Looks as if the Chinese are taking over the midlands, West Brom, Wolves and Birmingham all owner by Chinese. So West Brom & Wolves can manage to sell the club during the transfer window, another load of bull from the Allams.
I don't think maany do, but when will the Allams realise that making statements that are clearly an excuse and untrue eventually come back to haunt you. But there again they don't seem to care.
And they know what to say to make the fans relaxed about it, BREAKING NEWS West Brom have announced that chairman Jeremy Peace has agreed to sell the club to a Chinese investment group. The group is headed by Guochuan Lai, who is the controlling shareholder in Yunyi Guokai (Shanghai) Sports Development Limited. Lai has told the club website: "I am excited and privileged to have the chance to become the new owner of this great club. My immediate priorities will be to maintain the club’s stable structure, respecting its well-run nature and its heritage. I have no intention of changing the club’s ethos." Unlike our two ****ers.
Be great if this ended up like the miner's strike picket lines outside,no fans inside the ground for games,people with plaques encouraging others to not go in,sky would have a field day and if it carried on that would force the ****s out.
I think the Allams misinterpreted this budding consortium when they said "Don't fret, we'll be back in September with a good offer, so in the meantime you can shed your prayers & relax".
Ask yourself a question Syd...... (without been patronizing) Can it be any worse than the minute....... apart from the dictatorship......name change...... passes......... etc...... in 8 days we take on the league champions in arguably the biggest league in world football in the first match of the season with no manager because the last one couldn't bear it anymore (who probably single handedly held the club together last season) Not enough players and a lot less fans than we should have and a lot of the remaining ones been ready to revolt on national tv!!!
Yeah I can't recall one ever making it big in the charts? Gangnam style was good but he was Korean I think?
It's a valid point, with 1 in 6 of the world's population you'd think they'd produce some good bands.
Well if this is true it is a bit ironic that it is reported to be the Dia family, I guess we can then Dia when we want too
Dai Zhikang from a BBC article... Shanghai-based entrepreneur Dai Zhikang has global ambitions. The 47-year-old property developer, with a personal net worth of $1.2bn, says it is time for China to tread a global stage. Dai is one of the most sophisticated business operators in China. His spiritual approach makes him unusual amongst China's property developers, and motivates the way he blends architecture, interior design and psychology. With upmarket hotels and art galleries amongst its holdings, his Shanghai Zendai company is associated in the public mind with fashionable, mixed-use developments combining retail, office and residential zones. Repaying debts I interviewed Dai twice: the first time was at his $5m villa on the outskirts of Shanghai. As he talked, he showed us around his home and talked about his art collection. We spoke again inside his latest business venture, the 23,000 sq-m Himalaya Centre. Dai's parents were farmers, and his early years were spent looking after their pigs and cows in Jiangsu province, the fourth of six children. But Dai's family were ambitious for him and maintained his schooling. He won a place at Renmin University where he studied finance. The extended family paid his way, although it was hardly a princely sum. His living expenses were just $2.50 a month. After graduation, Dai could have chosen the comfortable life of government service. That was the choice made by most of his university classmates, he says. But, he tells us, he had to repay his family loans, and this was the dawn of the "opening-up period", as the Chinese call the moment when they began the transition from communism to capitalism. Finance to property Dai went into banking, where he learnt the elements of finance that were to serve him well in expanding his property empire. It was arriving in Shanghai to start his first job that led him to enter the property business, he says. He could see there was a gap in the market for real estate that was more than just functional, as most Chinese development was. He had no regrets about leaving the world of banking behind him. "As soon as everyone starts wanting to become a banker," he told a newspaper years later, "it is a good time to leave. The truth often lies with the minority." But his time in finance certainly taught him about financial probity. When his first business went bust, Dai promised to repay every creditor and fulfilled his pledge. China awakening Dai is a collector of modern Chinese art and has a established a museum in his new Himalaya Center to house the collection. He also collects rare ancient scrolls and sculptures. As he shows us one of his rarest scrolls during filming, he tells us about the way China is awakening to the outside world. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of Mr Dai's story is the jeopardy of his own business. He recently doubled the asset base with a 10bn-yuan purchase of a property in Shanghai's fashionable Bund district. As the government tightens credit in the economy, hiking interest rates to tackle rising inflation, highly-leveraged businesses may suffer. But Dai is comfortable with the risk, because of the strength of the market, but also because it's a decision he says he made from his heart.
David Burns @bbcburnsy 2m2 minutes ago David Burns Retweeted David Burns Maybe this is what Assem meant when he said "they can Dai if they want too" #hcafc
"The truth often lies with the minority" I like this guy already... let's hope he's in this consortium and it's not bollocks.
