Curtains Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 (edited) Said he was interested in buying Derby County but allegedly never came forward with a decent offer for the club . Thank goodness for Chris Kirchner Edited May 18, 2022 by Curtains Altered rammieib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Curtains Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 Just now, David said: So pleased you are back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Curtains said: So pleased you are back Is that sarcasm I detect? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistoldPete Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, Curtains said: Said he was interested in buying Derby County but allegedly never came forward with a decent offer for the club . Thank goodness for Chris Kirchner Er .. it ain’t over yet. Ashley could bid for the stadium . Then what ? Derby4Me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 Just now, David said: Is that sarcasm I detect? ? No mate just missed you posting. I value your contribution I assume you have been very busy ? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, PistoldPete said: Er .. it ain’t over yet. Ashley could bid for the stadium . Then what ? Any evidence he’s likely to do that as i thought he would have wanted full control of the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipleyRich Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 IMO MA was never a serious contender. The cost versus value and return just doesn't stack up and relegation to L1 just topped it off. Curtains 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 22 minutes ago, RipleyRich said: IMO MA was never a serious contender. The cost versus value and return just doesn't stack up and relegation to L1 just topped it off. So that wasn't him pre-Christmas about to be announced by Qunatuma as PB then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsy1884 Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 MA is a businessman first and foremost. If it did not make financial sense he would not have done it. Too much risk involved. I imagine MA was interested but saw the state of the club with MM still with his fingers all over it. MA is a master of brinkmanship we will only see him again if we are days from going to the wall and he can pick us up for nothing. KC has ideologies to own a football club and apparently a passion for sport. He also messes with volotile and risky crypto so clearly is more open to a risky investment. Derby4Me and Mostyn6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBB Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 I think if we had somehow managed to stay up this season Ashley would be our new owner. I think he saw the value in the club as a championship club, but not below that. He probably thought get in 4 or 5 loans and they could easily be playoffs the next year and somehow get to the premiership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBRammette Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 1 hour ago, PistoldPete said: Er .. it ain’t over yet. Ashley could bid for the stadium . Then what ? He could but if as has been said 2 parties are interested is he likely to be highest bidder? Also for CK to exchange contracts assume (but no idea) he knows who is progressing stadium purchase and happy with that and lease terms agreed in principle? I also would hope that Mel would not sell to him when he is almost free of all this which must be stressful (i am not sympathising just stating) if there is an equivalent offer that seems to take us forward more positively? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaspode Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Ashley clearly has a maximum price in mind that he is willing to pay - it seems CK is willing to pay more. CK seems happy to take a punt by paying more than the club seems to be worth. I thank him for that, but I'm not sure I understand why he's doing it..... Derby4Me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Gaspode said: Ashley clearly has a maximum price in mind that he is willing to pay - it seems CK is willing to pay more. CK seems happy to take a punt by paying more than the club seems to be worth. I thank him for that, but I'm not sure I understand why he's doing it..... Blimey the Twitter people think he’s not paying enough. RadioactiveWaste and Gaspode 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 His interest in us was the "distressed creditors" juices flowing in him. I don't think he's remotely bothered about not buying us unless it was at the last gasp and who cares about the consequences. Against a background of fans, community, team, coaching, local media and club staff doing everything to save the club, Ashley cynically waiting for all that to fail makes me sick. For a history analogy, as the Red Army advanced through Poland in 1944, the population of Warsaw rose up against the Nazis, believing liberation was imminent. Stalin ordered his army to stop and wait whilst the rising in Warsaw was put down. Then moved his troops in. One of the second world war's most cynical acts. I know it's business. I know it's not personal. But I'd have really struggled to get behind him. Hopefully cK can complete the deal and we can move on. DarkFruitsRam7, Rammy03, Indyram and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 1 hour ago, RoyMac5 said: So that wasn't him pre-Christmas about to be announced by Qunatuma as PB then. Was he though? Or was it just rumour? Genuine question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 (edited) https://www.knightfrank.com/research/article/2019-08-09-sports-direct-and-mike-ashley-secondguessing-an-enigma "Infuriatingly for the City, Mr Ashley will always keep his cards close to his chest. Second-guessing his actual motives and long-term plans has become something of a national pastime, but largely a fool’s errand. There’s a tendency to read too much into what might well be an off-the-cuff comment. Does he really regret buying House of Fraser and think the business is in terminal decline? Again, I sincerely doubt it, but there’s no harm in keeping landlords, suppliers, the press and the City on their toes." Edited May 18, 2022 by Curtains Added section of article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RipleyRich Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 1 hour ago, RoyMac5 said: So that wasn't him pre-Christmas about to be announced by Qunatuma as PB then. Pre L1 you mean? When he could have got out of embargo, signed players and maintained Championship football? Maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 13 minutes ago, IslandExile said: Was he though? Or was it just rumour? Genuine question. Well Q went to the EFL with their 'cross-class cram' for the PB and got thrown out. Percy reckons it was MA with a bid for the Club and stadium, plus funds for Rooney. It was pre-transfer window and we were looking capable of staying in the Championship. Who else was credible? IslandExile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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