New Buyer Progress

[ramAnag]

He will keep you out of debt that’s for sure. We have a load of Sports Direct signage in the skips up in Newcastle he can have them back for free

Can’t help thinking you haven’t done ever so well since he and Bruce left. If he kept us ‘out of debt’ that would be an improvement.
Don’t like the man much, but didn’t he leave you in a better place than he found you? Most in Derby would settle for that at the moment and he’s not likely to get involved down here without wanting to see some sort of ‘return’ which in turn should translate into some level of success for us

[swaledale]

Its interesting isn't it? Toon fans were not happy with Ashley, yet the club was a saleable proposition and now ahve new owners and he has unusually in football made a profit on the deal. Now whether the new financial muscle will take Newcastle into the top 6 of the prem remains to be seen, but it won't happen overnight.

I see Everton have spent over £500 million on players since their takeover, yet don't seem to be doing much better than they were before.

[MadAmster]

All paper talk... or is it? You get all these rumours floating about everywhere from clickbait sites to questionable mainstream outlets and even the more serious press gets sucked into it. I'll believe it as and when Quantuma and/or DCFC say so.... just like it's never Christmas until Noddy says so.



I'll believe someone is buying the club when Quantuma/DCFC announce that a deal has been signed. Too much crap being put out there on clickbait sites as well as in the less than serious press and even the serious outlets.

What are the bids thus far? We don't know, all we do know is press guesstimates.

Kirchner went public on his bid of, according to him, £60M over 2 years. Rumour has it that the Appleby consortium has bid £61M up front but there has been no confirmation of it. Not seen anything on Gadsby withdrawing from the bidding nor what his bid is. Ashley is reported/rumoured to have offered £50M. To me that means that either Appleby or Gadsby are in the driving seat. Why accept £50M if there's a £61M bid on the table? Of course, all the figures, with the possible exception of Kirchner, are mere speculation.

Let's wait and see.

[ramAnag]

Perhaps not for too much longer, MA.
Rooney quoted as expecting the ‘preferred’ buyer to be identified ‘next week’.

After our recent experience regarding the definitions of ‘imminent’ and ‘soon’ we may just need a new meaning of the word ‘next’.
Hopefully not...somethings got to happen sometime...hasn’t it?

[macstheman]

48hours

[MadAmster]

Fans need to remember that keeping the club as a going concern is if secondary or lower concern. The Admins prime responsibility is to secure the most money possible for creditors. Anything else is a collateral bonus.

[ramAnag]

At times like this the ‘cutthroat’ nature of modern day football quickly becomes apparent.
Not only are Gibson and Middlesbrough attempting to actually terminate DCFC, but many other clubs, including apparently Rowett at Millwall, are all circling and beginning to whinge about us not letting players go at ‘giveaway’ prices.
Forest are another keen to get their claws into Buchanan...I hear from a reliable (non DT) source he simply doesn’t want to go.
I know we’ve behaved in much the same way in days gone by...eg the acquisitions of Marshall and Byrne from financially stricken Wigan, but it doesn’t reflect at all well on the modern day football ‘community’.

[swaledale]

At times like this the ‘cutthroat’ nature of modern day football quickly becomes apparent.
Not only are Gibson and Middlesbrough attempting to actually terminate DCFC, but many other clubs, including apparently Rowett at Millwall, are all circling and beginning to whinge about us not letting players go at ‘giveaway’ prices.
Forest are another keen to get their claws into Buchanan...I hear from a reliable (non DT) source he simply doesn’t want to go.
I know we’ve behaved in much the same way in days gone by...eg the acquisitions of Marshall and Byrne from financially stricken Wigan, but it doesn’t reflect at all well on the modern day football ‘community’.

Well not sure that the "whinge" from other managers about buying player isn't just DET generated click bait! As for the level of bids put in, well perhaps other clubs are wiser than Derby, they try to get players for the lowest possible price, not lay out massive sums on players that turn out to be less than average in reality. Don't see we can complain there or that its an example of "cut throat" nature of modern football, has it not always been the case that a player is sold for whatever price the buying club is prepared to pay and the selling club is willing to accept?

Derby are where they are due to a businessman failing to run the club like a business and bailing out when he didn't want to fund it anymore. I still believe he has the financial resources to avoid this mess and could have handled things much better, so maybe we should look closer to home?

True Derby need cash, but presumably they also need players, can't sign any on a fee and therefore unless a bid is silly money, don't have to sell?

I'm also not sure why you would think the "modern day football community" would be rallying around a club that has spent millions and finished up in administration? Self inflicted wounds and hopefully (though I doubt it) a lesson to other clubs spending unsustainably on the promotion dream.

[ramAnag]

Well not sure that the "whinge" from other managers about buying player isn't just DET generated click bait! As for the level of bids put in, well perhaps other clubs are wiser than Derby, they try to get players for the lowest possible price, not lay out massive sums on players that turn out to be less than average in reality. Don't see we can complain there or that its an example of "cut throat" nature of modern football, has it not always been the case that a player is sold for whatever price the buying club is prepared to pay and the selling club is willing to accept?

Derby are where they are due to a businessman failing to run the club like a business and bailing out when he didn't want to fund it anymore. I still believe he has the financial resources to avoid this mess and could have handled things much better, so maybe we should look closer to home?

True Derby need cash, but presumably they also need players, can't sign any on a fee and therefore unless a bid is silly money, don't have to sell?

I'm also not sure why you would think the "modern day football community" would be rallying around a club that has spent millions and finished up in administration? Self inflicted wounds and hopefully (though I doubt it) a lesson to other clubs spending unsustainably on the promotion dream.

Don’t disagree with the general sentiment of all that although I’m not entirely sure about the ‘self inflicted’ wounds.
I and many others vociferously supported that particular local ‘businessman’ being unaware of the alleged ‘wrongdoing’ that was taking place under his ownership.
Such owners are only ever temporary fixtures and custodians. The ‘club’ is bigger than all of them but it is the club...i.e. DCFC with all its 138 year history and it’s supporters...who now stand to suffer most
In that context I believe Gibson’s actions to be deplorable (Wycombe’s marginally more understandable). If he has a score to settle with Morris than that’s up to him, but it would be good (and entirely justified imo) to see the football world come together and tell Gibson that enough is enough where DCFC is concerned.

As regards the rest...you’re right and, as I’ve acknowledged, we’ve been guilty of parasitic and predatory behaviour ourselves, but the sight of football clubs now falling over themselves (off the pitch) to do others down is an unedifying one imo.

[StensonRam]

Other clubs can make silly bids and dcfc can accept or turn them down but there are 3 parties involved in a transfer and all 3 have to agree, if the player himself doesn't want to go, the transfer won't take place and it doesn't matter how how hard the other clubs manager stamps his feet or how loud he shouts to the EFL, if a player doesn't want to leave I don't see what the EFL or other club can do about it, infact does rowett really want a player who doesn't want to be there