You can take this with a pinch of salt or will it be correct? The Daily Fail reckon Fernandes is flying in to complete a majority takeover in the next 24 hours, it's the last paragraph in the Bothroyd article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2024596/Jay-Bothroyd-moment-changed-life.html I'm not holding my breath...
It says "The Malaysian held talks with the clubâs key shareholder Bernie Ecclestone and his business partner Flavio Briatore over acquiring a majority stake in the club last month." From all several other reports at the time, he is buying in a 20% stake - or basically as many shares as Bernie will let him have without the current owner being forced to reliquish overall control of the club. bernie will not want to be the largest shareholder but not in full control
It's difficult to believe anything that's written about the takeover at present, Fernandes' record of bullshit over the West Ham takeover doesn't inspire confidence
I still think its going to happen. Well I think something is going to happen, by the end of this week / weekend.
Cardiff fan, I cannot comment on how this investor will behave but we have been delighted with our Malaysian backing.
So I read the article in full just now and could find nothing about the takeover. Perhaps they removed it. In which case even the tabloids have given up on our situation changing any time soon.
Well, just goes to show you even the bullshitters don't believe themselves any more, or is it just a QPR thing?