Do you remember names like Noble, Collison and Diamanti? Well, Green, Carlton Cole and Parker then?
It's easy these days to forget that West Ham is (foremost) a football club, isn't it?
Well, I can do with a point against Villa, the Q is, can we and the players concentrate enough if we do not have a new owner by then?
Well, now I guess who the winner will be in this "auction". And yes I can only guess as I have no inside information at all. But my guess is that it's going to be Tony Fernandes and I do also think that we have the brightest perspectives with him and the money he hopefully can reach.
So why Tony? As I write this he is on his way to London again. (Right now over Luxemburg as we can see on his twitter, it may tell us something ;-D). That means that he is not out of contest. And that he has the money asked (or close to). Either he has already managed to convince the Banks, or he will go there do convince them even further. As it seems he has a long-term prospect that these who wants their debts back like. And they do have a lot to say in this issue.
Gold & Sullivan seems by many sites be out, mainly as the Banks never has liked the way of shared ownership. It is a hazard for the Banks actually. After some drastic statements in the media (about West Ham, not their stated corruption) , they've been more quiet lately. The porn men has probably to do with Charlton, and I do not mind.
Intermarket group is still a possibility as we do not know much more than Jim Bowe their CEO just passed away. I doubt though, but more with my stomach than real facts. Just reading all the sites (where they say they canät fund the deal) we really should know more by know....
The dark and late horse Cellino won't make it. He may have the money, Italian papers may say that he already has signed, but that can't be true. And as he seems to be the deft type there is still too many questions about him. Is he the Italian Harry (corrupted), is he totally free from every suspect of match-fixing and other stuff within the Italian football system. Where he seems to be involved a lot. Close to the law/legal issues. It may even be so that further investigations are goin on. And if so, I doubt any would give him the handshake and to play with their money.... If not do we have time enough to check out if he is clear? ANd by the way ESPN means that UEFA won't give him right to have one club (Cagliari) in Italy and one in England. I guess you can arrange that, but maybe not in just a couple of days. I count him out right now.
I may be totally wrong here, and may see ghosts where there aren't any. But this will be my last thoughts on this mess. soon I hope to concentrate - with a beer in hand - on football. As most of us I guess!
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i hope your right because i think the italian bloke will ruin us, gold and sullivan wont be able to give us enough financially and if intermarket take controll it will be de'ja'vu and will we'll be back to square 1 al over again in a couple of year. tony will be good for us because hes a hammer him self so he'll run the club with his head and heart and he knows how west ham play football and with fernandes west ham will fly higher than one of his air asia plains.
I say AMEN to the previous anonymous post. Go Tony!
I very much doubt it will be Cellino too, but if it just comes down to if the current owner wants to wait a few days for him to fix stuff, and his bid is significantly better than the others, they will certainly wait.
And I agree with Prince H (and I've said it before) the only way to judge Intermarket is by their lightshyness. Nothing else is known for certain.
As for the pornos I think they have presented their final bid and can only wait and see if anyone improves on it. So they just sit tight and wait.
Beer and football - almost forgot it existed!
Isay god help us. None of the potential owners make me feel comfortable. Out of the fire and into the frying pan springs to mind! I say lets be safe and sell to the porn stars.
tony fernandez, seems the right man, his love of the club seems reel, and he has cash to prove he can buy the club, but who really wants to slam 60-100 million on any table, doing it in installments is always best, as the interest thats growing in the banks, will help us for the future when it comes to buying players,
my second choice would be gold and sully, they might run a tight ship, but we will never fall into the debt we already have with them at the helm,they are shrewd men, we could possibly become a yo-yo club, but atleast we would still be a club with a rich vein on history, i don't like the look of the intermarket group, to many cookers spoil the broth, and they have way to many cooks.... hammerdale22
Hmm everyone seems to like this Fernandez just cos he is a "hammer". I personally have my doubts about a person who broadcasts comments on multi-million pound business dealings via twitter!
Its all smoke and mirrors but any of them would ease the financial issues the club has to varying degrees.
If its not sorted soon I think a season ticket to my local non-league team is on the cards!
is the bet still on?
I'm hearing it's Sullivan. (Championship within two seasons here we come!)
Sky reports it's Sullivan. If so it's a sad day I guess. Will the dildo brothers invest in the team? I hope this is just another rumour.
Alright I was wrong. Sorry for that.... and sorry for Fernndes who were very close to a deal if correct. So no CBH is still owners to 49 per cent....
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