Arsenal in £1.5bn takeover bid from Middle East consortium

[tototoner]

reported in The Sun and The Telegraph this morning

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...r-REVEALED-How-bid-can-transform-Gunners.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...ast-consortium-within-the-next-few-weeks.html

Arab Emirates​

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— Champions League will be vital to new owners
— They will put Arsene Wenger under scrutiny
— They’ll slash ticket prices to attract ‘real’ fans
— Star players will no longer have to be be sold​

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[dontcallme]

Sounds like sensationalist bollocks to me.

Interested to hear what source these papers have that suggest the potential new owners will look at Wenger's position.

 

[$hoguN]

I call BS

 

[Dougal]

If Carlsberg did headlines for Gooners. But they don't. Let them read tomorrow's headlines instead. COYS!

 

[Dr Know]

If this is true, "mind the gap" will have a whole new meaning

 

[danielneeds]

Urgh, doesn't bear thinking about them matching Chelsea and Citeh financially. Even with finanical fair play there will be loads of back doors.

 

[AW?]

Financial fair play is bollocks anyway. It's just something the FA has fabricated to pretend they are doing something for the good of football. It means sweet FA! See what I did there?

 

[coysjod]

About the worst thing that could happen, apart from an alien invasion or the return of the plague.

 

[Mullers]

If that take over happens, it's game over.

 

[punky]

Telegraph Sport don't publish sensationalist BS. It doesn't mean this will happen but it means the info was passed from a reputable source in apparent good faith.

 

[SteveH]

If this was a goer the press would not get a sniff.

The headline would be more like. Arsenal bought for ?whatever?!

 

[mill]

Financial fair play is bollocks anyway. It's just something the FA has fabricated to pretend they are doing something for the good of football. It means sweet FA! See what I did there?

Not really because it's got sweet FA to do with the FA, it's a UEFA thing which the premier league has decided to do their own version of

 

[AW?]

My mistake. Must do better next time

 

[vavaboom]

I doubt it. Stan seems quite happy to sit there and bleed the club dry.

 

[Wick3d]

Surely if this was true the press wouldn't even find out until the deal was almost done and dusted?

 

[KentuckyYid]

Releasing this BS the day before a massive derby is mind games. The idea of this being true mentally weakens us a little and gives the goons a mental boost. Dirty bastards will do anything crooked as history as shown.

 

[Chinaspur]

Quite odd to leak out that they are planning to bid twice the current valuation. Probably the worst negotiation tactic I've ever seen.

 

[SlickMongoose]

Quite odd to leak out that they are planning to bid twice the current valuation. Probably the worst negotiation tactic I've ever seen.

And then they come in with a bid under valuation and hope nobody notices?

 

[aRTy]

Was about to ask if they're truly worth £1.5 billion, but chinaspurs has answered for me. That valuation is Utd territory, hence why i was so baffled.

 

[3Dnata]

That's a question answered for me. I always wanted to know how much **** you can get for £1.5 billion.