With recent information lockdowns around the club I don't think we can read anything into radio silence.
Wouldn't an actual 5 year plan involve something like bringing in a managing director of football, employing a serious coach, signing good young players and players to fit the positions that need addressing on a continuing basis and not buying players in a position in a knee jerk reaction, because, as the name 5 year plan implies it will take up to 5 years and can't be done in 2 years.
Yeah agreed. There has been enough buyout talk / imminent stadium naming rights rumours over the years that I won’t believe it until there is official word.
It’s crazy how little info comes out these days. With the exception of a few little tit bits there’s next to no ITK these days.
It could be that club was silent because of the whole Paratici thing. But Ben Jacobs suddenly being one of our go-to guys for team news is a strong hint that there is something in the works. Maybe just preliminary talks, maybe even less than that, but there was something at some point. Maybe it never reaches a serious discussion and maybe ENIC told them to fuck off, but something is/was cooking there (and not just books in Torino).
). Like someone else said in the thread, the hope is more so that it's been in the pipeline for longer than we've been aware but that doesn't mean anything is imminent for such a deal. No news is good news IMO, I think we'll know from the noises from our own ITK and some corners of the media if talks have broken down.
Exactly
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, we lose that game against City maybe eight times out of ten. But honestly, do you think we had a better chance of winning with Mason in charge rather than a manager who has won so many cup finals? In one off matches Mourinho has often defied the odds. With that comes a belief and an aura that could make the difference.
This is what makes me laugh. The way some are still defending them anyone would think Enic are philanthropists.
Paragraph 1: They have.
You don't invest in something and not want a profit for yourself. Considering the time they have spent on the club, building said infrastructure, I think it's fair they get a profit on it. Don't you? If they have set it up for the next owners then they did a pretty good job.
They bought the club for 22m and its probably now valued at 4 billion. How will they not make a profit.
I didn't say they wouldn't. They have the right to whatever profit they make and I won't be mad about whatever they take, because they have increased the club's value like you said.
