Summer 2019 takeover saga

[Tsi]

I don't think it was released to Lee Ryder specifically, just a general press release.

Interesting bit is "The proof of funds statement was forwarded to Mike Ashley’s lawyers on 17 April 2019"...I'm still clinging on to this being why Rafa seemed so much happier in the last couple of months!

5 days after the Leicester game which confirmed survival too.

It was reported by some journalists after the Kenyon failed bid that Ashley would need proof of funds before the negotiations to weed out time wasters. The same journalists this time around claiming no proof of funds have been submitted gotta love the press

[Colly]

Also Andy Carroll is available on a free...

[Remember Colo]

5 days after the Leicester game which confirmed survival too.

It was reported by some journalists after the Kenyon failed bid that Ashley would need proof of funds before the negotiations to weed out time wasters. The same journalists this time around claiming no proof of funds have been submitted gotta love the press

Well they aren't contradictory. I mean, based on today's news it sounds as though they had been submitted, so they were wrong about it, but it could have been true. Plus, the wealth of this buyer is much better known than Kenyon and Staveley before who were just fronts without a lot of personal wealth (relatively speaking), so I imagine Ashley reacted a little differently to this bidder than some of the past ones.

[Speedo]

Alrighty then

[Colly]

Now I'm all in.

[Tsi]

It was reported by some journalists after the Kenyon failed bid that Ashley would need proof of funds before the negotiations to weed out time wasters. The same journalists this time around claiming no proof of funds have been submitted gotta love the press

Well they aren't contradictory. I mean, based on today's news it sounds as though they had been submitted, so they were wrong about it, but it could have been true. Plus, the wealth of this buyer is much better known than Kenyon and Staveley before who were just fronts without a lot of personal wealth (relatively speaking), so I imagine Ashley reacted a little differently to this bidder than some of the past ones.

It's probably a bit of that and a bit of certain journalists love to dash our hopes when anything good seems to happen to us.

[TBC]

Alrighty then

Wasn't it revealed that 'our' Sheikh Khaled wasn't that Sheikh Khaled? And in fact a distant cousin at best?

[bodacious benny]

One of my wife's relatives murdered his wife and kids back in 1939, court found that he was unfit to plead. I sleep with one eye open.

[lassassinblanc]

The lad punching the camel

[Blue & Maroon]

Let's be honest an Arab blood feud in the PL would be amazing

[Heisen]

The club really should release a statement at this point. They are the only ones who can confirm what the f*** is going on.

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The club really should release a statement at this point. They are the only ones who can confirm what the **** is going on.

[Chappy]

The club really should release a statement at this point. They are the only ones who can confirm what the f*** is going on.

This.

[The Deluded Pablo Diego Jose Francisco]

The club really should release a statement at this point. They are the only ones who can confirm what the f*** is going on.

Thats what Fridays are for

[Colly]

The club really should release a statement at this point. They are the only ones who can confirm what the **** is going on.

This.

Nonsense. The club should make a statement once it's done.

[TJR]

The club really should release a statement at this point. They are the only ones who can confirm what the f*** is going on.

They shouldn't. Once the sale has gone through then the club should announce it. The last thing they should be doing is providing a running commentary.

The club probably know as much as us anyway. The only people who'll know anything are the buying group and Mike Ashley and his lawyers. I doubt they'll be relaying much information to the club.

[TBC]

This.

Nonsense. The club should make a statement once it's done.

This. The Bin Zayed company should be doing the same, it’s actually weird the daily statements and a big part of why I think this is all ****.

[Tsi]

The fact the club have said nothing during this is the one thing that fills me with hope that it's going to happen as there has been no denial.
I also agree with what colly and tjr have said.

[Tsi]

Nonsense. The club should make a statement once it's done.

This. The Bin Zayed company should be doing the same, it’s actually weird the daily statements and a big part of why I think this is all ****.

Or it could be what was mentioned before in the article linked in this thread

It’s not unusual for Arab businessmen to blow their horns loud once they feel they have achieved something.

Also take into account that their integrity has been questioned since this broke.
I know where you're coming from though as we've been here before and the majority won't believe it till it's a done deal and announced.

[Don Sholeone]

Kinda weird that the only ones handling this with a bit of professionalism is the club itself

To be honest I'm at the point where I just wish the news hadn't broke, as exciting as the first 24 hours was it's kinda getting annoying now, I just don't get why there has to be a rollercoaster ride that goes hand in hand with a takeover, get a deal done then announce it, because nobody need to know what's happening in the middle.