Chris_R Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Will he put the club to sale on Amazon? He's selling the club to Amazon. Which will also be the name of our Stadium. It'd be the Prime Arena. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Wasn't there a similar statement made in after the whole KK thing? Not getting to excited, feels like this could be another Ashley stunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Wasn't there a similar statement made in after the whole KK thing? Not getting to excited, feels like this could be another Ashley stunt. Aye but that was a reaction to him getting stick from us, and rightly so he deserved all he got. This is a bit different imo, well i'm telling myself that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Staged payments? Anyone buying who needs that option can’t afford to take us on. Then in a year or so when Ashley calls in his loan, he can finally bankrupt us when whatever clown owns us can’t afford to pay him.. Bloke (some "expert") on totalsport saying its a game changer cause it means the buyer will be able to invest in the squad while still buying the club Tend to agree with Odin. None of the buyers of Man City, Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal's investors, Everton's new guy nor Bournemouths new guy have needed to stage payments to be able to invest in the playing squad. Strikes me that no 'big' players are sniffing if he's got to incentivise potential buyers with staged payments so publically. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlies Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 This place will break if/when sale is comfirmed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Almost anything good is always an Ashley PR stunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Staged payments? Anyone buying who needs that option can’t afford to take us on. Then in a year or so when Ashley calls in his loan, he can finally bankrupt us when whatever clown owns us can’t afford to pay him.. Bloke (some "expert") on totalsport saying its a game changer cause it means the buyer will be able to invest in the squad while still buying the club Tend to agree with Odin. None of the buyers of Man City, Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal's investors, Everton's new guy nor Bournemouths new guy have needed to stage payments to be able to invest in the playing squad. Strikes me that no 'big' players are sniffing if he's got to incentivise potential buyers with staged payments so publically. Or his asking price is too high it's scaring them off, same thing i suppose in the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Staged payments? Anyone buying who needs that option can’t afford to take us on. Then in a year or so when Ashley calls in his loan, he can finally bankrupt us when whatever clown owns us can’t afford to pay him.. Bloke (some "expert") on totalsport saying its a game changer cause it means the buyer will be able to invest in the squad while still buying the club Tend to agree with Odin. None of the buyers of Man City, Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal's investors, Everton's new guy nor Bournemouths new guy have needed to stage payments to be able to invest in the playing squad. Strikes me that no 'big' players are sniffing if he's got to incentivise potential buyers with staged payments so publically. Possibly a nicer way of saying some money can be deferred until the HMRC case is closed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Staged payments? Anyone buying who needs that option can’t afford to take us on. Then in a year or so when Ashley calls in his loan, he can finally bankrupt us when whatever clown owns us can’t afford to pay him.. Bloke (some "expert") on totalsport saying its a game changer cause it means the buyer will be able to invest in the squad while still buying the club Tend to agree with Odin. None of the buyers of Man City, Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal's investors, Everton's new guy nor Bournemouths new guy have needed to stage payments to be able to invest in the playing squad. Strikes me that no 'big' players are sniffing if he's got to incentivise potential buyers with staged payments so publically. This. And if the buyers need our revenues to finance the deal to buy the club, we'll not have much money to spend going forward as it'll all have to be fed back into paying Ashley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Apperantly investors are aware we're a yoyo club. We are now seen as a fucking Yo-yo club ffs that man should just keel over and die. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Staged payments? Anyone buying who needs that option can’t afford to take us on. Then in a year or so when Ashley calls in his loan, he can finally bankrupt us when whatever clown owns us can’t afford to pay him.. Bloke (some "expert") on totalsport saying its a game changer cause it means the buyer will be able to invest in the squad while still buying the club Tend to agree with Odin. None of the buyers of Man City, Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal's investors, Everton's new guy nor Bournemouths new guy have needed to stage payments to be able to invest in the playing squad. Strikes me that no 'big' players are sniffing if he's got to incentivise potential buyers with staged payments so publically. Possibly a nicer way of saying some money can be deferred until the HMRC case is closed. Potentially but normally when there is any type of liability or potential for wrongdoing to cost a buyer money then they would seek some from of covenant until it was resolved. So, say for example, the two sets of Lawyers agree that the potential liability of the tax case is £10m - there could be an agreement that this is set aside until a judgement is made one way or the other. I'd say that's what we would do in relation to the HMRC matter. I certainly don't see it as a deal breaker providing we can estimate the potential liaibilities and penalties etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Will he put the club to sale on Amazon? He's selling the club to Amazon. Which will also be the name of our Stadium. It'd be the Prime Arena. Worried about how long it'd take to deliver a cross in the Super Saver Delivery Arena. