Usmanov

[nsno-chris]

Mmmmmmm

maybe I was wrong

 

[chrismpw]

Honestly, is there a reason to have an 807 page thread about a guy with no connection at all to the club?

I just don’t get it.

If he was involved with the club, why in the name of God would he have be all cloak and daggers about it? What’s the big secret?

Maddest thread in football

*says it again

If it were everday knowledge of an uber wealthy person's involvement in the club, what do you think that would do to transfer prices for every player we looked at.

If one is smarter in the head than one's ego, one don't go about flashing one's wealth.

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Davo may well have been right.

Seemed pretty certain he was coming on board officially before the new year - maybe an annoucement after planning permission goes in?

 

[Bluebonic]

*says it again

If it were everday knowledge of an uber wealthy person's involvement in the club, what do you think that would do to transfer prices for every player we looked at.

If one is smarter in the head than one's ego, one don't go about flashing one's wealth.

One do doe, don’t one doe!

 

[chrismpw]

One do doe, don’t one doe!

Some do.

De do do dat don't day?

 

[Lanolin]

*says it again

If it were everday knowledge of an uber wealthy person's involvement in the club, what do you think that would do to transfer prices for every player we looked at.

If one is smarter in the head than one's ego, one don't go about flashing one's wealth.

It doesn't really work like that though does it?

Firstly clubs just ask extortionate prices that we can't afford anyway (see Zaha as an example) and secondly if you do splash the cash then clubs know you've got it anyway, even if they don't know where from.

 

[The binman chronicles]

If we bag Ancelotti he has to be pulling the strings, no way would he come else. It also shows he has grown inpatient at the slow the progress is being made trying to build the club. Which should be understandable as I'll be dead before we get a decent team nevermind people in their mid sixties.

 

[DownunderToffee]

He may not be officially involved but I'd imagine Usmanov has been pulling strings for a while now. Moshiri is a puppet man to play nice guy on dinner dates with Bill.

Carlo would have got backing from Ussy that money is there to spend in the next few windows, not just Moshiri money but Usmanov money.

 

[Blue Juice]

It doesn't really work like that though does it?

Firstly clubs just ask extortionate prices that we can't afford anyway (see Zaha as an example) and secondly if you do splash the cash then clubs know you've got it anyway, even if they don't know where from.

Neither of these points invalidate the case that if you announce yourself as having one of the richest men in the world as your owner, that prices will go up

 

[Lanolin]

Neither of these points invalidate the case that if you announce yourself as having one of the richest men in the world as your owner, that prices will go up

They don't invalidate it, no. They just make it rather irrelevant.

If you pay as much money out as we have recently then prices go up, because clubs know you've got money. They also know that you have to abide by FFP and still have players you want to get rid of, so there's a limit as to how much they can try to fleece you regardless of how rich you are.

 

[sharkey1001]

he will class himself as a former soviet, intrinsically tied to the Russian state.

He holds a Russian passport!

 

[Yorkie89]

I think this guy will be announced shortly after the planning goes in on Monday. He is definitely involved and I think he always has been maybe there was a cooling off period when he left arsenal

 

[catcherintherye]

Is Usmanov doesn't have a connection with the club, there is no reason why he is meeting multiple managers, past and present.

It only makes sense if he has an interest or involvement. But yes, he's going to buy Newcastle or Charlton, or AC Milan, or never sell shares in Arsenal or whatever else.

 

[bluebud]

I think this guy will be announced shortly after the planning goes in on Monday. He is definitely involved and I think he always has been maybe there was a cooling off period when he left arsenal

I think I remember something about Kenwright retaining his remaining shares until planning for the stadium was either submitted or approved?

 

[matty1878]

Is Usmanov doesn't have a connection with the club, there is no reason why he is meeting multiple managers, past and present.

It only makes sense if he has an interest or involvement. But yes, he's going to buy Newcastle or Charlton, or AC Milan, or never sell shares in Arsenal or whatever else.

Usmanov surely is financing us? And this “project”