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Saints in takeover talks with Chinese group

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by - Doing The Lambert Walk, Nov 2, 2016.

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  1. - Doing The Lambert Walk

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    DTLW
     
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  3. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    Heard this before...hope it doesn't happen.
     
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    Hopefully this is all conjecture. Who are "people familiar with the situation."?
     
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  5. - Doing The Lambert Walk

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    I'm not sure but Tariq Panja is a good journalist and doesn't tend to write this stuff willy nilly. Likewise, Martyn Ziegler wouldn't be pushing it either.

    Not sure we've ever had a period of exclusivity reported as fact in previous takeover tales - so that's interesting.
     
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  6. Beef

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    Also the Saints spokesman saying he hasn't heard anything rather then just a plain no is pretty telling.
     
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  7. Beef

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    Why?
     
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  8. latviandream

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    £200m seems very low to me given you could just sell all the parts individually for far far greater, and then there's TV earnings on top.
     
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    Interesting to see how this plays out, not sure whether to be excited or apprehensive.
     
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  10. I Sorry I Ruined The Party

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    On the plus side, we would probably have a crap ton more money. On the minus side, that money will probably be spent on overpriced, over-the-hill players with big name recognition.
     
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  11. Beef

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    You can't sell parts of a football club individually though.

    Both?
     
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  12. latviandream

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    You could sell all the players for more than that, and that's before the ground/training ground and land are taken into consideration. I'm not suggesting we would be asset stripped, just that if someone wished to they could sell all the parts for way way more than a £200m investment.
     
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  13. Archers Road

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    Just a guess really, but maybe because we are a well run club and a lot of people are happy with the current situation?

    And it's probably easier to trust Swiss rather than Chinese investors to at least be able to point to Southampton on a map.
     
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    (just waiting for part 2)
     
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    Kat was never going to stay forever. Long as she puts us in good hands I say thank you and let her move on.
     
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    This is not good.
     
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    A takeover could be great for the club. It could take us to the next level.
     
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    Why not?
     
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  20. Archers Road

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    Well at least red is a lucky colour in China, so there'll be no Cardiff style colour change.
     
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