Fascinating times we are living in with a supposed takeover bid being conducted via statements from the ‘bidders’ through the media.
PAI’s hopes of taking over West Ham United are one thing and entirely their own business – as is the way they go about it – but usually, it would be done through solicitors under non-disclosure agreements as are most business deals of this nature.
Yesterday (Tues) PAI chose to offer a few answers to Hammers News – credit to that website for approaching them – but in reality, there were no details of what they intended to spend and most of the questions answered with a “wait until tomorrow’s press statement.”
Well, we have waited all day and night and still no press statement. We have rung the office number ( a mobile), emailed asking when it’s going to be out there and had no responses.
Quite how much dough they plan to invest and why they want to buy a stadium with is currently losing £30 million a year remains unclear.
Why they have declared they will release details in the media is a mystery – surely they should be talking to the club through lawyers if they are serious in their intentions.
There will of course be those hopeful and excited that PAI are serious but it’s probably as well to remember that this consortium has no history of running successful football clubs.
Until the public statements stop and the serious legal talk starts we’ll let others get on with discussing this stuff.
Those wanting new owners don’t want to hear it but honestly, this is simply not the way takeovers are done.
This article should be about a no show in the transfer market!!.
Not a massive fan of the current owners but not a hater ever….but on the cold light of day these two are to old for this responsibility.
Clubs are saying no to every club that comes after players. Inter Milan have turned down £105 million from Chelsea for Lukaku cos they can’t replace him and it’s the same through the game because of covid. So far no more than £150 million has been spent across the 20 clubs and because they don’t wanna sell they are putting massive proces on their best players
Villa manged ro buy danny ings without too much fuss though
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Hugh with the COVID excuse again. What next? Pellegrini again?
Try and make it less obvious that you work for certain board members
Try answering the points made rather than dredging up the usual garbage. Maybe too much to ask.
Covid an excuse?. Do you actually understand anything?
Totally agree Leconfield…im the same,,,,time to let someone else have a go ,,something is very wrong, imo …new owners would always be a risk ,, but with alot of fans divided ,,..it would be worth the risk. Imo….always been more fans for gsb in ,,,,but its certainly starting to even up a bit more now…
I’d rather we were owned by the sultans of sleaze than someone whose money comes from trading fossil fuels.
GSB OUT
Good to hear a reasoned argument saying nothing LOL
GSB IN
Could PAI be a front for the GSB out faction? I look forward to seeing their £1billion in cash(no borrowed/debt please)to further their ambitions for the club!
Suspect it will be a long wait!!
Dildo Brothers out…..
I just think this takeover talks is absolute load of bullxxxx. I’m not a fan of our owners, their transfer activity is all over the place. They have wasted millions on players through Pellegrini and now we have a decent manager he hasn’t been given a pot to pee in. Talking of pots to pee in, I wouldn’t be surprised if they use pots instead of urinals at our World Class (Karren) training facilities.
I wonder when the story on our current owners will be released? I’m yet to see anything about:
DS convicted of living off the earnings of prostitutes in the 80’s.
Appointing a pornstar to the directors board
DS allegedly using the club to avoid paying £700k on tax
2008 DS arrested for alleged sex attack
DS whilst at Birmingham questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting.
Are you telling me that 1 missed statement from PAI is worse than all of this?
This doesn’t even take into account the embarrassment he has caused the club.
You’re grasping at straws, bud.
The majority of places you shop, the majority of products you purchase, the majority of what you watch has some form of nefarious activity linked with it from it’s conception to the end product you visit or consume How do you think billionaires become billionaires or companies become multi-national?! Ever drunk a coke, eaten a McDonald’s, smoked a cigarette, bought a car? You didn’t buy any of these things from a local producer.
Sullivan certainly isn’t a saint, far from it, but he’s not Henry Ford, one of the McDonald’s brothers or the Saudi Royal family either!!