06/10/2008

Inevitable rumour - Anil+WH = BIG Club?



I should hold myself too good to be spreading a rumour like this but I obviously am not…

According to Sunday Mirror (!) the sixth richest man in the world - Indian Anil Ambani - is believed to be desperate to buy a Premier League club, and has been linked with Everton and Newcastle United.
Now he is said to have turned his attentions to West Ham United.

Anil, nicknamed BIG due to his brand names have the word “BIG” in them (BIG TV, BIG FM…) is reported to be upset by the asking price for Newcastle.

Is there any substance in this rumour?

Well, not many will be “ITK” enough, but that won’t hold them (us?) back, will it?
To me it sounds like a journalist putting 2 and 2 together.
There is someone out there that wants a football club and there is a Club with an owner with a (possible) interest in selling at the right price = a story!
It could also as well be “leaked” to a hungry journalist in an attempt to unsettle the owners of Newcastle and/or Everton.

However, I do think Björgólfur Guðmundsson (BG to us) is willing, if not forced, to sell the Club. When and to who remains as uncertain as before the Sunday Mirror article.
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