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Thread: American Takeover ?

  1. #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
    A Premier League club determined to make up for a poor start comes to the Turf to play an injury ravaged squad, with one player making his debut, nick the game with a scruffy goal and the doom merchants are out with their "Apocalypse Now" rants. FFS!
    It's a results game BT, the Americans are looking to buy into the Premier League, if our results indicate to them that we may well not be a PL club next season their interest will inevitably wane. Businessmen, especially American ones, aren't interested in excuses, they're interested in money, I thought you would have known that, and there isn't that much of it in the Championship. I suspect they may be smelling a rat already, if our results don't pick up over the next few games and the deal still isn't done, it won't get done at all.

    There you are BT, another prediction from the poster who told you Pope wasn't going to Chelsea and Ings would be first goal scorer last night, a hat trick beckons.

  2. #32
    We will muck through as usual sinkov, Yankee dosh or not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
    We will muck through as usual sinkov, Yankee dosh or not.
    Of course we will BT, even Bolton are mucking through.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sinkov View Post
    Daily Telegraph.

    "American investment group in advanced talks over Burnley takeover. The company is headed by Alan Pace, a former president of MLS franchise Real Salt Lake who has previously tried to buy Sheffield United"

    An American sports investment company is in advanced talks with Burnley about a takeover of the Turf Moor club.

    ALK Capital is close to striking a deal to take majority control of the Premier League club.

    The company is headed by Alan Pace, a former president of Major League Soccer franchise Real Salt Lake who has previously tried to buy Sheffield United.

    Mike Garlick, the Burnley chairman, is the club’s majority shareholder with a 49.24 per cent stake and John Banaszkiewicz has a 28.2 per cent shareholding.

    It remains to be seen if ALK Capital secures Garlick and Banaszkiewicz’s entire shareholding but Burnley’s prospective new owners want to take a hands-on role in the way the club is run.

    Pace was managing director of now defunct US bank Lehman Brothers for 12 years until 2006 and later joined Citigroup, where he worked in various senior roles, most recently as global head of securities services sales.

    He set up ALK Capital with US businessman Dave Checketts in October last year, around the time they were interested in buying Sheffield United.

    Checketts was owner of Real Salt Lake and president of the NBA basketball franchises Utah Jazz and New York Knicks.

    He is understood to be working as an advisor on ALK Capital’s bid to buy Burnley.

    According to its website, ALK Capital describes itself as specialising in the “acquisition and operations of modern sports, media and entertainment assets, and related technologies.”

    A spokesperson for ALK Capital said: “ALK Capital is aware of media speculation linking it with a potential investment in a Premier League football club. ALK Capital is unable to provide any comment at this time.” Burnley have declined to comment.

    Telegraph Sport reported last week that an American consortium was in talks about buying Burnley at a time of growing friction between Garlick and manager Sean Dyche.

    Dyche has spoken of his frustration at Burnley’s struggles to strengthen their squad before the close of the transfer window on Monday week and the failure to agree new contracts for players.

    It remains to be seen if ALK is able to complete a takeover before the transfer window closes but the uncertainty over the future of the club is understood to have been an added complication regarding recruitment in recent months.

    Burnley are on the verge of completing a £1 million deal for Brighton midfielder Dale Stephens and are weighing up a bid for Liverpool and Wales forward Harry Wilson, who spent last season on loan at Bournemouth.

    Wilson, 23, is among the forwards Dyche has a strong interest in but there are numerous hoops still to jump through and a deal was still a way off happening as of Wednesday afternoon.
    Hurry up is today’s answer to the original
    Post after last nights display.

  5. #35
    Quote Originally Posted by sinkov View Post
    Of course we will BT, even Bolton are mucking through.
    I'm surrounded by tearful, fretful Notlobs sinkov. They already want Evatt sacked! They definitely are not mucking through, phucking it up bad style more like.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
    I'm surrounded by tearful, fretful Notlobs sinkov. They already want Evatt sacked! They definitely are not mucking through, phucking it up bad style more like.
    I know two guys who like a few football bets at the start of the season BT, they bet big and they're usually quite astute, one of their bankers for this season was Bolton, mainly because they thought Evatt would work the oracle. I had the chance to join in the fun, but I declined, I just wasn't convinced about Notlob and Evatt like they were. Looks like it's going to turn out one of my better decisions.

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    BT Even if you can Think Garlic can turn this around ...We are out of ****ING TIME!!!...
    Sorry, But True.

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