Is it possible that the Allams did a credit check on the buyers, and felt the risk was greater than initially presented? I'm not defending them, but there seems to be an eagerness to believe the worst, which has proven faulty in the past.
Wolves, Milan, Villa, and others have all changed ownership during the transfer window. Don't be daft. As soon as an agreement is reached the new team can come in and start approving transfers.
Fair point, but we aren't the only ones trying to sort a takeover but I think we're the only ones to put it on hold. Perhaps if the owners had appointed a CEO they could have them focus on transfers and let them focus on the takeover?
Wolves hasn't been sold. Villa was sold in June. Milan still pending If the Allams had genuinely wanted to sell they had a 5 week period to conclude a deal when transfers wouldn't have been an issue.
However, the two parties hadn't reach and agreement in June as there was (apparently) difference in their valuations of the club. If the stumbling block is price then what we, the Allams or the consortia know is their a zone of possible agreement? i.e. do their valuations actually over lap? If the Allams think the club is now worth 120-150K and the consortia thinks its worth 105-125K then it's all negotiating and they'll meet somewhere. However if the consortia think its worth 90-110K and can't go higher then there's no ZOCA. I read an article that said the reason so few PREMIER LEAGUE teams have changed ownership recently is that the owners now believe the new TV deal makes them much more valuable but potential buyers are being advised that the TV money will just go straight to players and agents and the clubs will be no better off at all in terms of profitability.
They've got Seyi Olofinjana training with them. They're in a mess, the potential new owner has made it clear he'll get rid of the manager, so they're nervous about going for any of his targets.
We should be facing a problem, as we're led to believe Bruce can't work with Ehab, and one fact we do know is that they're both liable to be involved in this transfer window.
I was under the impression there were 2 agreed prices - one for us being a Championship club and another for being a PL club. Come 5pm May 28th then the latter kicked in. Then we had all that bullshit about the owners re-thinking their selling options. Nothing happens for 5 weeks, a key player is injured (and now 2) which means we need to spend asap but this then complicates the deal. That's my understanding.
Plenty happened over those weeks, Ehab was busy playing the Chinese off against the Americans and generally pissing everyone off. A deal only looked likely when Assem stepped in and took over (I suspect around the time he realised the Americans were the only game in town), but then he started jerking them around as well.
In the meantime, you won't be winning much money if you bet on City going down.. http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/premier-league/relegation
Mine too but as you say the previously agreed price no longer seems to be on the table. As OLM just said they seemed to have tried a bidding war but it didn't happen for what ever reason.
