Rayvin

So... it's done then?

Chronicle says it's listed as 'pending'...

FFS I'll check that out then.

Great post by someone on Reddit about the guy's background: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/btsm4j/who_is_sheikh_khalid_bin_zayed_al_nahyan_a_deep/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

It's actually quite possible that Charnley is as totally useless as we think he is you know. He has been promoted far beyond his competence. If Ashley has tasked Bishop with the details and Charnley is just aware that there are multiple talks going on, he could have just offered up the accounts for perusal without being aware that a firm bid had come in.

Kenyon's issue was a lack of proof of funds wasn't it? I guess he could use the same thing here. I mean, I do feel that at some point, Ashley will take the money and run. And the £150m hit he took on Debenhams is something that he really will have felt. Surely he can't enjoy this constant negative shite any more than we do. There has to be an endgame for him, this is the highest the club's stock will ever be under him, it's not going to get better than Rafa and a lower midtable PL finish with what he's prepared to put in.

Have to say though, if the buyer has confirmed a £350m bid, I'm struggling to think what Ashley can possibly say. That's his asking price down to the penny. He's getting everything he wanted here.

Anyone get the feeling that if we do finally get rid of Ashley here, Trooper is still not going to be happy about anything

Getting the feeling Corbyn has jumped in two footed in his initial response and then been straightened out by Labour high command: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/27/jeremy-corbyn-signals-more-support-for-second-referendum-after-voter-exodus "Any Brexit deal must be put to a second vote" No longer just in the case of the Tory deal. So maybe we've got what we wanted after all. Although it's not just about his support for it, he needs to start fucking calling for it, loudly, and pushing the Tories as hard as possible.

Yeah no, the guy definitely wants to buy us. Whether Ashley wants to sell us is the issue IMO.

It's not beyond possibility that the Sheihk's interest is genuine and that Ashley has opportunistically seized on it with no intention of seeing it through, but honestly this one seems to have more fanfare than any of the previous ones and the whole media lit up with it.

Ashley fucked off the MSM before it was cool anyway, they know fuck all. Whether it goes through or not, no one in the standard media circles will know until about 1 hour before we do at best.

On this as well - I would love to see one of them come on here and start trying to give us a hard time about. They'd be crucified. Who cares if it falls through and we don't get it, for a day or so it's been brilliant to actually feel excited about the club, and I'm not letting judgment from those dismal cunts make me hesitant about anticipating it keenly. Even if they got half a day of enjoyment out of it, the crushing reality of the gulf between the clubs as it is now would come streaming back to them sharpish anyway. I see they're keeping Ross for another season. The good times just keep rolling on... Also, I'm on the sauce

I know man, but I just don't think that any reasonable businessman would pay £25m just to talk to the board of a club that doesn't actually want to sell.

Would you? £25m just to talk about buying the club? Especially one that has made clear it doesn't want to be sold.

I mean, presumably he intended to spend money at Liverpool as well. If he was going to drop £2bn just to BUY them, that's a pretty fucking good indication to me that we're in for a decent time of it, even if he was going to borrow a full 50% of that.

So you're saying he only has £1.25bn to spend on a football club himself? And we cost £350m. Leaving him...? £900m to spend from what he was prepared to throw at Liverpool.

Why would be start a process to buy a £2bn football club if he didn't have the money? I mean, maybe he is a total waste of space but I find it hard to believe.

If he was going to buy Liverpool for £2bn, then one assumes he has enough money to throw at football to make him worth our time.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/27/brexit-backing-remain-labour-referendum-general-election Gloria de Piero (Labour MP, Leaver) making the case that Labour can only win if it sticks to Brexit. The level of denial you would need to possess to still believe this is staggering.

I hope Ashley's been doing some cultural sensitivity training tbh, not sure how these fellas will take to his usual 'approach'.

I see they have Tranmere to look forward to from the newly promoted sides also. MK Dons, Lincoln city and Bury as well. They're now on par with Wimbledon's zombie.

September. When it's literally too late to do anything about it.

Very true. The Remain voters have been totally let down by the Remain parties. We've basically carried them kicking and screaming the whole way.