Tuchel won't hang around if they try and tell him which team to pick.The new owners will insist on Pulisic playing, which is a good thing.
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Tuchel won't hang around if they try and tell him which team to pick.The new owners will insist on Pulisic playing, which is a good thing.
I'm not sure my memory is correct but Mathew Harding bought some/a lot/half the shares in Chelsea and subsequently pumped millions in, hence them winning cups/top 4 etc.Yes but they did it all on massive borrowed money, they literally where doing a Leeds and about to default then Abramovich bailed them out, without him they would have been sent a few divisions below and started from scratch.
Everyone seems to forget that Chelsea were a club going in the right direction even before the Russian arrived. They were winning domestic cups and a European trophy iirc and had top 4 finishes. It all started when that Harding bloke took over from Ken Bates in the mid 90's. During that period, 7 or 8 years, they still achieved more on the pitch than we have since Enic's 21 years in charge of us.
Doing a Leeds? Oh my god we must all avoid doing a Leeds and run our clubs sensibly.
The new owners will insist on Pulisic playing, which is a good thing.
If one of my kids ever becomes remotely famous/noteworthy, I hope they disown me. In fact, I think we should nip it in the bud and have them completely disavow me the moment they come of age...just in case.His dad has reportedly just hastily deleted a tweet saying that he already wants out.
I'm not sure.What happens to the 1.4 billion loan and ffp surely the other clubs are not going to sign this off without a suitable remedy.
Even for an oligarch, leaving 1.4bn on the table is a big ask. The consortium itself will be in debt in order to buy the club, I don't imagine they'll just sit on that 1.4bn while paying their own debt accured in order to buy the club.whether or not the new owners want to extract money from the club in order to service that debt
I suspect, considering the current situation, he wouldn’t even be able to get hold of the money if he wanted it.Even for an oligarch, leaving 1.4bn on the table is a big ask. The consortium itself will be in debt in order to buy the club, I don't imagine they'll just sit on that 1.4bn while paying their own debt accured in order to buy the club.
Yup, since it's a consortium that means none of them wanted to take the risk of putting in all that money by themselves. Suggests to me that they won't be happy to have that big red number on their quarterly reports year after year.I suspect, considering the current situation, he wouldn’t even be able to get hold of the money if he wanted it.
I’m simply assuming that debt has to have been factored into the price otherwise it’s absurdly overvalued.
Chelsea were the most indebted club in Europe before RA turned up. If I remember right they were £100m in the red about 21 years ago and on the verge of folding. Harding had been buying them players.Everyone seems to forget that Chelsea were a club going in the right direction even before the Russian arrived. They were winning domestic cups and a European trophy iirc and had top 4 finishes. It all started when that Harding bloke took over from Ken Bates in the mid 90's. During that period, 7 or 8 years, they still achieved more on the pitch than we have since Enic's 21 years in charge of us.
Meh....... Aside form the fact that Bates & Harding had them on the brink of bankruptcy; your synopsis is inaccurate and full of holes.
RA took over in 2004.
Harding was only ever an investor/vice chairman who came into the picture in 1993.... Bates remained in situ until RA took over.
Lastly, that pre-RA period of 8 years you mention was in fact 11 years..... 8 of which actually pre-date ENIC's ownership of Spurs.
Once you factor in how crap we were when ENIC took over and how much we've grown since, there's no meaningful comparison to be made.
How about doing an Everton?
...Or a Portsmouth?
.....A Sunderland maybe?
Bolton?
Derby?
Crazy to me we'd continue to have such envious conversations in the context of Chelsea...... Absolute skid mark of a club.
Chelsea were the most indebted club in Europe before RA turned up. If I remember right they were £100m in the red about 21 years ago and on the verge of folding. Harding had been buying them players.
they took the Lees route and with RA, they would have fared mo worse as they have always had a small core supporter fan base.
Sorry, so in the 11 years not 8 years before RA they won the Fa cup twice, League cup and cup winners cup. We've had 1 League cup in 21 years under ENIC ownership.
Although … Liverpool seem to be doing quite well, no?American owners is good new for everyone, they're in it to try and make as much money out of them as opposed to investing, I expect them to be more like Liverpool going forward which is better than having Roman pump endless money in the club.
For all the take over talk, very little is being said about the collapse in their form & the clear drift in leadership. The old regime would never tolerate failure, and it seemed to be to be a threat if a win didn’t appear. I also suspect that the bonus for success per person was / is massive.
Now that’s all gone south it’s becoming acceptable to get humped by Woolwhich. Drawing with Wolves when 2-0 up ? That’s not Roman’s Empire at all. They have switched off to such a degree that it’s perfectly possible they end up 5th behind Scum and Us. One more win & two defeats in between a cup final….I wouldn’t rule it out.
Longer term, with the culture change and the emergence of Newcastle as big spenders, they really are at risk. And for Tottenham at least the regime change is a good thing in terms of business. As it was they would not deal with Levy and went out of their way to fuck us. That is not happening in the future I can guarantee that, they will trade with us again and that’s a positive.