Curtains Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 1 minute ago, Topram said: I have no idea, just remember when people said he was buying the stadium that he was only worth 100 million, this would half his woth The Clowes group are wealthy . Anyhow I hope it happens Goodnight folks Carnero, Topram, IslandExile and 3 others 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimtastic56 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 6 hours ago, BramcoteRam84 said: MA hasn’t bid. Admins won’t talk to him still. Have this on decent authority. But he’s the only one to actually show he has the cash ready. Does anyone think Mike A is like the EFL and just loves kicking Mel Morris? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twelveincher Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Come on you Rams. Deadline of next Thursday… when all the contracts expire I believe… r_wilcockson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 I REALLY dislike the line about club staff finding out officially in the morning. I can imagine everyone inside the club is sick to the back teeth of finding out via social media and/or SSN first. SaffyRam, Nishfan, Caerphilly Ram and 4 others 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 I thought the exclusivity thing had been ditched and it was 'best and final' bid? No wonder everyone thinks Q are absolute ....ers. jimtastic56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckoBeast Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Surely he’s not wealthy enough. I know it’s been said already. They have purchased the stadium though. Struggle to see them owning the club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerphilly Ram Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Just now, RoyMac5 said: I thought the exclusivity thing had been ditched and it was 'best and final' bid? No wonder everyone thinks Q are absolute ....ers. He’s already shown his commitment after “beating off” the other three interested parties Andrew3000, r_wilcockson, MackworthRamIsGod and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaltRam Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Sooo, I'm nearly 50, and just went whooping round the garden with my arms out and my shirt over my head like a fat Ravanelli. COYR. This is it brothers and sisters. Shipley Ram, nogbad van 50, w8sey and 10 others 5 1 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexxxxx Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 This makes me nervous. Its always felt that Mel has been controlling things behind the scenes. RoyMac5 and Carnero 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 My only concern is that he let it go this far, as a Derby fan, which worries me regarding his liquidity. No doubt he is successful and has sufficient assets, but if he was very cash rich then this would've been done a lot sooner. At this point, though, someone with their heart in the right place and to manage us back to a point of health is very welcome. It seems like an opportunity for Appleby and Clowes to work together on the football side which would be beneficial. JG400 and Miggins 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twelveincher Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 1 minute ago, BuckoBeast said: Surely he’s not wealthy enough. I know it’s been said already. They have purchased the stadium though. Struggle to see them owning the club Read his firm just paid £110mill for a technology park in Birmingham. I know his wealth is separate to his firms, but he’s involved with serious money nevertheless. GenBr, derbydaz22, Carnero and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 15 minutes ago, Curtains said: David Clowes is a big Rams fan. Seen him at loads of games home and away. Also had an estimated wealth of 252 million in 2018. Adding 50 million quid on from the previous year. Property developers like Kirkland seemed to have made money through the pandemic too. I'd like to think he's amassed North of 300 million by now. Obviously not all spare cash. I'd say he has the money to finance a League One promotion and then a lower to mid table Championship club. Which will do. FlyBritishMidland, Carnero and Rev 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 IslandExile, Caerphilly Ram, FlyBritishMidland and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Whilst this is obviously looking like more positive news than anything, there are some questions. There was an article in 2018 in the Leicester Mercury that I've found online which listed the richest businessmen in the East Midlands. Clowes is 19th with £252mil (for reference, MM was 11th at £500mil at this time). So he's clearly been a very wealthy man for a long time. He's apparently a lifelong Derby fan. We've been in administration for 9 months. Why has it taken this long for him reach this stage? Is it because Kirchner's false promises eclipsed any other realistic interest? Or is literally everybody involved determined to squeeze every last possible drop out of this deal? I sincerely hope the interest is genuine and successful, and by the sounds of it, we'll know either way in a very short period of time. If we can complete a takeover before the end of June when the contracts expire, then that'll be excellent news and still give us the possibility of giving this season a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerphilly Ram Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) Consistent stories from Dorsett, Percy and Nixon who have all ran varying lines throughout this process would suggest there’s a lot of substance to this. There’s been this talk of local businessmen not letting the club fold, could he have gathered some funds from his wealthy pals and said “I’ll front the bid if you all chip a bit in on top”? Edited June 23, 2022 by Caerphilly Ram Heisenberg beat me to it with the Percy tweet r_wilcockson, Carnero and FlyBritishMidland 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falconram Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Clowes family are very wealthy and you be surprised how much Derbyshire property they own, I’m surprised they are getting involved as they have rebuffed approaches before. I don’t think these would do a MM , built up wealth over the years and not going to waste it, would like to think someone else would be involved who has been in football and run things in a careful sustainable way, not a MM way. Carnero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: I thought the exclusivity thing had been ditched and it was 'best and final' bid? No wonder everyone thinks Q are absolute ....ers. He did WHAT to Mike Ashley??? GenBr, TF Ram, w8sey and 7 others 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramos Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) Can’t believe THIS …. Sent my dad the SSN tweet and he came back and said “yeah I was talking to someone yesterday at my golf club and they said it’s close”. The one time I could of been ITK and he didn’t even bother to tell me!!! Edited June 23, 2022 by Ramos angieram, Carnero, SaffyRam and 31 others 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) OADT happening too then. Which should be a breeze when we know the calibre of the people that have passed it... Edited June 23, 2022 by Animal is a Ram Rammy03 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topram Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Just now, Animal is a Ram said: OADT happening too then. Which should be a breeze when we know the calibre of the people that have passed it... Wonder if he’ll go in with someone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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