Interesting question. No idea to be honest.
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When you read into the Friedkin Group they are very wealthy and they seem to have done a very good job with Roma so far. There are a few Mourinho fans who dislike Dan Friedkin but Jose Mourinho has divided the fanbases of every club he’s managed. I think they have potential to be very good owners & at least they will be able to sort us out financially, an annual pre season trip to Roma wouldn’t be bad either, just hope their fans don’t wanna fight.
YoboCopter
Player Valuation: £50m
How can we fight with are brothers?
Kisses and cuddles all round
Hopefully they get the kopites in europa at some point and we can all meet up and smash them
bag a yoko
Player Valuation: £10m
Tbf Peroni is the cheapest lager in Italy.
Even more amusingly the posh Italian bars have Tennants Super on tap.
You couldn't make it up.
Hey mate, thanks for a measured reply
. I’ve been thinking about this and actually in the short to medium term him keeping Roma as the main team will suit us. If we get young hungry players bought in with a view (to start with) of them being moved to Roma when they are fully ready what a refreshing change of pace for us. Couple this with a period of stability and finally some decent commercial management we have every opportunity (with the stadium, being premier league etc.) to slowly become the big enchilada in his portfolio. I’m not one of these that think “We own a brand new stadium so we are automatically the plum pick” because the truth is it will be the results on the pitch and maintaining our premier league status that dictates everything else. We wouldn’t be the first club to have a brand new stadium and end up tumbling down the leagues. It would then go from a massive positive to a millstone around our necks.
But I’m actually a lot more positive this morning, the thought of up and coming players being bought in is exciting (especially when currently we are renewing contracts for the likes of Young etc.) I’m envisioning the pace, power and directness that we have been starved of.
This isn’t going to be a quick fix and we will need some patience, but if it is the Roma guy then he has the experience to first stabilize, grow and then with our natural advantages eventually become the jewel in his crown.
Of course, in the bigger picture I actually don’t like multi club models as it’s crap on some of them especially the fans but in our case it could actually be what we need and I’m at the point where when it comes to suffering for our club we’ve paid our dues so bring on the sunshine.
AS Roma_fan
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Actually, he didn't sell our best players.
Since he took over, his strategy has been rather conservative. Under the previous management, we worked more or less like Leipzig. With good results - Champions League semifinal, second and third places in Serie A - until Monchi was hired as DoF. Yes, the guy who's now in charge of Aston Villa. He's been awful for us. In 2 years he got all the transfers wrong while making massive debt. Our strategy was completely based on value rise "buy low sell high", but in just 2 years of bad management it was over.
Friedkin has tried to do something very different, bringing Dybala and Lukaku. Yes, Mourinho was overall a bad choice. It wasn't going to work with FFP rules to comply with. Yet somehow it partially worked in Europe. Now they have announced they'll focus on young players to develop and have changed DoF again. The fact is, Friedkin has money and respect for European football but... he's still from the US.
He obviously lacks proper understanding of the game. He's learning by trial and error. Nobody would have hired Mourinho with a team to rebuild. Mourinho is someone you call when the team is ready to win. But I can say...the apprenticeship has not been so bad for us. We see potential.
Outside the pitch...only good things. Commercial revenue has gone up, he has revamped the stadium project by changing location...
And to be fair he won a European trophy and reached a UEL final and 2 semifinals while...moving in the wrong direction. We're all wondering what he can do when he finally goes the right way. And we hope with De Rossi he'll start soon.
With a woman?
bag a yoko
Player Valuation: £10m
I would snap Friedkins hand off.
He's done well at Roma.
He's not an ethnostate.
You can't win Serie A without massive debt.
He's kept Roma solid in the league and excellent in Europe plus they have Dybala. Even better than James.
He's done well at Roma.
He's not an ethnostate.
You can't win Serie A without massive debt.
He's kept Roma solid in the league and excellent in Europe plus they have Dybala. Even better than James.
I seen bottles of Tennants in a supermarket there.
I guess they'd have a "Football group" director who would camp himself at the main club, and each of the other clubs would have DoF/Sporting Director or whatever they want to call themselves reporting into him.
All a bit moot if he sells Roma to the Saudis anyway.
OnlyTheBestIsGoodEnough
Player Valuation: £1m
Paul Joyce has just stated in an article that £200 million has to be paid up before exclusivity is granted, one to pay off MSP and £30 million for working capital for the club, it's also mentioned which isn't surprising he had told another group that they would be granted exclusivity twice no less
That's the spirit Dave!!
I still have it in my head that Carlo will come back for our first season at Bramley Moore...
And this is a big issue, Moshiri is a massive bellend who can't be trusted to give anyone a straight answer.
So whilst he's still around, there is time for it all to go tits up and leave us in an even bigger mess
OnlyTheBestIsGoodEnough
Player Valuation: £1m
I agree whole heartedly it's like we are expecting another twist to this takeover saga
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