Takeover

[SANDERSON8]

Bernie is getting out as football not his thing....we know that.

This is pure speculation with some research and gossip.

Read it if you like.

I think Kingfisher are in the frame again as the far east interest.

I think the USA side of things will come from a large corporation that
is driven by the use of steel,possibly US Steel,who more or less share the
US market with Mittall steel or maybe a large consumer in the steel market
in the USA.

An outside bet i think could be the USA footwear company Skechers,a good
friend of mine use to be the UK MD of Skechers,until about 18 months ago
and he always said they wanted to get into the UK football scene.Since then
i have noticed they have been more and more prominant in the advertising
stakes at PREM games.

Futhermore i feel whilst not the best time to start negotiations,i feel Bernie
is selling as the time is right from his point of view,impending divorce,not
interested in football and expensive daughters.From the clubs point of view
when we do go up everything will be in place to make the neccessary investment for the PREM AND MAYBE EUROPE.

Just an optomistic view,but at least my glass is half full...off to the game now

[Shania]

And off you went!!

A great post in my view! Exciting times!

[Jamie]

As far as the US side goes, a name for the mix - Red McCombs.

[Shania]

And hopefully Ferrari are considering us!!

[QPROslo]

If it is a consortium buying, I think Mittals are part of it, to increase their shareholding.

[Devon Park Ranger]

I notice that the main man Lakshmi Mittal is at the game today and from what i can see he seems to be enjoying himself....