Jonesy (en av de pålitelige på TOMA-tråden, har sine kilder men flagger det ikke så sterkt):
Her oppsummerer han hva han har fått av inputs siste uka
(ja, virker fortsatt som end game nærmer seg)
Jonesy give us the old news then?
Here you are , information that may contain no more fact than any other post on this entire thread.
People can choose to digest the information or dismiss it. So much conflicting information is around that I am sceptical of everything I'm told and always have been . Information ranges from Americans and Mr Bates are stitching GFHC up to GFHC have access to an original consortium member and have a pot of money ready for January.
I'm not involved in anyway , I just listen to someone who claims to speak directly to those that are (again I don't know), the information may be well off track or maybe it's not. Maybe he's getting spoon fed information too , around and around we go.
Any PM's I've shared with others who have conflicting information have always echo'd this view , they may be right and my info maybe wrong , no prizes are won but atleast supporters can see what shit storm this has all become.
Firstly , don't read on thinking some golden information nugget is below , it isn't . Its more or less what people know already but an explanation as to why I'm keeping positive over the past week whilst others are losing the will to live. The info is just from the past week , any further back and it will take about ten pages.
A little over a week ago (last Wednesday afternoon) I received a message from a 'man in the sand' stating that the deal was finally reaching its conclusion. I was told to expect a statement shortly which would confirm this (Thursday if I'm honest but that didn't happen) and GFHC/Mr Bates were scheduled to convene again in the UK but this time it was purely formalities (again I know!) and thus did not need legal representation . He said that they were working towards getting this ironed out over the coming weekend and travel arrangement had been made. I relayed this to another party.
Thursday I posted a cryptic message (sorry) about who's going to announce the takeover completing. I expected an announcement from somewhere , it didn't come, looked silly.
Friday morning a statement was released to say funds were in place etc etc . Every time I've mentioned that people are saying GFHC do not have the financial backing I have been told in no uncertain terms that that is not true. I even said that I had multiple people saying the same thing but again was told "They are wrong", again that may or may not be been at the time true , indeed it may still be true and now the O/S is lying .
To me the statement endorsed what I had been told and it now looked like the end game was finally here , proof of funds obviously (in my mind) are made available prior to signing /exchanging ownership.
Friday evening I received another message to say everything still on track and they are more positive every day.Everyone aiming to conclude all aspects of the deal over the coming few days.
Monday morning , I'm told a meeting in Monaco was underway that would bring everything to a head (common knowledge anyway at this point so I didn't pay much attention).
This was not the first meeting in Monaco but as far as I know its the first that appears to have been openly acknowledged publicly.
The main piece of information I was given was that he had been led to believe that documents had been at the very least partially signed prior to the trip over. If this is correct , incorrect , signed by whom, I have no idea what so ever and no more info has come about it. How you partially sign something I dont know but I can imagine that many signatures are required for this to be done as there are so many people involved its unreal. That part may well be totally left field and if it isnt then its Mr Bates who needs to sign more than anyone else.
Tuesday afternoon , I'm told meeting was a success , very successfully indeed , maybe they found another pen. GFHC back in the UK and are to spend the remainder of the week in Leeds/London moving pieces into position that will allow them to conclude proceedings and ensure a smooth transition. Many stages need to happen due to the total heap of shite that Leeds United has become.
No mention whatsoever of a meeting with a bank BUT as some of Mr Jacobs information does match bits I've been given from time to time maybe they did , or maybe he's been told a porkie , maybe we both have been? I still haven't had any information on that at all.
Nothing to report on Wednesday but every day needs gifs so a few were posted.
Yesterday (Thu) I received a message to say that there had been no unforseen complications , things are proceeding as fast as they can , any time taken from now on is simply 'how long the process takes' from here on in and not due to anyone playing silly buggers. Both sides know that this has dragged on for too long.
I asked for clarification of the funding , I was told that the money is not borrowed nor is it from 50+ individuals with £1m to chuck away in order to form the largest board ever known. Leeds will not suddenly become debt ridden over night , far from it. They are fully aware that funding is required above and beyond the purchase of Leeds United + Extras.
Burning money is not something that will be done but hoarding it under the mattress is not how they on intend to do things. Investment is required to get to where they wish to be.
In short , it does appear positive at the moment, well it is if you want a new set of owners with actual documented plans on how they plan to achieve promotion.
I appreciate there is no date for any actual 'announcement' but the truth of the matter is no one actually knows outside a select few. If you knew some of the skeletons that were unearthed over the past months you would appreciate why it's been one step at a time.
Of course , the sting in the tail may well be that everything above is absolute bollocks (thats ready to be made bold and the thumbup for someone). Mr Bates may well be playing those in the UAE like a fiddle and people who are far far far more ITK than I may be sat smiling thinking "Oh Dear, what utter dross". If Mr Bates is pulling a flanker then it appears he's putting a hell of a lot of effort in to it if so. For this to be true GFH would have to be travelling around Europe either knowing that they are wasting their time (Dubai-Leeds-Monaco-Leeds-London-Dubai) or not knowing Mr Bates is upto tricks even though Journos and half of WACCOE appear to know that other bidders are waiting for their time to step in. Maybe he is 'over a barrell' although Mr Bates doesn't strike me as a man who would bend over , take it and then allow the world to know how nice it was.....maybe he's playing along to teach them a lesson.....we'll see soon one way or another shortly.
Aslong as Leeds is pointed in the right direction by who ever it is that finaly comes in I really don't care.
I'll now go back to cryptic messages as they don't take as long as probably contain as much new information as the entire post above anyway, it is what is though nothing fluffed up.
As with every post on this thread , the information is only as good as the source it came from , and that source is only as good as where that information comes from.
Nothing I post is claimed to be fact , I only can vouch for my own actions/words and not those of others , especially of those people that I know nothing about.
Still , I don't have a twitter account and I don't have a blog , I have no desire to be the first to break the news of a deal , infact I wouldn't dare. The information is meant to pass a few minutes for others but as always , I'm still daring to dream that dream but know that boyspank is just one misplaced pen away.
