Reply With QuoteGroan. 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.Originally Posted by RichardM
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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.
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.
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?
Jesus you're not so much glass half empty as tip out the contents and take shit in it
He’d bring in people who do though, like Tan should have done ages ago
That's my point. It's the people with the money who will make the decisions and we don't know who they are.
Florentino Pérez?
Who cares. The current custodian is hardly renowned for his clever decisions. Quite the opposite.
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.
Clever maybe not, but well intentioned which is rare
Don't worry! Whoever it is will be better than Tan. Let's hope it's happening
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.
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
LOL
Can self harming ever be described as having. good intentions?
Jesus wept.
Stockholm syndrome is strong on this one.
Bale would know about football than a man with a McDonalds franchise.
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
No he's not, he's on a massive ego trip!
. Tan’s been here nearly fifteen years, the whole club needs the fresh impetus a change of ownership would bring.
Nearly 15 years and he’s still as clueless as the day he got involved, “Be careful what you wish for” be ****ed.
30/40 million at best in league 1
Timing of the leak to a man with 3.5m followers is very curious. Also the Plymouth leak last week that was most likely a move to try and force some movement, followed by this.
It worries me that the need for this leak means they are getting nowhere in their efforts.
Or we are actually the pawn in moving Plymouth along
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