Gareth Bale Takeover Thread

[Bald Barry Bastad]

Re: Talking of Takeover's -Gareth Bale part 2

How will this affect the BBM appointment if it did go through?

[BlueToujours]

Re: Talking of Takeover's -Gareth Bale part 2

Tan has never said that the club is not for sale at any price. Quite the opposite, he maintains that any of his businesses are for sale at the right price. In any negotiation the prospective buyer will never make their best offer at first and an owner will never accept the first bid. Probably not even the second bid . Could be a protracted period of negotiation so I, for one, will not be expecting an early agreement but if these guys are serious, ultimately I can foresee a successful outcome.

[Father Dougal]

Re: Talking of Takeover's -Gareth Bale part 2

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/644...city-takeover/

Not sure what to make of this

It's happening........

[Armitage Shanks]

Lots of Bale talk on X / Twitter about leading a consortium

To buy us, Tan has refused at the time.

Is this heat stroke madness, or is this leading traction? Reliable source not Steve Day on this occasion

https://x.com/David_Ornstein/status/1936097251807371533

[bobh]

Re: Talking of Takeover's -Gareth Bale part 2

Trouble is Tan thinks he'll get all his money back, wanting many times the actual worth of the club.
?He has to be made to see sense - the longer he hangs on, the more he will need to sink in (lose).

[Trigger]

Re: Lots of Bale talk on X / Twitter about leading a consortium

It's for itk stuff like this why I keep coming back here, keep us updated mate.

[jon1959]

Re: Talking of Takeover's -Gareth Bale part 2

Player owner?? please

Please no!

[RichardM]

Re: Talking of Takeover's -Gareth Bale part 2

I don't know why everyone is getting so excited. Does Bale know how to run a football club?
Who's behind the bid? Do they know anything about running a football club?

While a new owner might be good it could also be bad. Until we know more about the people behind this I don't think we should be getting excited.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Re: Talking of Takeover's -Gareth Bale part 2

I don't know why everyone is getting so excited. Does Bale know how to run a football club?
Who's behind the bid? Do they know anything about running a football club?

While a new owner might be good it could also be bad. Until we know more about the people behind this I don't think we should be getting excited.

Tan certainly doesn't. Can you really not understand why people might fancy this takeover?!

[RichardM]

Re: Talking of Takeover's -Gareth Bale part 2

Tan certainly doesn't. Can you really not understand why people might fancy this takeover?!

I can understand why people want Tan to sell but I haven't seen anything to suggest that whoever it is behind Bale will be any better.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

Re: Talking of Takeover's -Gareth Bale part 2

I can understand why people want Tan to sell but I haven't seen anything to suggest that whoever it is behind Bale will be any better.

What we need is an owner who recruits someone who knows what they're doing to run the club for him and leaves them to it. Bale might do that because a) he's played at clubs where they probably do that and b) he won't want to eat into his golf time.

[J R Hartley]

Re: Talking of Takeover's -Gareth Bale part 2

I don't know why everyone is getting so excited. Does Bale know how to run a football club?
Who's behind the bid? Do they know anything about running a football club?

While a new owner might be good it could also be bad. Until we know more about the people behind this I don't think we should be getting excited.

Groan. He’s the football face of it. It’s not rocket science. He’s leading a consortium of other people’s money because his name attracts media interest.

[RichardM]

Re: Talking of Takeover's -Gareth Bale part 2

What we need is an owner who recruits someone who knows what they're doing to run the club for him and leaves them to it. Bale might do that because a) he's played at clubs where they probably do that and b) he won't want to eat into his golf time.

Yes but if he is just the public face of a consortium and not the man with all the money how much of a say will he have in how the club is run?

[delmbox]

Re: Talking of Takeover's -Gareth Bale part 2

I can understand why people want Tan to sell but I haven't seen anything to suggest that whoever it is behind Bale will be any better.

Jesus you're not so much glass half empty as tip out the contents and take shit in it

[goats]

Re: Talking of Takeover's -Gareth Bale part 2

I don't know why everyone is getting so excited. Does Bale know how to run a football club?
Who's behind the bid? Do they know anything about running a football club?

While a new owner might be good it could also be bad. Until we know more about the people behind this I don't think we should be getting excited.

He’d bring in people who do though, like Tan should have done ages ago