by Friday's Legacy »
28 May 2012 21:16
BiMike might be onto something.
As I said last week, proof of funds is done, the PL are happy, and there were just a few outstanding questions needing answering. This is all done now and the club have had verbal confirmation the takeover will go ahead. However, I was then told to expect an announcement nearer the second week of June rather than imminently, but tonight various people are saying it could be sooner.
The announcement was never holding us back in the transfer market. We have numerous bids in place; one of which could prove to be a club record fee and may come to fruition this week (Mariappa). Another big bid may already have gone in, but certainly was being readied, for Jordan Rhodes. So any talk of a lack of ambition because we haven't decided to spend a large chunk of our budget on one player is far off the mark; not to mention very impatient. It is after all only May, and we are moving very quickly. It'll be nice to have it confirmed as soon as possible, but again, if it does mean another week or so, so be it. It's not holding us back behind the scenes.