Who's your money on in the takeover 'battle'?

[Zatara]

There is one positive in this for me....

Cannes
Roma
Everton

The glamour wand may land on us all.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

As I said on Sunday on here, there's a good chance he ends up selling Roma too.

Negotiations Underway As Saudis Offer $1.1 Billion For AS Roma

First it was Cristiano Ronaldo and English Premier League side Newcastle United: now Serie A clubs are appearing on the Saudi Arabian soccer radar.

www.forbes.com

 

[Runub]

Won’t there be a conflict of interests when we qualify for the Champions League if Roma manage to get there as well

 

[Exeter_Gently]

No kidding.

So much nonsense. Didn't want 777 because of the fear of them being cowboy asset-strippers, ok fine enough. No arguments there.

But how many times have we gone over how bad of a situation this club is in financially? And now you have a legitimate multi-billionaire who also owns another pretty major club in another major league and is apparently willing to do a deal with doesn't saddle us with more crippling debt, and that's not good enough?

Whatever you think about him, he's clearly a serious owner, unlike the other clowns we could've had. Doesn't seem to have any terrible skeletons in the closet legally / morally / whatever like so many others.

I mean, how could this not be the best outcome we could have realistically hoped for? Probably better than that, even.

Blues are absolutely tiresome.

 

[Damo_1878]

We got about £10m more than Roma in prize money and we finished 15th , if we hadn’t lost points we’d have made over £20m more than then never mind 6th where they do.

Feels like it’d be mad to no try and maximise your earning

Also AS Roma do not own their stadium. It's owned by a government agency.

He will through EFC own Bramley Moore Dock. Huge difference.

 

[YoboCopter]

Won’t there be a conflict of interests when we qualify for the Champions League if Roma manage to get there as well

Least of our worrys

More chance of roma landing in the championship

 

[Axlswhk]

It means he's not leveraging, he's buying shares with money which is his money plus he's not doing a payback or buyout deal.

It means Moshiri is going to be gone for good and that the loans should be paid off as part of this deal.

That is my understanding. To be confirmed mind with details.

I make that clear. That is just my understanding, without any evidence yet to support it. Based on what they are saying

does it mean
1. Paying moshiri cash for his share
2. Repay all our existing debt
3. Fund the remaining stadium construction
4. Generating 60m income from his own pocket to stay clear of the next PSR
5. Providing transfer funds for next season.

That will cost a billion at least mate. How is this possible?

 

[YoboCopter]

Close thread and just talk about our new underwhelming owner?

 

[EFC_FRANCIS]

Anyone who thinks we will be Romas feeder is deluded. 2 of the top 4 Roma transfers ever happened over 20 years ago. They couldn't afford our top players

 

[matty1878]

What has happened to our Saudi Prince and the Dell family? LOL ;-)

back on they’re beaches

 

[Damo_1878]

does it mean
1. Paying moshiri cash for his share
2. Repay all our existing debt
3. Fund the remaining stadium construction
4. Generating 60m income from his own pocket to stay clear of the next PSR
5. Providing transfer funds for next season.

That will cost a billion at least mate. How is this possible?

As I said. I don't know. We need details. But that is what is being implied.

 

[YoboCopter]

Welcome home tammy abraham

 

[Azza]

Won’t there be a conflict of interests when we qualify for the Champions League if Roma manage to get there as well

There is but UEFA are putting stuff in place to allow it to happen.

 

[PeregrineT]

The Esk seems quite happy even though his beloved B&D havent gotten it. Live look:

 

[Tony’s Carp]

No kidding.

So much nonsense. Didn't want 777 because of the fear of them being cowboy asset-strippers, ok fine enough. No arguments there.

But how many times have we gone over how bad of a situation this club is in financially? And now you have a legitimate multi-billionaire who also owns another pretty major club in another major league and is apparently willing to do a deal with doesn't saddle us with more crippling debt, and that's not good enough?

Whatever you think about him, he's clearly a serious owner, unlike the other clowns we could've had. Doesn't seem to have any terrible skeletons in the closet legally / morally / whatever like so many others.

I mean, how could this not be the best outcome we could have realistically hoped for? Probably better than that, even.

Agreed. Maybe there are bids that might have worked out better, we don't know for sure.

But compared to the fears we've had over the last 12 months, of a choice between 777 and administration, this is heaven. A genuine, reputable, seemingly not totally mad billionaire with experience in the field. Anyone turning their noses at this needs their head read.