Rykte: Freddy Sheperd take-over bid?

[Per-Stian]

Det går kalde gys nedover ryggen min når eg les innlegget til veteranen[xx(]

[veteranen]

quote:Originally posted by Per-Stian

Det går kalde gys nedover ryggen min når eg les innlegget til veteranen[xx(]

Da får du "trøste" deg med at jeg kunne ha skrevet langt verre ting om mannen! []

Svend Anders har jo vært inne på uttalelser han kom med da han ble lurt av News of The World.

Han er også kjent for å være blottet for solidariske tanker og standpunkter. Det er jo ikke så lenge siden han uttalte at ga blaffen i at mange klubber i de lavere divisjoner slet med å holde hodet over vannet. Disse uttalelsene kom han med da det ble diskutert hva som kunne gjøres for å ta vare på bredden i engelsk fotball i en tid der de rike blir rikere og de fattige blir stadig fattigere.

Hvor har han så sin styrke? Sannsynligvis på det kommersielle området. Det var jo mange som trodde at Newcastle skulle bli det nye Leeds, pga at de brukte mye penger på å hente høylønnede spillere, uten å oppnå den forventede sportslige suksess. Men den frykten var tydeligvis ubegrunnet...

Så Shepherd har helt sikkert greie på fotball-økonomi. Men samtidig trenger en ikke ha noen doktorgrad i økonomi for å forstå at Newcastle antagelig har gått glipp av enorme beløp pga Shepherd`s feilavgjørelser i managerspørsmål. For en klubb av Newcastle`s størrelse kan jo rett eller feil manageransettelse bety en forskjell på mange titalls mill pund iløpet av få år.

Freddie Shepherd er altså langt fra min ønskekandidat som ny Leeds-eier. Men vi får bare vente og se hva som skjer...

[lojosang]

http://www.leedsunited.com/page/NewsroomDetail/0,,10273~1109055,00.html

"This is inspired speculation because Freddy and I had lunch last week in Newcastle," the chairman told Yorkshire Radio

Trenge vel for fakerten  ikkje ha nåken signatur heller eg, vel! []

[Jon R]

Originally posted by Torgeir



http://www.newcastleutd-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=352506

[}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)] ja hva skal mann si.

og så kom denne...

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/leeds-united-news/Leeds-United-not-for-sale.3187643.jp [][][][] eller[][][][]

mer

http://www.leedsunited.com/page/NewsroomDetail/0,,10273~1109055,00.html

"I`m hard but fair-like Leeds United"

"We will be back"

Torgeir

[Torgeir]

Greit det Jon....går litt fort i svinga....

"I`m hard but fair-like Leeds United"

"We will be back"

Torgeir

[fmtj]

quote:Originally posted by lojosang

http://www.leedsunited.com/page/NewsroomDetail/0,,10273~1109055,00.html

"This is inspired speculation because Freddy and I had lunch last week in Newcastle," the chairman told Yorkshire Radio

Trenge vel for fakerten  ikkje ha nåken signatur heller eg, vel! []

SOM OM NOEN ETER LUNSJ MED HAM UTEN AT DET HANDLER OM BUTIKK!!!

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It's early discussions. Leeds are not for sale, I'm here for the long haul."

Bates rapporteres å ha sagt dette etter at ryktene oppstod! Kan det være trykkfeil, at han egentlig sier at jeg er her for ei langhælj[)]!

[kjelvi]

Bates courts Shepherd as partner not purchaser

Ken Bates yesterday denied that he was poised to sell Leeds United to Freddy Shepherd but he did not rule out the possibility that the former Newcastle United chairman might yet join the board at Elland Road.
Responding to speculation that Shepherd, ousted at Newcastle by Mike Ashley's buy-out this summer, was about to launch a takeover bid, Bates explained: "Freddy and I had lunch last week in Newcastle. But he's not about to swoop in a 'sensational deal' for Leeds and I'm not about to sell it either.
"Freddy is a good friend of mine and has been for years," added the Leeds chairman. "Suzannah [Bates's wife] and I went up to see him and we finished up having lunch. Inevitably, the subject of football came out and he's still a bit sore about what happened at Newcastle. He would like to get back in [to football] and I would like an investor, so the two fit in.
"It's early discussions, though, that's all, and Leeds United is not for sale. We've agreed to keep in touch, that's it. Talks are not now at an advanced stage. Freddy is a wise old man - although he's younger than me - and he would be an ideal partner but I'm here for the long haul."
Although Shepherd, who sold his 28% stake in Newcastle for about £37m, has the funds to purchase Leeds it is understood his potential interest is currently restricted to possibly making a smaller investment allied to boardroom involvement.
Moreover it would not make any sense for Bates to sell Leeds before next summer at the earliest because, under a clause in the deal which removed the League One club from administration last month, a high percentage of any funds received through a takeover would be paid to the club's unsecured creditors. However, that agreement is understood to expire next August and thereafter any profits from a sale would be payable to Bates and his board.
Declared insolvent in May, Leeds have cleared liabilities of more than £35m during a summer spent largely in administration and are now effectively debt-free. This dictates that the club is likely to become a target for potential takeovers.
Indeed, Bates said yesterday: "Leeds is an attractive prospect. The hard work has now been done, all of the rubbish is out of the way and the club is back on track. The real league table shows we are two points clear at the top, or will be when we get our 15 points [deducted by the Football League for perceived abuses of the administration system, and the subject of an ongoing appeal] back.
"The club is in profit, the gates are back and we have average attendances higher than Middlesbrough, Wigan, Reading and Fulham," Bates said. "After two years of hard work, and three months of absolute hell, we can talk about football. The ground is slowly being improved and the team is strong. Why would I want to sell?"
Those close to Bates believe that his immediate priorities are to regain ownership of Elland Road and the team's training ground at Thorp Arch near Wetherby.


