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Various: Mike Ashley in talks with Sheikh Khaled bin Zayed Al Nehayan


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Guest godzilla

Only thing stopping me for a 3rd consecutive  :fwap: is that this guy was apparently a bit flakey on his Liverpool bid.

 

Probably because it never got to that stage. He never even met with their owners and if I remember reports at the time that Liverpool were not really interested in selling. If he is worth 18 billion then putting down a deposit for 25 million would not be a problem, he spent $2 million buying land on the Seychelles.

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Guest alijmitchell

Can anyone get past the paywall?

 

There's no need. First 3 paragraphs say enough.

 

Aye was just wondering if there was anything beyond what has already been said...if Caulkin had anything more than the sun report

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Guest alijmitchell

Yeah I'm not sure that the Caulkin 'report' means anything at all. Everything appears to be based on one Sun article - nothing more than that basically.

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Sorry Caulkin aint just going to quote stuff for clickbate, the proper journos don't put their name to total rumours (they just stick it under press association as author or whatever). Not saying it's happening at all, but clearly there is something in the story. Or Caulkin has dropped his standards.

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Guest alijmitchell

If it's bullshit, then I suppose at least it'll be a quick cycle of takeover boom and bust chat. This has come out of nowhere. Based on reports we should either know or not quickly.

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Nobody can play it down because there's been no comment either way. They're all just quoting the same Sun article. Playing it down would purely be guesswork without official comment.

The fact they are quoting it means they trust there is something in the sun article. Still don't believe it mind.

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It's generated a lot of interest. As Edwards said, his paper wants to know what's going on. You can be the best journalist in the world but you've still got to report what is getting people talking. The Times or any other paper still need to sell subscriptions/advertisements.

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Nobody can play it down because there's been no comment either way. They're all just quoting the same Sun article. Playing it down would purely be guesswork without official comment.

The fact they are quoting it means they trust there is something in the sun article. Still don't believe it mind.

 

Wasn't it the Sun who reported and had photos of Ashley and Staveley in the same restaurant for an alleged dinner/meeting before anyone had a sniff.

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Sorry Caulkin aint just going to quote stuff for clickbate, the proper journos don't put their name to total rumours (they just stick it under press association as author or whatever). Not saying it's happening at all, but clearly there is something in the story. Or Caulkin has dropped his standards.

 

Aye you could be right, but then they've stuck their necks out before haven't they? A lot of journos were burned by the Staveley takeover. I suppose it's pointless debating as all I'm really doing is making reasons to not believe it based on the past...

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