Takeover soon?

[Gnojek]

Re: Takeover soon?

Nice one - I remember different phases of planning consent being given and there is development approved in llanrumney last year but still don't remember when we started using the Vale - I remember taking my boy to see training but Malky was boss then

But then I'm 57 so if I remember my name and address my head is full ����

Fairly sure the Llanrumney development is for the Academy.

[Nobody's Rep]

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Fairly sure the Llanrumney development is for the Academy.

Yes you are right 👍 and another example to add to the list of positives unless it remains a pipe dream

[The Lone Gunman]

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Nice one - I remember different phases of planning consent being given and there is development approved in llanrumney last year but still don't remember when we started using the Vale - I remember taking my boy to see training but Malky was boss then

City were training at the Vale under Dave Jones.

New training facilities at the Vale were initially promised as a part of the rebrand package:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18324804

Planning permission was announced in 2013 and again in 2019 (as Gnojek says, probably some sort of renewal).

Has work got underway on these new training facilities yet? Someone might know for sure, but as far as I'm aware there's no sign of them a decade after they were first publicised to fans as a rebrand sweetener.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Peters Pies are hardly Vincent Tan level in respect of financial clout are they ?

Well if he's that rich why are people looking for new owners ?

If Sidolis ice cream from porthcawl took over it would be great as they are all city fans

But they are not very rich

[dembethewarrior]

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Which all falls on Tan and his lack of getting proper football people on board and not a couple of chancers that to the best of my knowledge have next to no football experience and several other interests to be seeing too as well as Cardiff City.

It is within his interests to cover the losses if he ever wants to recoup anything, but the club has been a shambles off the pitch and an absolute amatuer organisation under his watch for many years so call it what you like but it has clearly not been a priority for him for a long time, can phrase that how you like but the point remains.

This is a heavy load you're dragging around with you mate. Let it go, you'll find you're a lot happier once you stop dragging things along that aren't all that important to your day to day life.

Must take a LOT of energy to dislike someone this much.

[dembethewarrior]

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Hoping that any buyer or invester isn't Sam Hammam or anyone linked to that boil on the clubs arse..
I still have a feeling it will be an asian based buyer or consortium.

Let it go stan ffs it's unhealthy :hehe:

[The Lone Gunman]

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As an aside to the takeover talk, I learned last week that Mehmet Dalman now lives in Monaco. There was no reason for me to disbelieve the person who told me this, but I Googled it anyway and it turns out Dalman has in fact lived in Monaco for some time.

So, City's owner lives and operates in Malaysia, as do the mysterious board members Marco Caramella, Derek Chin and Danni Rais. The club's Chairman lives in Monaco. The CEO spends much of his time overseeing Tan's car dealership in London, where Dalman is also a director. Jalil Rasheed became a director of CCFC in July 2021, but has already resigned without ever attending a game. Which leaves Steve Borley as the only director who is actually based in Wales.

What a set-up.

:hehe:

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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As an aside to the takeover talk, I learned last week that Mehmet Dalman now lives in Monaco. There was no reason for me to disbelieve the person who told me this, but I Googled it anyway and it turns out Dalman has in fact lived in Monaco for some time.

So, City's owner lives and operates in Malaysia, as do the mysterious board members Marco Caramella, Derek Chin and Danni Rais. The club's Chairman lives in Monaco. The CEO spends much of his time overseeing Tan's car dealership in London, where Dalman is also a director. Jalil Rasheed became a director of CCFC in July 2021, but has already resigned without ever attending a game. Which leaves Steve Borley as the only director who is actually based in Wales.

What a set-up.

:hehe:

Aye, but we spent months coping during lockdown on Zoom.

[The Lone Gunman]

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Aye, but we spent months coping during lockdown on Zoom.

Yma o Hyd.

:thumbup:

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Yma o Hyd.

:thumbup:

:hehe:

[Des Parrot]

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Any bored Hollywood actors with cash to throw away. There’s at least 30 listed with $250m available.. Seems to be working up north.

[Alfresco]

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I'm aware of that, but I'm still interested in why he (or anyone) believes Tan has been a very good owner. Is it just the old 'it could be worse' argument, or is there more to it?

Tan got us to the Premier league twice and to Wembley 4 times, what other owner as done that. Tan will go down as the greatest.

[The Lone Gunman]

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Tan got us to the Premier league twice and to Wembley 4 times, what other owner as done that.

Wembley four times? Are you sure?

[Lawnmower]

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Here you go:

https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/17676632.cardiff-city-fc-training-centre-get-vale-glamorgan-planning-approval/

Planning permission in 2013. More planning permission in 2019. Not sure how that works, but I don't think anything has been built yet.

I’m not 100% but weren’t we sharing with the Blues down there and leasing it off Gerald Leekes ?

Like you I’m not sure it happened , but I also thought it had been upgraded in the last few years.

Also debts are higher, but pre Tan there were some pretty smelly debts in the books, ( as Ridsdake looked for even more desperate forms of financing) .. and the club was really heading forward big trouble..at least now the majority are to Tan and genuinely will leave with him… unlike others who lied about the same.

[The Lone Gunman]

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I’m not 100% but weren’t we sharing with the Blues down there and leasing it off Gerald Leekes ?

I don't know about Leekes, but CCFC are still leasing the training facilities at the Vale according to this:

https://www.commercialnewsmedia.com/archives/94926

There are all sorts of things down there now - an FAW pavilion, a WRU centre of excellence, ten different pitches, etc.