Let's All Laugh At... Let's all laugh at Chelsea thread

[sausage]

If I were spending a substantial sum of money on a football club, I’d want to know that I was going to actually own the pitch they play on.

If you look at it as businesses, Chelsea isn't a viable one unless you actively want to have to invest in it, too

 

[SirNiNyHotspur]

US DOJ has launched ‘KleptoCapture’ to go after Oligarchs, would be more confident of these guys exposing Abramovich, it was thanks to US the FIFA corruption got acted upon, in Britain/Europe these scum have muddied the water so much that they get away with it, but US doesn’t give a shit if Abramovich owns Chelsea, whereas half the tories support Chelsea.

 

[wakefieldyid]

That’s the guy.

As someone who's been involved in the Chemical Industry for the past 40 years, I have some experience in the way that JR works.

When the company formerly known as ICI was being broken up, Ratcliffe's company, Ineos, bought many of the assets and ran them ruthlessly. As a rule, he won't let sentiment let him be bullied into making capital investment, and he'll be quick to exploit his market position at every opportunity.

As an example, Ratcliffe closed the UK's last significant Sulphuric Acid plant in Runcorn in April 2021, having given virtually no notice. Despite the fact that his company owned another large Sulphuric Acid plant in Spain, and had the specialised infrastructure to import acid into the UK, they simply walked away. Long standing essential users of the acid (water companies etc.) were then forced to import acid at 4 - 5 times the previous cost, a situation that is expected to continue until at least 2024. As a Spurs fan, I'd very much welcome Ratcliffe taking over Chelsea!

(On a personal note, given that he started out as a mere lab technician at what is now Salford University, you've got to admit that he really is the ultimate self-made billionaire.)

 

[wakefieldyid]

Has Ratcliffe ever been linked as a potential buyer to us?

I think he's always (in recent times) claimed to have a connection with Chelsea.

 

[GMI]

Some of the points raised are not wrong but it certainly gives short shrift to the massive issue many have with Abramovich..

Fan’s view: Abramovich was resented for upsetting football’s cosy world | Tim Rolls

There is some trepidation among Chelsea supporters as the owner who created unimaginable success prepares to depart

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tucker]

Some of the points raised are not wrong but it certainly gives short shrift to the massive issue many have with Abramovich..

Fan’s view: Abramovich was resented for upsetting football’s cosy world | Tim Rolls

There is some trepidation among Chelsea supporters as the owner who created unimaginable success prepares to depart

www.theguardian.com

Reads like a biased fluff piece by a Chelsea fan keen to ignore where Abramovich got his dirty cash from and why he is selling the club in the first place. Because it is.

 

[Wig]

If you were a buyer surely you'd lowball the fuck out of this.

He's desperate to find a quick buyer. I hope some rich prick strings him a long with decreasing value negotiations for months before pulling out.

 

[spursfan77]

This is quite a good summary of the current position they find themselves in actually. I’m hoping for point ten to happen again!

 

[Dov67]

Reads like a biased fluff piece by a Chelsea fan keen to ignore where Abramovich got his dirty cash from and why he is selling the club in the first place. Because it is.

he says before Abramovich took over they were "hardly the mess that some portray".

Talk about rewriting history - they were literally days away from bankruptcy

 

[chas vs dave]

The daily mash are on point ???

https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/spor...Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1646304380

The advert reads: “Leading London football club, current European and World champions, ideal screen for wide variety of nefarious activities.

“Would suit Middle Eastern oil producer running highly repressive regime, African tyrant looking to move into London property market, Jeff Bezos or the Chinese government.

“The current owner enjoyed the great benefit of no questions being asked about the provenance of his funds or the full extent of his bastardry for 19 years after spending his loose change on players, and would like to pass this to others.

“A perfect purchase for a Mexican cocaine lord looking to go legit, an Asian autocrat chasing positive publicity, or anyone keen to wash the blood from the billions they made from worker exploitation. Sorry, no Mike Ashley.”

The publication also carried advertisements from Abramovich for a Kensington mansion, a Thames waterfront penthouse, assorted shell companies, and eight backbench Tory MPs.

 

[jurgen11]

That fella from Rwanda who pays for sponsorship on the Scum shirts with aid money would be perfect for them....

 

[VegasII]

They’ll probably be taken over by aliens. And the stadium will still have a shit main stand next to a cemetery.

 

[piedpiper]

He stole billions from the people of Russia and used some of it to get himself a safe home in London.

I'm more referring to the football club. Not the politics or anything else.

Don't know much else about the character other than he is a billionaire who save dream at a desperate time in their history.

 

[SandroClegane]

An extremely interesting twitter breakdown of the situation a new owner would find themselves in even with a forgiven debt.

 

[SandroClegane]

This one's great too

 

[spursfan77]

An extremely interesting twitter breakdown of the situation a new owner would find themselves in even with a forgiven debt.

That’s lovely to read

 

[spursfan77]

But…

 

[Tucker]

But…

Meanwhile the honey monster in number ten is still eating his sugar puffs. Good on Chris Bryant for trying to hurry him along though.

 

[rossdapep]

But…

With a bit of luck this will be more Gillet and Hicks rather than FSG.

 

[spursfan77]

With a bit of luck this will be more Gillet and Hicks rather than FSG.

Yeah I’m sure a group of billionaires used to getting their own way all the time will work really well together! Especially with zero football experience.

Noise from Masters at the PL today saying they can push a deal through quickly to ratify a club. Of course they fucking can, money talks, not morals or integrity.