Gritstone Ram Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 I haven’t been told anything but have heard a rumour that it could be Ashley from several sources on here. IslandExile and RAM1966 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, Curtains said: Maybe no bidder reached Administrators criteria and Ashley is playing a waiting game . But it will be Ashley If they don't meet the Administrators' criteria then they'll probably also fail the EFL's conditions. In which case, we'll be thrown out of the league and Ashley will have no interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B4ev6is Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Well no names appentley so could be anybody. Be good for admin to say something. IslandExile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 So, if it is to be Ashley, what are his plans? Spend as little as possible and just "own a football club for the sake of it" (the thing that Newcastle fans raged about) or is it "get it into the Prem, and then spend as little as possible keeping it there for the sake of having Sports Direct adverts everywhere" Either way, and if it's someone else then fine, all that really matters is someone does buy us out of administration, deals with the clubs debts and the EFL and we can all think about the next season and season after that. Gritstone Tup 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 hour ago, IslandExile said: So you've not been following it closely but then you are close enough to it that someone has confided in you that Ashley will be taking over. Mmmm, ok, good enough. Mate do you not remember SDSR? Absolute ITK legend. If he says Ashley’s taking over, then Ashley’s taking over. Get your Sports direct mugs lads Derby4Me, Simon Bradley and IslandExile 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Just now, Millenniumram said: Mate do you not remember SDSR? Absolute ITK legend. If he says Ashley’s taking over, then Ashley’s taking over. Get your Sports direct mugs lads I've already apologised. But my memory would fail any test. When you get to a certain age, you... you ... well...I... What were we talking about? Millenniumram, Jimbo Ram, archram and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 7 minutes ago, Gritstone Ram said: I haven’t been told anything but have heard a rumour that it could be Ashley from several sources on here. When did you hear it though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, Millenniumram said: Mate do you not remember SDSR? Absolute ITK legend. If he says Ashley’s taking over, then Ashley’s taking over. Get your Sports direct mugs lads Who's SDSR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFC1388 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistoldPete Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, DCFC1388 said: Why does who owns the clubs have anything to do with whether we can bring players in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistoldPete Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Carl Sagan said: Rooney on Radio Derby seemed to be expecting something to happen tonight. Lucky boy. Kinder, Rammy03, Boycie and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 hour ago, SuperDerbySuperRams said: Have been told tonight that the administrators are 95% confident Mike Ashley will takeover at Derby. I know this has gone on forever so that statement doesn’t mean much. Apologies if this is already known, I haven’t been following the saga too closely recently. Just when I was wavering, the legend that is SDSR emerges from the forum wilderness to deliver the good news. Good enough for me. Thanks SDSR. Derby4Me, Simon Bradley, SuperDerbySuperRams and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFC1388 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 My understanding is that the admins have negotiated to a certain degree with creditors such as HMRC. So they will have a minimum amount required to satisfy them. Also a £5m non refundable deposit is required. All of this has been known for a while so if there are any interested parties still I cant see the desposit or minimum amount being an issue. Once a PB is named & £5m is in the bank to fund the rest of the season, if the EFL say so we could maybe bring in free agents. I am assuming that will be based on any 'spare' money remaining from the £5m. However I would think the free agents will only be able to sign until summer & no contracts of current players will be able to be extended until a new owner is actually in place. As the EFL wont allow us to extend contracts when they dont know who will be paying them, rightly so too, as some have mentioned before Wigan had a few PB fall through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 It's always seemed fair enough to me that we can't bring any players in whilst we're in administration. What good a couple of overweight freebies would do for the last 13 games is neither here nor there really. Rammy03 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Just now, PistoldPete said: Why does who owns the clubs have anything to do with whether we can bring players in? It's proof of funding far more than the takeover being finalised - being insolvant does make it hard to convince people you can pay for things. It's kind of splitting hairs but if there was an ample wedge of cash then the situation might be easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mackay Ate My Hamster Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 8 minutes ago, Grumpy Git said: Who's SDSR? Wash your mouth out.... ? Grumpy Git, Derby4Me and GenBr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFC1388 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, PistoldPete said: Why does who owns the clubs have anything to do with whether we can bring players in? Because they will be the ones who have to pay the new players?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram1988 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 How much could we raise if created a last minute bid from the DCFC fans consortium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistoldPete Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 1 minute ago, RadioactiveWaste said: It's proof of funding far more than the takeover being finalised - being insolvant does make it hard to convince people you can pay for things. It's kind of splitting hairs but if there was an ample wedge of cash then the situation might be easier. If we had the deposit money that is proof that we can complete the season and pay wages which is all EFL need to know. RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 20 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said: When did you hear it though? Only recently earlier tonight a few people suggested it would be him I think they found out last week though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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