Reading deal with Wycombe off

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18-03-24, 13:42
JumpersforGoalposts

Reading deal with Wycombe off

Planning consent only permits Reading to use the training ground!
https://talksport.com/football/17939...round-on-hold/

More cashflow problems and points deductions incoming?
18-03-24, 14:48
Crisp White Lines

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The owner appears to be starving the club, and then offering a sh*t sandwich to keep them going.
19-03-24, 15:03
Pearcey3

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Very pleased about this. We would have lost our training ground and our Academy.
Hopeful that Sports.com are buying the club to include Bearwood.
19-03-24, 15:07
SLUDGE FACTORY

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It's appalling the way football fans are treated by some owners

Sam Hammam for example
19-03-24, 15:31
Pearcey3

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Yongge has been dreadful Sludge. Truly doesn't give a crap. He has owned three clubs. Two no longer exist and we are fighting to stay alive.
19-03-24, 15:32
Pedro de la Rosa

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Originally Posted by Pearcey3

Yongge has been dreadful Sludge. Truly doesn't give a crap. He has owned three clubs. Two no longer exist and we are fighting to stay alive.

At least the EFL are looking out for you :hehe:
19-03-24, 15:33
Pedro de la Rosa

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Originally Posted by Pearcey3

Yongge has been dreadful Sludge. Truly doesn't give a crap. He has owned three clubs. Two no longer exist and we are fighting to stay alive.

Seriously, what was in it for Yongge? He must have lost a shedload? Unless it is because he's lost a shedload and realises he won't get anything back?
19-03-24, 15:37
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Pearcey3

Yongge has been dreadful Sludge. Truly doesn't give a crap. He has owned three clubs. Two no longer exist and we are fighting to stay alive.

Fingers crossed mate
19-03-24, 15:46
JumpersforGoalposts

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Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa

Seriously, what was in it for Yongge? He must have lost a shedload? Unless it is because he's lost a shedload and realises he won't get anything back?

Overspent badly initially and then ran into his own financial difficulties. His businesses are primarily retail space (shopping malls and markets) which have taken a hammering in the Chinese market.
Interesting article here on an even bigger failure that saw the end of Guangzhou Evergrande https://www.theguardian.com/business...er-78bn-claims
20-03-24, 12:56
Pearcey3

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He's lost tens of millions. He relied entirely on football agent Kia Joorabchian to bring in players at exorbitant transfer fees. They were then placed on long term deals with big wages. There was no structure in place and no football men in place. We were paying huge amounts in agents fees to Kia too.
20-03-24, 13:54
JumpersforGoalposts

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Originally Posted by Pearcey3

He's lost tens of millions. He relied entirely on football agent Kia Joorabchian to bring in players at exorbitant transfer fees. They were then placed on long term deals with big wages. There was no structure in place and no football men in place. We were paying huge amounts in agents fees to Kia too.

It's a heady mix of largesse, poor decision making and misfortune (including I believe getting conned quite badly at his Belgian acquisition) that lends itself to that great question "How do you make a small fortune from a football club?".