Everton takeover rumours

[matty1878]

source?

Being an evertonian lol lol lol

 

[magicjuan]

With the rumours of Bill being so poorly, are we expecting him at the AGM? I know he is meant to be there, just wondering if he is that poorly he cant attend.

It does seem very odd we haven't had sight or sound of him for a while now.

It would raise the question as to who makes decisions at the moment, who named the price, what conditions or criteria apply and if the interests of the club or certain investors take precedent.

It would, if there were any meat to the stories, but it's AGM time......

 

[Jxg]

source?

The fact that the Yanks said "it's not happening"?

 

[Ashtonian]

The fact that the Yanks said "it's not happening"?

didnt think there was much in it myself like but after reading esk's optimism and then the deals off, thought there was something more official.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Lack of transport for one. If you are to build on a new site then you need the transport infrastructure in place to cope with increased demand.

Lack of infrastructure means that you are on a hiding to nothing for it to be a success plus you may well be stung for a % of costs of putting the infrastructure in place.

Which is why if we go for a new site then the nearer to the city centre the better as the vast majority of transport is already there.

In that case Kings Dock (which most see as the biggest missed opportunity in our recent history) bust have been a dodged bullet too? The transport links there can barely cope with shifting 11,000 after a concert, never mind 55,000 after a home game?

 

[Bluesnapper]

For starters there are five rail stations in walking distance of the Kings Dock, a ferry terminal and god knows how many car park spaces and the public transport system moves around four times a football ground capacity every single work day.

As I know people who work at the arena, people are learning how to get there and get away from there better than they did when it first opened.

 

[Yankfootball1]

This may have been posted. But not sure. If not it has a number of direct quotes from the head of the SKC group.

They definitely spoke with Everton

http://www.espnfc.us/everton/story/2665768/sporting-kansas-city-say-no-truth-to-everton-takeover

 

[Yankfootball1]

This may have been posted. But not sure. If not it has a number of direct quotes from the head of the SKC group.

They definitely spoke with Everton

http://www.espnfc.us/everton/story/2665768/sporting-kansas-city-say-no-truth-to-everton-takeover

Saw basically the same quotes about 10-15 pages back. So likely been discussed

 

[Steve Wigan]

No

Well done. Very soon you'll be able to progress to words with three letters or more.

 

[wm02]

I hope that if Americans get involved with us they have names like this

He goes by Charles but Chuck works so much better with Wang

 

[SerenityNigh]

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Well, I doubt Heineman would say that just to do the board a ( supposed ) favour before the AGM, so I'm going to be eternally optimistic or totally clueless ( take your pick ) and hope he's right.

I'd guess that if anything, Heinneman did that to play up his own hand. If his price is in the £150-175M range and nobody is interested in £225 then given just a little time maybe his price becomes more legitimate.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Of course we're an attractive club in terms of financial benefit for a buyer, every premier league club is. The stadium is an added conversation point in terms of what's got to be sorted out in the near future, but any potential buyer will know that if they put money into Everton they'll get far more out of it in the long run. People underestimate how big the TV money is, the English one came in this summer, but the American TV money comes in next summer and then the Asian TV money the year after, then the year after that the English TV money comes in again and it's predicted that it'll be almost double what it was this summer. Buying a premier league club at the moment is a no risk strategy for a businessman or group who knows what they're doing.

It's not a "no risk strategy", but this is a good point.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

For starters there are five rail stations in walking distance of the Kings Dock, a ferry terminal and god knows how many car park spaces and the public transport system moves around four times a football ground capacity every single work day.

As I know people who work at the arena, people are learning how to get there and get away from there better than they did when it first opened.

As someone who LIVES on that road, it's absolute chaos every day at rush hour, and is utterly gridlocked when the Echo kicks out.

Yes it's better (slightly) than when it opened, but it's still a nightmare - and we're now nearly EIGHT years since it opened!

I'm not saying that it would have been completely unworkable (though more infrastructure than what's there now would have been needed) but WHP would be no more difficult than KD would have been

 

[SerenityNigh]

IIRC Everton's response was something like " the media shouldn't become unduly fixated on the potential sale of the club"

I've not been able to figure this out. Is this a non-denial denial or an unconventional admission or simply obfuscation?

 

[SerenityNigh]

He was also the wealthiest man in the colonies.

He also won the war (don't mention the war.)