Tottenham Takeover Talk

[George94]

Would this not be a sidestep in terms of who owns the club? Nothing I'm reading particularly fills me with much optimism...

 

[ukdy]

Do we really want new owners without arms?

 

[Dakes]

He is a part of the NBA’s board of Governors. So he’s isn’t some figure head like Lewis and presumably has some care for being successful on the pitch/court. He also was somebody who called for the previous Suns’ majority owner to be removed from ownership, after he made racist remarks, which he later was. He is also Vice Chairman of the Suns, so he has experience in running operations of an athletic venture.

Tottenham Hot Suns

It can work

 

[tubbygold]

Do we really want new owners without arms?

They can still sign checks with their toes. Or something else.

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Would this not be a sidestep in terms of who owns the club? Nothing I'm reading particularly fills me with much optimism...

Depends on how you define "sidestep". My initial read of Jahm Najafi and MSP Sports Capital is that they are primarily interested in the sporting aspect of owning Spurs, not the property aspect.

So, if it went through, I would expect more investment and attention to the sporting results than we see from ENIC.

 

[Westmorlandspur]

According to Kieran Maguire, football finance expert, there is going to be some debt in this, approx 750m. This means they will borrow that amount against the club, similar to the Glazers leveraged buy out of United. Don’t think we need another 750 on top of the 800m we already have.
forget it.

 

[Karol]

I go out for the day and come back to this news

First thing I did was checked the date to see if it wasn't April 1st

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

According to Kieran Maguire, football finance expert, there is going to be some debt in this, approx 750m. This means they will borrow that amount against the club, similar to the Glazers leveraged buy out of United. Don’t think we need another 750 on top of the 800m we already have.
forget it.

We'll wait while you catch-up with the thread.

 

[ukdy]

Tottenham and Donuts. Something with Jahm in that even Bob Marley would approve.

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Tottenham and Donuts. Something with Jahm in that even Bob Marley would approve.

?We're Jahm in'
I wanna Jahm it wid you
We're jahm in, jahm in',
And I hope you like jahm in, too?

 

[Bobbins]

hes probably fed the same type of info as ally gold

Erm...

 

[neogenisis]

 

[Bobbins]

Sense as always from Jordan.

 

[Cavehillspur]

Not for sale according to Sky Sports

Tottenham: Premier League club not for sale and owners remain committed amid takeover reports

Iranian-American billionaire Jahm Najafi is reported to be putting together a consortium led by MSP Sports Capital to make a £3.1bn takeover bid for Tottenham; however, no approach has been made and Spurs have had no contact with any proposed bidders

www.skysports.com

 

[kursaal]

BEN is saying 'not true' over on ftl, dont know how itk he would be on this

Ben also said the Qatar rumours were not true either. I'm not sure how he would know about Lewis' intentions. There's obviously interest in a buy out as several journalists have broken differing stories.

 

[Hercules]

Ben also said the Qatar rumours were not true either. I'm not sure how he would know about Lewis' intentions. There's obviously interest in a buy out as several journalists have broken differing stories.

lol

 

[cjsimba]

Of course ENIC will say they're not for sale. Rule 101 in negotiations is don't give the buyer the idea you can be bought on the cheap. I learnt this firsthand from the Simpsons:

 

[tubbygold]

Not for sale according to Sky Sports

Tottenham: Premier League club not for sale and owners remain committed amid takeover reports

Iranian-American billionaire Jahm Najafi is reported to be putting together a consortium led by MSP Sports Capital to make a £3.1bn takeover bid for Tottenham; however, no approach has been made and Spurs have had no contact with any proposed bidders

www.skysports.com

It was broken during the QSI stuff, that the club had been talking to several potential investors. It's obvious we're looking for investment in some form, and have been for a while - that much has been clear since the Singaporean guest last year. In what shape it will come, who knows, but it looks likely to come somehow.

 

[Hercules]

I can categorically tell you we are/were involved with QSI heavily. I can also tell you that someone is being very diplomatic with the truth.

 

[Japhet]

Don't like the sound of this at all. For 'Investment Fund' read 'Venture Capitalists'. They'll apparently chuck some money in although it says they'll land us with an extra 750m debt (so guess where the investment comes from), and then they'll want it all back out and a whole lot more. We'd still be competing with clubs who's owners have money gushing out of the ground and don't give a flying fuck about returns on their money or investment opportunities. At best this is a sideways step but many seem happy with any old port in a storm.