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Why can't BK sell ?
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As a lifelong Blue I am getting more and more depressed at the state of the club. Never mind the shambles on the pitch, I am a lot more concerned at what is goin on behind the scenes. Everton have been run like a big boys hobby since BK took over, I am grateful he bought the club in the first place because we'd have been in even deeper shit if he hadn't. But all this talk we've had for the last 2 years, and more recently reinforced that he wants to sell the Club is all well and fine, but if his selling techniques are anything like the rest of his football business acumen its no wonder nobodys interested.
The Bar Codes only have to mention they are on the market and within days there is talke of all sorts of buyers queuing up, Man City suddenly found a sugar daddy, Villa sold up to the Yanks, everyone except EFC can find a suitor and whats coming out of Goodison reagrding buyers, sod all! How can a club with thie history and fan base we have not find someone to be interested in buying?
I think its all down to the usual apathy at the club starting at the top. If they were actively looking for a buyer I'm sure there would be somebody (not the fantasy ones like the Fortress crap) out there willing to invest. This apathetic attitude seems now to be filtering down to the manager and team. DM looks like he can't be arsed, the players look like they can't be arsed and we are now starting to feel the same. How can a Club who finished 5th last year end up in such a soddin mess, look at the top boys, they are now trying to gag us with the new Shareholders rules but surely to god we can't let the club go any further down into the mire.
Kenwright, if you really do love this club like you so often profess, get off your luvvy arse and find someone who can at least give us hope again becasue after supporting this club for more than 40 years, I am losing it more every day.
Russ Quinlan, Posted 30/09/2008 at 07:57:17
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Going around saying you want to sell is quite different from actually securing professional services to sell it for you.
On another note, I can’t believe it but I’m glad Hibbo is back. His sliding crunch tackles are sorely missed at the moment!
I will simply beleive it when I see it.
Ashley is putting much more effort into selling Newcastle this is because he has been pushed out by the fans.
Kenwright will stay on his throne unless we do the same, otherwise he’s quite comfortable where he is.
Stop blaming Moyes and drive this bullshitter out of our club.
Nil Satis
Just hope it is not too significant.
I posted a few months ago saying City and Newcastle had appointed top brokers to sell their respective clubs.
What did Billy Bullshit do - made a statement at the EGM that he wanted to sell because he couldnt take the club where he wanted it to go and posted an article in The Liverpool Echo.
WTF which billionaire reads the Liverpool echo?
LIke some of you I cant believe Moyes is taking all the flak while "the illusionist" pulls another of his smoke and mirrors routine into place.
He needs to go quickly before Moyes and the team are beyond redemption.
His immediate concerns are the successful resolution of the contractual negotiations with David Moyes and a succesful outcome for the DK Inquiry.
In answer to the question posed above, he would expect-at the very least-to be named President Emeritus in the event of a future take-over of the club although he would make himself available as a consultant to the new board if requested.
Mindless platitudes and ceaseless bullshit?
If we need a clown we’ll phone up coco..
The man is now officially a pariah within this club...he is not wanted.
Richard we're right onto you, mucka!
FFS BK do the right thing and fuckin go LOOK for investment.
Like it and accept it and watch the club go forward
Pretty sure Big Bill is waiting until that fails or succeeds before he calls back Anil Ambani...as per Lian Latchford’s great post.
Also, you can be sure Mr AA is courting more than one premiership team dangling his £20b carrot in front of many and possibly playing one off the other to lower what he ends up paying for a team...in which case...Bill pull your pants (and price) down and take on for the team.. ;)
This continous long drawn , vitreolic debate about BK not wanting to sell , why can Newcastle ,Villa and City get investment ...blah blah blah .... - they all have modern grounds and need little monies wasted on them .. Everto’s tin shed is 40 years out of date and any investor will have to cough up £200m on ground - and hey no one wants to do that.
The way some talk you’d think Bill should have 6 billionaires on his shelf waiting to buy him out - just get real for once please.
Do us all a favor Bill, and do as you f**king said and SELL
That has to be the dumbest statement I’ve read on TW
If I was an potential investorafter the move (god forbid) to Kirby and looked at our new Cut Price Stadium, the Tesco Stadium, what incentive have I got to invest anything ?
If as you say; " no one will buy us until we get a new ground - and that will have to be Kirkby "
What happens if/when the plug is finally pulled on the Tescodrome?
Either way if someone buys us now or later, they are going to pay for the new ground in some way.
Therefore all this talk of an investor buying the club is nonsense.The fact is that a new owner cannot buy the club whilst the exclusivity agreement exists, unless of course , that new owner agrees to be bound by the terms of the agreement and commits himself to the Kirby project. No-one with a modicum of busines sense would agree to such a condition. Hence the club remains in Kenwright’s control and will do so until the club withdraws from the ageement. With the current state of the credit market it becomes increasingly likely that the club would have no prospect whatsoever of borrowing the £80m or more which will be their contribution to the build costs. So perhaps Kenwright will have no option but to terminate the agreement and the club could then be sold to a new owner.
I used to like Kenwright and have supported him in the past but if we miss out on the proposed takeover because of Bill's greed and his need to be in charge then there will be hell to pay from all Evertonians.
Between this and Kirkby, Bill Kenwright will be the death of Everton Football Club.
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EFC have refuted this saying that they did have a call from someone "claiming" to represent Ambani but requested that he put his request in writing.
Now I’m not sure if I’m missing something here but shouldn’t BK be the man contacting these people rather than the other way round ??
I can just see it now ..
AA - "Hello Mr Kenwright, it’s Anil Ambani here, the sixth richest man in the world. I am interesed in buying your football club and would like to discuss it further"
BK - "Put in writing and I’ll think about looking at it"...... hangs up
AA "Hello ?? Hello ??.... F*ck you then !"