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Staged payments? Anyone buying who needs that option can’t afford to take us on. Then in a year or so when Ashley calls in his loan, he can finally bankrupt us when whatever clown owns us can’t afford to pay him.. Bloke (some "expert") on totalsport saying its a game changer cause it means the buyer will be able to invest in the squad while still buying the club Tend to agree with Odin. None of the buyers of Man City, Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal's investors, Everton's new guy nor Bournemouths new guy have needed to stage payments to be able to invest in the playing squad. Strikes me that no 'big' players are sniffing if he's got to incentivise potential buyers with staged payments so publically. This. And if the buyers need our revenues to finance the deal to buy the club, we'll not have much money to spend going forward as it'll all have to be fed back into paying Ashley. Exactly this. It's basically like buying a new house, paying the mortgage every month but also paying the previous owner rent on top for x number of years. You'd have to think that would seriously hinder us being able to compete even if the new owner(s) has the best of intentions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Staged payments? Anyone buying who needs that option can’t afford to take us on. Then in a year or so when Ashley calls in his loan, he can finally bankrupt us when whatever clown owns us can’t afford to pay him.. Bloke (some "expert") on totalsport saying its a game changer cause it means the buyer will be able to invest in the squad while still buying the club Tend to agree with Odin. None of the buyers of Man City, Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal's investors, Everton's new guy nor Bournemouths new guy have needed to stage payments to be able to invest in the playing squad. Strikes me that no 'big' players are sniffing if he's got to incentivise potential buyers with staged payments so publically. Or his asking price is too high it's scaring them off, same thing i suppose in the end. Yeah true - whether you pay £20 for a Mars Bar today or you pay £0.50p today and then pay off the remaining £19.50 over the next 6 months, you've still overpaid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 How is this any different to when he put the club up for sale last time? Just an excuse not to spend in Jan imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 So he's inviting folk to bid who can't afford the club? I'm up for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 So he's inviting folk to bid who can't afford the club? I'm up for it. Need a fans buy out..We can pay a few quid over the next 1,000 years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 So he's inviting folk to bid who can't afford the club? I'm up for it. It all sounds so scammy Can't afford the 400m all up front? Let's just go with a 5 year contract with low low monthly payments of 8m then! You deserve a football club and now your dreams can come true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Staged payments? Anyone buying who needs that option can’t afford to take us on. Then in a year or so when Ashley calls in his loan, he can finally bankrupt us when whatever clown owns us can’t afford to pay him.. Bloke (some "expert") on totalsport saying its a game changer cause it means the buyer will be able to invest in the squad while still buying the club Tend to agree with Odin. None of the buyers of Man City, Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal's investors, Everton's new guy nor Bournemouths new guy have needed to stage payments to be able to invest in the playing squad. Strikes me that no 'big' players are sniffing if he's got to incentivise potential buyers with staged payments so publically. Or his asking price is too high it's scaring them off, same thing i suppose in the end. Yeah true - whether you pay £20 for a Mars Bar today or you pay £0.50p today and then pay off the remaining £19.50 over the next 6 months, you've still overpaid. Aye, not exactly a selling point is it, staged payments to still vastly over pay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Wasn't there a similar statement made in after the whole KK thing? Not getting to excited, feels like this could be another Ashley stunt. Yup. His words aren't worth the air into which they uttered. Ignore. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 So he's inviting folk to bid who can't afford the club? I'm up for it. It all sounds so scammy Can't afford the 400m all up front? Let's just go with a 5 year contract with low low monthly payments of 8m then! You deserve a football club and now your dreams can come true. And all you need to do is pay me £600m over the next ten years, wear Sports Direct on your shirts, shorts, boots and shinners. Better still, I'll go back to being Mr Invisible and you can take all of the shit for your terrible decision to get into bed with me. This man is a crook - just look at his dealings with Rangers and the issues they had in untangling the mess made by his grubby fat paws. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odear Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 No I believe the interest is serious now but this Chinese lot will have been tyre kickers up to now. Perhaps he’s making it easier for them but the real intent is to sniff out a move by Staveley and her investors. It’s anyones guess really. I want to get excited but this is Mike Ashley.. there’s no way he’ll leave without one last “fuck you” to all of us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 When January comes and there are no new players, but SJP renamed back as the SD arena so as to showcase to would be buyers what they can get out of the club... Don't trust the man one bit. Here is hoping though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Staged payments? Anyone buying who needs that option can’t afford to take us on. Then in a year or so when Ashley calls in his loan, he can finally bankrupt us when whatever clown owns us can’t afford to pay him.. Bloke (some "expert") on totalsport saying its a game changer cause it means the buyer will be able to invest in the squad while still buying the club Tend to agree with Odin. None of the buyers of Man City, Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal's investors, Everton's new guy nor Bournemouths new guy have needed to stage payments to be able to invest in the playing squad. Strikes me that no 'big' players are sniffing if he's got to incentivise potential buyers with staged payments so publically. Possibly a nicer way of saying some money can be deferred until the HMRC case is closed. Potentially but normally when there is any type of liability or potential for wrongdoing to cost a buyer money then they would seek some from of covenant until it was resolved. So, say for example, the two sets of Lawyers agree that the potential liability of the tax case is £10m - there could be an agreement that this is set aside until a judgement is made one way or the other. I'd say that's what we would do in relation to the HMRC matter. I certainly don't see it as a deal breaker providing we can estimate the potential liaibilities and penalties etc. I don’t know how you could quantify relegation, possibly several leagues (not that I believe this is a football matter, just worst case) plus all that comes with it. No one really knows what the punishment will be if guilty and because of that it’s no normal liability clause needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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