Hope a last minute bid comes in from mike ashley to buy chelsea. And have sports direct plastered
all over their ground. Looks like its falling apart anyway.
all over their ground. Looks like its falling apart anyway.
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It is panning out!... It's panning out brilliantly.This is fucking hilarious, really thought this might pan out.
As above, the govt will probably find a loophole but the longer this drags, the better
The fudge to get the deal done - if the only point at issue is who gets the funds from the sale (both equity and debt) - is to stipulate the funds go into a certain bank account (UK govmt might well say Bank of England) with control of its dispersal being made by a committee, (a few nominees from RA eg Buck the Chelsea chairman plus half a dozen uk nominees).
That's kicking the can down the road.
Of course RA might not be happy as despite him agreeing proceeds could go to 'victims of Ukraine war' ........ which many suggest RA thinks of as the injured/dead from russian army rather than ukrainan - as he wants the money and is concerned the funds might end as being given to Ukraine as part of the funds to rebuild it.
So documenting that 'fudge' could take a little time ..........
and RA might well be gambling UK government won't want to put a PL club into administration ......
That’s the whole point of this leak though. I don’t think the government want to do anything remotely like that. They probably suspect the beneficiaries of Camberley is Abramovich and don’t want any part of that to filter through to him. If it does then they’ll be buried in legal claims from other sanctioned oligarchs to do the same with their money. The government are already helping Chelsea massively, they can’t do much more than they are.
There is also obviously massive worry that they are going to run out of time. It’s less than a month until the PL meeting. If the sale isn’t completed by then they are truly fucked.
Only if the decision came too late for Woolwich to strengthen in the window.Question. Would you accept Woolwich coming 5th and getting CL because Chelsea went into administration?
I would.
Hope a last minute bid comes in from mike ashley to buy chelsea. And have sports direct plastered
all over their ground. Looks like its falling apart anyway.
It’s actually perfect. Woolwich would get eaten alive in the CL. Make them an even bigger joke,Question. Would you accept Woolwich coming 5th and getting CL because Chelsea went into administration?
I would.
This notion that the Gvt will feel under pressure to blink first to save the club, are the politicians so out of touch with reality that they don't realise just how popular destroying that football club would make them to anybody that cared about football?Seems like that leak from the government last night was a ploy to get Abramovich to agree to the escrow account, which he doesn't want to do. He wants to go to a "foundation" or "charity". Not sure I'd be very trusting of who he says the beneficiaries of those are and neither it seems are the government. If they don't iron that out then I reckon the deal will fall over. It's who will blink first with one outcome being Chelsea going under. Might be unlikely but it is definitely on the table if they don't come to an agreement on where the money goes.
Govt arent going to budge, of course, why would they? So making sure public know whos fault it is if it falls apart. Not the govt but the russian oligarch. I hope it falls apart but i suspect Abramovich will concede, what else can he do?Seems like that leak from the government last night was a ploy to get Abramovich to agree to the escrow account, which he doesn't want to do. He wants to go to a "foundation" or "charity". Not sure I'd be very trusting of who he says the beneficiaries of those are and neither it seems are the government. If they don't iron that out then I reckon the deal will fall over. It's who will blink first with one outcome being Chelsea going under. Might be unlikely but it is definitely on the table if they don't come to an agreement on where the money goes.
If he concedes he might have bigger problems in Russia. Wouldn't be surprised if he is doing as instructed.Govt arent going to budge, of course, why would they? So making sure public know whos fault it is if it falls apart. Not the govt but the russian oligarch. I hope it falls apart but i suspect Abramovich will concede, what else can he do?
Govt arent going to budge, of course, why would they? So making sure public know whos fault it is if it falls apart. Not the govt but the russian oligarch. I hope it falls apart but i suspect Abramovich will concede, what else can he do?