Tony’s Carp
Player Valuation: £50m
Maybe Moshiri needs to get everyone round the table and work out a solution that suits everyone, before it’s too late.
777 have put a fair chunk of cash in but clearly are unlikely to get approved as owners. Maybe the best solution then is converting that to a minority stake: if they can’t get PL approval for full ownership they likely never will so minority interest like they have at Sevilla is the best they can do to get a PL club into their portfolio. That would probably also be best for us at the moment rather than adding to the debt pile.
Then negotiate a controlling interest with the other bidder. Clearly they don’t want to spend a packet otherwise they would match 777s offer and be done with it. So a lesser sum for majority control rather than total ownership might appeal. This might even leave a little room for Moshiri to retain a small interest himself so he can benefit to some extent from the completion of the project he started.
There’s no ideal solutions really but if 777 have their feet under the table with the money they’ve put in, and aren’t going to back out, maybe a hybrid solution is needed.
777 have put a fair chunk of cash in but clearly are unlikely to get approved as owners. Maybe the best solution then is converting that to a minority stake: if they can’t get PL approval for full ownership they likely never will so minority interest like they have at Sevilla is the best they can do to get a PL club into their portfolio. That would probably also be best for us at the moment rather than adding to the debt pile.
Then negotiate a controlling interest with the other bidder. Clearly they don’t want to spend a packet otherwise they would match 777s offer and be done with it. So a lesser sum for majority control rather than total ownership might appeal. This might even leave a little room for Moshiri to retain a small interest himself so he can benefit to some extent from the completion of the project he started.
There’s no ideal solutions really but if 777 have their feet under the table with the money they’ve put in, and aren’t going to back out, maybe a hybrid solution is needed.