in the closet. People do that? Ashley probably would in some other way, just to fuck with us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 I did just do a massive fart in a Sports Direct. Guess people could do worse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Away Day Gadgie Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Only £30m more eexpensive than buying Neymar and Mbappe Well when you put it like that.. no, still a rip off. Half of Everton went for £200m last year; maybe the £400m in itself isn't that bad an asking price. But surely any potential buyer would run as soon as they see the loan he'd instantly want paid back on top of it. And I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to add bullshit sponsorship and merchandise clauses that benefit no one but Sports Direct as a parting shot. Insufferable c***. That's exactly what he'll try and do, which is why it's likely no one will end up buying us. Any potential buyer will probably have their own companies or links to companies that will they want to advertise so there's no way they'd have Shit Direct clogging up all the prime advertising space. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Looking at the potential of the club and with a world class manager here already in Rafa, surely we'd be a good choice, no? Especially when you look at how much money is involved in the PL. We're a good choice but who makes money from owning a Premiership club? The income may have gone up but so have all the transfer fees. It costs a lot more to compete and stay in the Premiership than it did when Ashley bought the club. If any buyer purchases NUFC with the aim to make money we're in trouble. It needs to be a billionaire's prestige boosting ego purchase (like Chelsea) or a promotional purchase for a state run investment vehicle (like PSG and Man City). I thought Ashley was wanting £450m so £380m is an improvement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 More importantly , its an easy excuse for him to not spend in january as he's "trying to sell" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odear Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 If there was any truth to the takeover story in the summer, NDA's would have been signed at the very beginning. These things take months to work out. It was never going to be the case that someone would come in and buy the club over space of a few days/weeks like the way Ashley did, that was something out of Wolf of Wall St looking back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 He'll hoy a big 'CLOSING DOWN SALE, EVERYTHING MUST GO' banner on it and leave it there for four years. £20m isn't much really but at least it's a sign he might be getting serious about pissing off. I wonder if this is due to some feedback on the price from some interest in the summer. If someone's come in with an interest and told him he's a greedy fat cunt and they're not paying £400m it might have given him pause for thought. More likely he's been stung by the criticism he's not seriously wanting to sell otherwise he'd drop the price. That criticism still holds though as he needs to offer it at a price which will make it an attractive buy and a 5% discount is probably deliberately small so he can keep the club while looking like he's trying to sell it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 People might be interested given the new negotiations possibly involving Facebook and Amazon. Sky and BT have deep pockets but both of those companies could buy them lock, stock and barrel without blinking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 I wonder where this has come from he must be up to something Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hog Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 I'm afraid I'm at the stage now where I just take any takeover talk with a pinch of salt. It's wishful thinking but until it's actually happening it just looks like excuses to me for the Fat Turd not to let Rafa spend on new players in each transfer window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 380m for a Premier League club with a big(ish)stadium, a world class manager, no debt, and a large, loyal fan base is not a bad price. There is still growth coming in the TV rights, especially internationally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Can’t really say this time it’s a smokescreen to divert attention from some other crisis. The three straight wins have dulled any negativity from the transfer window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pons Alias Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 We’re in the top half with minimum spend. The iron is hot now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 I wonder where this has come from he must be up to something Like someone else said it's just dripfeeding hope to people that he wants to sell when he obviously fucking doesn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 380m for a Premier League club with a big(ish)stadium, a world class manager, no debt, and a large, loyal fan base is not a bad price. There is still growth coming in the TV rights, especially internationally. Are NUFC as a company not in debt to Ashley? Thats the way I thought it was. I wonder if the price would include the debt too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 I’m assuming that number includes the debt, or at least a significant portion of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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