gjohnson Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 It seems to have come to the point that you need to a billionaire to buy a championship club. Realistically, only Gates, Bezos, Musk and that Aussie with the mines could buy outright one of Man U, Arsenal, City, or Chelsea without state backing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 9 minutes ago, gjohnson said: It seems to have come to the point that you need to a billionaire to buy a championship club. Realistically, only Gates, Bezos, Musk and that Aussie with the mines could buy outright one of Man U, Arsenal, City, or Chelsea without state backing Think the latest rumours involve a consortium of billionaires making a move for Chelsea. Wyss, Boehly etc, all worth around £5bn individually. Abramovich himself ‘only’ has a net worth of around £10bn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nbthree3 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 1 minute ago, nbthree3 said: ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 1 minute ago, nbthree3 said: I thought it usually took 3 or 4 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Outlandish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiago Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 It's funny to think that had our takeover not been sorted last year we'd likely be in the midst of litigation against the league right now. The timing would be pretty horrible and I think it might have been blocked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 That horse bolted in 2008. Perhaps even 2003. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kid Icarus Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 (edited) 13 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said: That horse bolted in 2008. Perhaps even 2003. And truly jumped the shark in 2021. I'd be all for it, but I think we all know it'll be lip service and being carried out by an institution that's also corrupt, a bit like when FIFA set up that anti corruption department. Edited March 3, 2022 by Kid Icarus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 4 hours ago, HaydnNUFC said: That horse bolted in 2008. Perhaps even 2003. Never too late to do the right thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiago Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 3 hours ago, Conjo said: Never too late to do the right thing. It's not, but then you hit the obstacle of whether you try to retroactively apply it. If not, how do you level that? I never championed the PIF cause, but I also struggled to see how they'd block our takeover rgiven who was already involved. Even Roman Abramovich isn't being removed from the Premier League. He's leaving to avoid sanction for something his country has done. Say they passed this law tomorrow, you'd hit the same obstacle as before with us in terms of them arguing that PIF is not the Saudi state and thus can't be held accountable. Even if we presume a drastic change in stance that sees PIF culpable, it wouldn't shock me if they simply sold to a Saudi citizen as something of a puppet owner. It really is a messy situation - modern day club ownership - and why I think it's unfair to demand fans be the voice on this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 It’s important to recognise the original intent of the test was purely to help stop owners running clubs into liquidation. Ultimately, we are a country which is based upon the rule of law and thus ejecting shareholders from the league isn’t quite as simple as some people may believe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest HTT II Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 1 hour ago, LFEE said: That’s not Zlatan… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kimbo Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 That's a continuation of a trend, China using their new economic power to try to bully the Western media into not speaking about certain things. It's only going to become more common in the years to come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Likelylad Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Try to avoid NUFC Twitter as much as possible as it’s full of whopper’s but I’ve just seen Steve Wraith has ripped off that Joelinton Hawaiian shirt. The lad who came up with it complained so Wraith and his creepy squad trolled him and got his account deactivated. He’s a top tier twat like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
christ Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Likelylad said: Try to avoid NUFC Twitter as much as possible as it’s full of whopper’s but I’ve just seen Steve Wraith has ripped off that Joelinton Hawaiian shirt. The lad who came up with it complained so Wraith and his creepy squad trolled him and got his account deactivated. He’s a top tier twat like. He’s such a fucking cunt. Trying to attach it to the food bank too to avoid criticism. Could’ve easily got in touch with the kid and asked if he wanted involved but it might’ve taken the spotlight of the Tory bellend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Good set of replies Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 This is a deep cut, but watching a ball boy drop a ball during the Southampton/Villa match made me think of the time a Newcastle-Online member talked about how ball boys should be professionalized. I think it was @Wullie unless I'm mistaken? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 How does Steve Wraith have the power to deactivate someone’s account Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
christ Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 36 minutes ago, Rafalove said: How does Steve Wraith have the power to deactivate someone’s account Twitter auto locks accounts if they get enough copyright reports IIRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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