Mike Ashley (former owner)

[Stifler]

Aye, I think Chris Holt is just trying to clarify that before other notice it and try to make something out of it.

[Gallowgate End]

Heard the Sheikh knows Gallowgate is bashing him and has entered early talks with Eddie Howe to replace Rafa.

 

[ToonArmy1892]

Well, i wonder what tomorrow will bring.

 

Fuck this shit (if it doesn't happen)

[Sean]

If Rafa's demands were to difficult for Ashley to meet, could this be the latest stunt they're pulling to trick him into agreeing a deal? Basically saying the new owners want to be clear you are tied down to a contract before they buy and then that way if he doesn't agree the blame of no sale is on Rafa, if he agrees to a shitty deal with MA thinking its only short term then the deal collapses and the wankers have him trapped?

 

Or is this theory to far fetched.....

 

This is exactly the sort of shit Ashley would try to pull. Rafa wouldn't fall for it, but if he left and got blamed for a takeover collapsing, enough people might fall for it to continue filling the stadium.

 

On a related note, how are Rafa's contract talks going? 

 

It's not like this would have came out of the blue to the club just the other day, so why the fuck did we spend a week talking to Rafa to not conclude anything? Its suspicious as fuck. Especially given this regime's history, all of which gives cause for concern.

[Dan Gleebals]

Roflatpms

[thomas]

If Rafa's demands were to difficult for Ashley to meet, could this be the latest stunt they're pulling to trick him into agreeing a deal? Basically saying the new owners want to be clear you are tied down to a contract before they buy and then that way if he doesn't agree the blame of no sale is on Rafa, if he agrees to a shitty deal with MA thinking its only short term then the deal collapses and the wankers have him trapped?

 

Or is this theory to far fetched.....

 

This is exactly the sort of shit Ashley would try to pull. Rafa wouldn't fall for it, but if he left and got blamed for a takeover collapsing, enough people might fall for it to continue filling the stadium.

 

On a related note, how are Rafa's contract talks going? 

 

It's not like this would have came out of the blue to the club just the other day, so why the fuck did we spend a week talking to Rafa to not conclude anything? Its suspicious as fuck. Especially given this regime's history, all of which gives cause for concern.

What kind of Heath Ledger's Joker in The Dark Knight level of counter-planning mastermind do you guys believe Ashley really is? He's a denim goblin who got rich shifting shit socks and exploting employment contract loopholes ffs

[nemtizz]

Quick summary of today’s revelations? If any.

[Tribesman]

Well, i wonder what tomorrow will bring.

 

f*** this s*** (if it doesn't happen)

 

I think Thursday will be quite.

 

[Infinitely Content]

Quick summary of today’s revelations? If any.

 

Twitter this, Chronicle that. Nothing of note.

 

Which is not a bad thing, imo.

[JH]

Quick summary of today’s revelations? If any.

 

Another statement from the group. Say they provided proof of funds in april and that they and Ashley have signed the paperwork and sent to the PL to start the fit and proper person tests.

 

PL and NUFC both ‘no commenting’

[gdm]

Quick summary of today’s revelations? If any.

 

Twitter this, Chronicle that. Nothing of note.

 

Which is not a bad thing, imo.

 

Eh I’d say their statement was quite significant like

[morpeth mag]

 

As long as he gets the money, why would he care?

Ashley was happy enough to discuss Debenhams in public. He just likes to play games to his rules as suits.

[Infinitely Content]

Quick summary of today’s revelations? If any.

 

Twitter this, Chronicle that. Nothing of note.

 

Which is not a bad thing, imo.

 

Eh I’d say their statement was quite significant like

 

Silly me, feels like yesterday with the sheer volume of stories about this.

[Greg]

 

As long as he gets the money, why would he care?

 

None of what they've said would be subject to an NDA. An NDA will be used to stop them disclosing sensitive commercial and financial information they would be given access to during the process, before any transaction is completed or in the event that the takeover fails.

[Robster]

I'm of the opinion that something very real is going on. However, I'm still expecting another drunk phone call to David Craig at the 11th hour, calling it all off.

[TheHoob]

 

As long as he gets the money, why would he care?

 

None of what they've said would be subject to an NDA. An NDA will be used to stop them disclosing sensitive commercial and financial information they would be given access to during the process, before any transaction is completed or in the event that the takeover fails.

 

Interesting 

[Shelveys Hair]

We still have to think about what these people want to gain from this.. they aint doing for the good of their health.

[B-more Mag]

 

As long as he gets the money, why would he care?

