Gareth Bale Takeover Thread

[RichardM]

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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.

That's my point. It's the people with the money who will make the decisions and we don't know who they are.

[Wash DC Blue]

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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.

Florentino Pérez?

[J R Hartley]

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That's my point. It's the people with the money who will make the decisions and we don't know who they are.

Who cares. The current custodian is hardly renowned for his clever decisions. Quite the opposite.

[Rjk]

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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.

Tan has got a lot wrong over the years, there are some signs that he has at least learned a few lessons over his time here - we started in a place where the manager was all powerful but he got his fingers burned a few times with that, so now there seems to be less power concentrated with the manager - which i think is a better way to run things.
He;s invested in the academy, and we are starting to see the results of that. If we get one or two players a year breaking into the team then this will have a huge difference to the club over time.
We seem to be trying to be a bit more sensible with transfer fees - targeting younger players who at least on paper there's a chance they'll increase in value - the trouble is everyone else is already playing this game, and a lot of them are better at it than us.
It's still the correct approach in my opinion.

Any new owner coming in I'd want them to be doing these things also - but none of that is rocket science, so for me its not a reason to want to keep Tan.

I'm not desperate to get rid of Tan like some are - but he's not getting any younger and the suggestions are that his family might be less inclined to throw 13 million a season at a hobby once he hands the club over.

If a new owner came in with the ability to invest as much money into the club as Tan has done then it's probably worth the risk, will be interesting to see what happens.

[WJ99mobile]

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Who cares. The current custodian is hardly renowned for his clever decisions. Quite the opposite.

Clever maybe not, but well intentioned which is rare

[Dorcus]

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That's my point. It's the people with the money who will make the decisions and we don't know who they are.

Don't worry! Whoever it is will be better than Tan. Let's hope it's happening

[Boanagers]

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To at least have someone involved in a takeover bid who has a serious footballing pedigree behind them must generate some excitement for us long suffering fans,Tan gives the impression that no matter what anyone else says or thinks,it’s my club and I will do what I like with it, there has never been any impression of a long term plan and strategy,just lurching from one crisis to another. I welcome this interest from what seems to be a serious bidder for the club.

[Former Labour leader]

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Interesting news, but very early days. Having Bale involved has to be a plus.
This group will have to come up with very serious money to interest Tan.

[Dorcus]

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Interesting news, but very early days. Having Bale involved has to be a plus.
This group will have to come up with very serious money to interest Tan.

Or Tan will have to become more serious about the club's true worth

[J R Hartley]

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Clever maybe not, but well intentioned which is rare

LOL

Can self harming ever be described as having. good intentions?

[J R Hartley]

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Tan has got a lot wrong over the years, there are some signs that he has at least learned a few lessons over his time here

Jesus wept.
Stockholm syndrome is strong on this one.

[B. Oddie]

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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.

Bale would know about football than a man with a McDonalds franchise.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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Tan has got a lot wrong over the years, there are some signs that he has at least learned a few lessons over his time here

:hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe::hehe:

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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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.

If Bale is putting his name to this, I'd imagine there will be some guarantees they won't torch his reputation.

Also, who cares? It has to be better than this slow death under Tan. The club is dying on its arse in front of our very eyes

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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Clever maybe not, but well intentioned which is rare

No he's not, he's on a massive ego trip!