Massive well done to the commercial team btw if they’ve made up a 1m shortfall so quickly Be interesting to see what’s been dreamed up Heard last weekend a shirt sleeve sponsorship deal is definitely one of those. Must be a crossover between a commercial and emotional decision. Can't imagine puttin...
John Percy update. Semi reliable but fell for Storey's bullshit. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/03/21/reading-takeover-dai-yongge-considers-offers/ If true, shortfall issues resolve for March. Exclusivity targeted by the end of the month (i.e., next week). Genevra are back. Gotta be hones...
I thought the same. It happens the same every time; people say it's close and then silence. Obviously the club have reasons to plug the mini season tickets anyway, but the anxiety is heightening.
Oh but football players get paid sooo much, so they are excempt from these worries of course. There worries and there are worries though. A player who is 28 on a £4k/week £200,000 a year salary, who if released from his contract will be able to find a club to pay him £2k/week £100,000 salary relati...
Events off the pitch will be be what they'll be. Just need as to get as many points on the table as possible from the remaining games. Remaining a League One club for next season is all that matters. That's a huge unwanted pressure on the players and the footballing staff. Remaining a club is all t...
Because of the uncertainty; if an out of contract player gets an offer from another club he may well jump at the chance to leave, rather than potentially (if everything with a potential sale falls through which, with Dai involved, is a real possibility) have another couple of years of worrying that...
Why wouldn’t players stay in a team performing well where the spirit is strong? because a L1 player at a cash strapped club is not going to be paid huge amounts, and being offered a 3 year contract at a club with worse prospects, is 3 years of stability for your family and your bill paying ability ...
The key immediate question is do we need exclusivity this week, so someone can provide funds this week to cover the tax due on Friday (otherwise we are -2) or do we have funds at least for the tax now as has been rumoured on Twitter? I'm not sure Dellor covered this earlier.... I got the impression...
Unfortunately I doubt any takeover will be in time to re-sign out of contract players such as Azeez and so we will likely lose them and have yet another major rebuilding job at the start of next season. However as starting next season - at all after the last few weeks - will be a bonus, I suppose w...
Unfortunately I doubt any takeover will be in time to re-sign out of contract players such as Azeez and so we will likely lose them and have yet another major rebuilding job at the start of next season. However as starting next season - at all after the last few weeks - will be a bonus, I suppose w...
I assume June 30th is the key date for us to hopefully know what is happening, due to player contracts and registering ourselves for next season Unfortunately I doubt any takeover will be in time to re-sign out of contract players such as Azeez and so we will likely lose them and have yet another m...
And look how long it takes just to get to this stage of having reputable offers on the table both in the autumn and this time. This really has to be it, or it's curtains.
If I was in government I'd make it a crime and as a penalty bring back the stocks for fans to get their own back for all the harm you've done to the community. I'm sure Dai would draw quite a crowd.
What would a club statement look like this week? "We can confirm that we have reached an agreement for exclusivity, some immediate short term funding has been provided, we can't say any more so fcuk off and stop asking questions."? And then presumably journalists would report the party inv...
Once exclusivity has been agreed can Dai change his mind or can the buyers withdraw their offer and walk away? Yes on both counts. If the buyer is asked to deposit funds, it become less likely on the buyers side. Who knows on the sellers side. Ideally the bridging loan would involve a charge that a...
This makes for depressing reading. Its from Sky Germany:- Despite interest from a considerable number of parties, Loitz is understood to have offered Yongge the highest bid. However, the Chinese owner is not making the process easy, as Loitz explained to Sky Germany: “Mr. Dai put the club up for sa...
Good to hear from Nigel Howe. The club sale is in good hands as I absolutely believe he cares about the club. But even being optimistic it sounds as though the process will take 8-10 weeks to complete at best and that assumes that Dai doesn't move the goal posts (perhaps literally) yet again. We ca...
Anybody see FIFA trolling Steve Evans a few weeks ago? Their World Cup Twitter handle replied something along the signs of "great scenes" beneath of the clips of him doing his full time fist bumps.