The Guardian

[kjelvi]

NOTHING'S BEYOND OUR KEN

Ah, Ken Bates. To admirers he's a working-class hero who rose from wretched poverty to fabulous wealth thanks to hard work and canny business dealings; a courageous and principled man who, when chairman of Chelsea, chased away the Headhunters and took a stand against the r@cism to which his peers turned a blind eye, a deaf ear and, therefore, a thumbs-up.
To others, he's the vindictive, attention-seeking blowhard who once wanted to electrocute fans; the blundering fool who got Chelsea in lots of debt before being flukily bailed out by Roman Abramovich. To Martin O'Neill, he's a "footballing cretin"; and to the Fiver, he's Papa Smurf, Kuddly Ken or Bad Santa, depending on our mood. But if there's one thing that everyone can agree he is, it's this: the chairman of Nasty Leeds United. But not for much longer according to today's sensational news!
Or rather, according to weekend reports that we didn't get round to reading till today. Because the Mail on Sunday - having spotted The Country's Most Popular 85-Year-Old Club Owner Who Looks Like A Fat Uncle Albert dining out with The Country's Most Popular Former Club Owner Who Looks Suspiciously Like Fat Freddy Shepherd And, In Fact, Is None Other Than Fat Freddy Shepherd - excitedly declared that Bates is about to sell all his shares to the former Newcastle United laughing stock!
"This is inspired speculation," guffawed Bates today before rubbishing the report by insisting he had no plans to sell ... but that Fat Freddy may indeed take a stake in the club. "Freddy is not about to swoop in a 'sensational deal' for Leeds and I'm not about to sell it either. Freddy is a good friend of mine and has been for years. I went up to see him, and we finished up having lunch. Inevitably the subject of football came out ... he would like to get back in and I would like an investor, so the two fit in." Of course it's never easy to know whether to believe Bates - but following up the above declaration by dubbing Fat Freddy a "very wise man" didn't exactly bolster his credibility.
So there you have it. Just two days after Nasty Leeds equalled their best league start since 1973 by notching up their fifth consecutive victory - a run that has whittled away their pre-season points deduction and ensconced them comfortably at the bottom of the table - the Elland Road faithful can start dreaming of a happy and stable future. Sorry, that should read: the Fiver can look forward to an eventful and amusing future at Elland Road.

"The Fiver"
Guardian

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(....) Meanwhile, officials at Darlington have denied claims that chairman George Houghton is planning to buy Leeds.
United chairman Ken Bates said yesterday that he had been made aware of Houghton's interest during a telephone call from China involving a "former manager of Boston United" - thought to be Darlington chief executive and ex-Boston chairman Jon Sotnick - but both Houghton and Sotnick today moved to distance themselves from Bates' comments.
Houghton said: "I vehemently deny that I have any interest in taking over Leeds United Football Club, and have no knowledge of any conversation to this effect.
"Over the past 18 months I have worked incredibly hard to make Darlington a stable and successful football club and I am committed to fulfilling my long-term vision for the future."
Sotnick added: "I've got no idea where this has come from. There's absolutely no truth in that rumour.
"I've just come back from China and, yes, I've got historic links with Boston United, but it's nothing to do with me."
Bates moved yesterday to play down talk of a takeover bid from former Newcastle chairman Freddie Shepherd, although he has not ruled out the possibility of Shepherd providing Leeds with future financial investment.
Shepherd stood down as Newcastle chairman in July after selling his 28 per cent stake in the club to current owner Mike Ashley for around £37million.

YEP

[RoarG]

...og da er alt klart som blekk. Gammel'n ruler på ER herfra og til evigheten. Amen.

Change is the constant that cannot be changed.

[Karl Hot Shot]

Dersom man kikker på forhistoria til Kenneth Bates og sammenligner den med forhistoria til Freddie Shepherd, er det nok lite tvil om at Shepherd kommer best ut, uten at det betyr at jeg på noen som helst måte ønsker Shepherd inn i korridorene på Elland Road. Men like barn leker best. Det er et gammelt ordtak. Og det får sin bekreftelse atter en gang, dersom Shepherd blir investor i Leeds United 2007 Ltd.

[h.b]

Forskjellen ligger nok i at Shepherd er mere lysten på på å bruke penger. Han har nok mere pund i lommene enn Bates. Det at han evt kjøper seg inn med 49% av aksjene er nok en omgåelse av dette om at Bates ikke har lov til å selge.



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