 

None of what they've said would be subject to an NDA. An NDA will be used to stop them disclosing sensitive commercial and financial information they would be given access to during the process, before any transaction is completed or in the event that the takeover fails.

 

It really depends on what the NDA says. It's pretty common in M&A deals for the NDA to say the confidential information that can't be disclosed includes the substance and even the very fact of contact and discussion between the parties. There are a number reasons for that, including not scaring off your employees and not telegraphing business strategies to competitors. Having said that, though, those reasons aren't really that applicable here--everyone already knows the club is for sale and important employees are contractually tied down--so maybe MA doesn't care about the other side blabbing.

[nemtizz]

Quick summary of today’s revelations? If any.

 

Another statement from the group. Say they provided proof of funds in april and that they and Ashley have signed the paperwork and sent to the PL to start the fit and proper person tests.

 

PL and NUFC both ‘no commenting’

 

Thanks.

[relámpago blanco]

Reckon this is Ashley’s final “f*** you” to the fans for the years of abuse we’ve given him. Probably knows how we’re gagging for information and he’s getting off on having this power over us. We’ll not hear anything from his side until the deal is concluded.

 

It’s happening.

 

No. The f*** you is him staying and Rafa leaving and selling Perez for 20m and replacing him with Aaron mooy on loan

Perez would cost more than 20m but we would be better off loaning him out for the first half of every season anyway.

[Willow]

"The proof of funds statement was forwarded to Mike Ashley's lawyers on April 17 2019."

 

Nice, just after our 0-1 victory over Leicester on the 12th, moving us to 38 points and then just before beating Southampton 3-1 to secure safety on the 20th.

 

Waiting for safety

[DJ_NUFC]

[Mike]

Have enjoyed watching DJ_NUFC go slowly mad this week.

[tmonkey]

 

As long as he gets the money, why would he care?

 

None of what they've said would be subject to an NDA. An NDA will be used to stop them disclosing sensitive commercial and financial information they would be given access to during the process, before any transaction is completed or in the event that the takeover fails.

 

It really depends on what the NDA says. It's pretty common in M&A deals for the NDA to say the confidential information that can't be disclosed includes the substance and even the very fact of contact and discussion between the parties. There are a number reasons for that, including not scaring off your employees and not telegraphing business strategies to competitors. Having said that, though, those reasons aren't really that applicable here--everyone already knows the club is for sale and important employees are contractually tied down--so maybe MA doesn't care about the other side blabbing.

 

Seems fairly simple to me - the deal is all done and dusted pending PL approval which is just a formality. Negotiations have been completed, both sides have signed the paperwork, so that's it, the NDA is now defunct because everything is tied up awaiting regulator approval. At this stage an announcement is reasonable. The fact that the club officially confirmed BZG's first announcement is enough to suggest the announcement was agreed by both sides.

 

I'd even harbour a guess that the first BZG statement was something Ashley wanted because if he's sold the club and BZG remain completely silent whilst the PL do their fit and proper background checks (which might take time) each day that passes Ashley gets continued negative press coverage for not doing anything about Rafa's contract, not signing players, etc. Why bother with that if the club is effectively sold?

[ToonArmy1892]

 

As long as he gets the money, why would he care?

 

None of what they've said would be subject to an NDA. An NDA will be used to stop them disclosing sensitive commercial and financial information they would be given access to during the process, before any transaction is completed or in the event that the takeover fails.

 

It really depends on what the NDA says. It's pretty common in M&A deals for the NDA to say the confidential information that can't be disclosed includes the substance and even the very fact of contact and discussion between the parties. There are a number reasons for that, including not scaring off your employees and not telegraphing business strategies to competitors. Having said that, though, those reasons aren't really that applicable here--everyone already knows the club is for sale and important employees are contractually tied down--so maybe MA doesn't care about the other side blabbing.

 

Seems fairly simple to me - the deal is all done and dusted pending PL approval which is just a formality. Negotiations have been completed, both sides have signed the paperwork, so that's it, the NDA is now defunct because everything is tied up awaiting regulator approval. At this stage an announcement is reasonable. The fact that the club officially confirmed BZG's first announcement is enough to suggest the announcement was agreed by both sides.

 

I'd even harbour a guess that the first BZG statement was something Ashley wanted because if he's sold the club and BZG remain completely silent whilst the PL do their fit and proper background checks (which might take time) each day that passes Ashley gets continued negative press coverage for not doing anything about Rafa's contract, not signing players, etc. Why bother with that if the club is effectively sold?

 

Plz don't.