Det skal sies at tidene har forandret seg fra den gang hvor tippingen måtte leveres inn onsdag, og premieprognosene kom mandag.
Men det vi har opplevd den siste uken er det mest elleville jeg har vært borti. Et forum skal selvsagt spekulere, og hente inn så mye info som mulig. Men her virker det som enhver melding på twitter, kommentar på teamtalk, kommentar fra Phil Hay, ja uansett hva noen har hørt så fremstår det som en sannhet.
Er det ikke på tide at vi blir litt kritiske, at vi ikke tar alt som kommer som god fisk. Phil Hay, for eksemepl, kan være så kredible han bare vil. Men til syvende og sist er han journalist, og vil selge aviser.
Jeg har prøvd å gå gjennom det som er kommet offisielt ut den siste uka. Og det er ikke mye jeg har funnet (sikkert glemt noe også).
En intetsigende statement fra GFH, salg til italieneren fra GFH, en surken Flowers, Haigh som jobber videre, og Haigh som har mistet pengestøtten er det jeg har sakset inn under.
Jeg finner ikke mer. Og du verden hvor mye mer som er skrevet her og der. Var det mange eksempelvis som så Festa på benken lørdag?
Flowers til YEP:Flowers said: “We are convinced this will not be in the interests of the club, the manager, the players or the fans.
“We must ask the question whether the prospective preferred bidder understands anything about the culture of Leeds United, its fans, its heritage or British football.â€
On Sport Capital’s proposal, Flowers said: “We were fully justified in revising our bid because a number of things have come to light which were not as originally described.
“However, as lifelong fans we believe our offer and plans were in the best interests of the club and its loyal supporters. This boils down to much more than money but GFH have chosen to ignore that.
“We believe the owners have breached their covenant with us but much more importantly they have breached their covenant with the fans.â€
David Haigh på Twitter 26 . januar:David Haigh â€@haighdavid 1h
In response to the many questions, I'd just like to reassure everyone we are working hard towards completion. 1/3
I've spent the weekend with Salah and we remain as committed as ever to finalising this. 2/3
Thanks everyone for your support and as soon as we have something to update you on, we will do so. You are the club. We never forget this.
David Haigh 30. januar: Statement from David Haigh on collapse of Sports Capital takeover, as published by the BBC’s Adam Pope.
I have spent more than a year working for what I passionately believe are the best interests of Leeds United. I have also been grateful for the full and continuing support of GFH Capital and my fellow board members at Leeds.
My primary aim has always been to source the additional strategic investment necessary to take the club forward.
Last year what I believed was the right opportunity presented itself in the shape of a chance for me to lead a consortium of investors under the name of Sport Capital, to acquire a major stakeholding in the club.
As fans know, we signed a share acquisition agreement with GFH Capital at the end of last year. This meant, I believed, that we were in a position to move things forward and complete the transaction in time for the January window.
Throughout every stage of the process we sought to keep fans as fully updated as possible on the progress of the negotiations. I personally assure every supporter that every public statement made regarding the acquisition was made in the utmost good faith. Unfortunately, however, some of the consortium’s backers ultimately didn’t feel able to deliver the financial backing we had hoped was agreed to take the club forward.
Despite this, the future of this club remains the most important thing to me personally and I remain totally committed to putting the right team and backing in place to ensure that Leeds United can move forward.
It is an indication of that commitment that in recent months the Sports Capital consortium and I personally .
have injected substantial sums into the club to ensure its viability.
At the same time neither my life nor my job has been made easier by the personal intrusions and abuse directed towards me on social media or by some of the smear campaigns against me personally.
Equally, some of the speculation & stories published in the media have made things difficult for everyone including the staff, players and supporters.
I have met many, many potential investors over the past year and, sadly, while many are keen to talk the talk they have been unable or unwilling to deliver in financial terms. Nevertheless these talks continue with a number of parties to seek the best possible outcome for Leeds United.
GFH til hjemmeisden
statement from GFH Capital, owners of Leeds United. Following recent media speculation, GFH Capital can confirm that we are in continual discussions regarding the introduction of new investment into Leeds United Football Club. Since acquiring ownership of the club in December 2012, we have supported the club financially, supported the manager, and worked hard to forge closer links with both the fans and the local community. We have never made any secret about the fact that our aim has always been to attract investment partners, and we are currently speaking to a number of parties regarding the acquisition of shares. We would ask fans to ignore the media speculation surrounding investment, and be assured that we remain as committed as ever to the club and ensuring any new investment is in the best interests of Leeds United, for now and the future. We'd like to thank our fans for their wonderful support and for their patience, and we will endeavour to keep you updated. - See more at:
http://www.leedsunited.com/news/article/ul75jtwpgqdv1k06bdmvm8lp7/title/statement-from-the-owners#sthash.XvNnxrPC.dpufGFH til hjemmesiden 30. januar:Following recent media reports and speculation, GFH Capital would like to confirm that it has agreed to sell a 75 per cent stake in the club to Eleonora Sport Ltd, a company owned by the Cellino family who have many years experience in football and who plan to invest substantially in the club including the re acquisition of Elland Road. Eleonora will be working on completing the required Football League approval.
The Cellino Family is a well known Italian sports family, who have owned Serie A side Cagliari since 1992. They come to English football with an ambition to support Leeds United financially to take it to the Premier League and a belief that the club can sustain top-flight status.
Since the agreement, Leeds United is in discussion with Elenora Sport Ltd. on a number of issues concerning the Club matters including the structure of the management of the first team. Following recent press speculation we confirm that David Haigh remains the MD of Leeds United.
- See more at:
http://www.leedsunited.com/news/article/y18k159fs2j61hfjr99foifin/title/a-statement-from-gfh-capital#sthash.yVX9fX7t.dpuf