2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[JHRover]

13 minutes ago, paullarrygher said:

I've heard that Suhail considers £200m as the magic number that would convince them to sell. But that's pie in the sky stuff and they aren't getting their money back. Even Chansiri is not mad enough to ask for that.

The only way they would get that is to gamble and get back to the Premier League. They aren't going to do that with Suhail on the pursestrings.

The reality is that the club will continue to be a financial drain for them. Suhail will continue to pick up his hefty salary while cutting costs to try and minimise that drain to keep his cushy deal going.


 

 

There's clearly no intention to sell or to get us back to the PL.

Those who believe that they are keeping us with a view to getting back to the PL to recover their investment I think are deluded.

The only calculations they need to be thinking about are whether they want another 10 years of funding a Championship / League One club to the tune of £10 million+ a year, ultimately costing them a further £100 million or more on top of what it has already cost, or whether they are better putting a stop to it now, stopping the drain of money and handing it over for a nominal amount to someone willing to try and better the club. 

 

[aletheia]

1 hour ago, KentExile said:

Why bother with a ground even  😉 

We're looking into that 😉

[Tomphil2]

1 hour ago, Lancaster Rover said:

"Trust us", and subsequently bin bagged an experienced (although difficult to like) manager for a man who has no mens game/pro managerial experience (admittedly holds an A license) and is the same religion as the new owners. Now I have no problem what religion, ethnicity, etc a manager is however to clear an experienced one out who has stood by that club through it's darkest hours to replace with one who wouldn't appear on paper to have been in the running anywhere else doesn't seem a great foot to get off on. 

Has a really familiar look to it, wonder what these guys need Morcambe FC for really.

A marketing tool or money pit ?

[aletheia]

So there does appear to be a great deal of circumstantial (maybe more?) evidence (and this has been around for a long time now) that the teller of fairy stories who has problems with nose picking according to some still has fingers in the pie. All allegedly of course.

Could it be that this person and associates have far too much dirt on both the Raos and the EFL that they would not like to come to light, that an ‘understanding’ is in place – we won’t shed any embarrassing light on matters if the revolving door of players is maintained? If this is the case, it begs the question, how long will it continue –how long will this plodding along last? Until one or more of the actors is no longer with us? Until, it is so long the EFL wouldn’t be embarrassed?

All allegedly and imho of course.

 

[lraC]

6 minutes ago, aletheia said:

So there does appear to be a great deal of circumstantial (maybe more?) evidence (and this has been around for a long time now) that the teller of fairy stories who has problems with nose picking according to some still has fingers in the pie. All allegedly of course.

Could it be that this person and associates have far too much dirt on both the Raos and the EFL that they would not like to come to light, that an ‘understanding’ is in place – we won’t shed any embarrassing light on matters if the revolving door of players is maintained? If this is the case, it begs the question, how long will it continue –how long will this plodding along last? Until one or more of the actors is no longer with us? Until, it is so long the EFL wouldn’t be embarrassed?

All allegedly and imho of course.

 

Sir Alex said the agent connected with the club, couldn't pick his nose.

Sir Alex Ferguson reveals agents' outrageous demands to United | Alex Ferguson | The Guardian

[aletheia]

On NDAs

If your break one, what is the come back? Financial?

If you break one say because you know you are dying (sorry to be morbid) can any penalisation be passed to your family?

What is to stop someone with an NDA using mouthpieces to get the story out -too traceable? 

[Lucimo]

1 hour ago, lraC said:

Link below mate.

 

Thanks pal😀

[Mike E]

1 hour ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

Rhetorical question: how significant is this contact?

Should we put it out there?

If so, we could decide when and how to use the information for maximum impact

I was actually referring to Steve Kean (worked with all three) but played along with the potential for the fellow you may be referring to 

[Emerald Isle Rover]

28 minutes ago, aletheia said:

On NDAs

If your break one, what is the come back? Financial?

If you break one say because you know you are dying (sorry to be morbid) can any penalisation be passed to your family?

What is to stop someone with an NDA using mouthpieces to get the story out -too traceable? 

Yes pretty much easy for them to track how/where the information has came from

most nda agreements likely involve financial penalties injunctions and legal action. They are normally only accepted I’d say in our case JDT and JE so the club let them out of the contract. Yeah could be similar but you don’t have to sign one if that’s the case they will probably say we aren’t selling you and he loses a year of football but then can spill all next year - tricky one

[lraC]

Let's fall out, get involved in a legal dispute and then keep going back for more.

venkys fall out with Kentaro - Google Search

[Mercer]

I think agents are generally a scourge on football and it's a widely held sentiment.

I would love to know how much Dolan's agent made out of his move to Espanyol !!! 😉

[lraC]

4 minutes ago, Mercer said:

I think agents are generally a scourge on football and it's a widely held sentiment.

I would love to know how much Dolan's agent made out of his move to Espanyol !!! 😉

i bet he did it free.

We once had an agent work all summer for free and had the place rocking, when he left.

[Paul Mellelieu]

1 hour ago, JHRover said:

There's clearly no intention to sell or to get us back to the PL.

Those who believe that they are keeping us with a view to getting back to the PL to recover their investment I think are deluded.

The only calculations they need to be thinking about are whether they want another 10 years of funding a Championship / League One club to the tune of £10 million+ a year, ultimately costing them a further £100 million or more on top of what it has already cost, or whether they are better putting a stop to it now, stopping the drain of money and handing it over for a nominal amount to someone willing to try and better the club. 

 

This seems like a reasonable argument.

[Waggy76]

1 hour ago, JHRover said:

There's clearly no intention to sell or to get us back to the PL.

Those who believe that they are keeping us with a view to getting back to the PL to recover their investment I think are deluded.

The only calculations they need to be thinking about are whether they want another 10 years of funding a Championship / League One club to the tune of £10 million+ a year, ultimately costing them a further £100 million or more on top of what it has already cost, or whether they are better putting a stop to it now, stopping the drain of money and handing it over for a nominal amount to someone willing to try and better the club. 

 

That is the logical conclusion but unfortunately Venkys do not do logic !

What , I would really like to know is  who exactly is on the payroll ?

Adminstration or selling the Club would mean access to the accounts .

 

 

[Lancaster Rover]

1 hour ago, Tomphil2 said:

Has a really familiar look to it, wonder what these guys need Morcambe FC for really.

A marketing tool or money pit ?

Same question everyone I know has asked, they don't seem to have any obvious business to promote so the latter option seems the most logical

[Mercer]

20 minutes ago, lraC said:

i bet he did it free.

We once had an agent work all summer for free and had the place rocking, when he left.

Understand the humour!

If what I have recently been told is correct about what the agent wanted for himself then it is no surprise to me that it took a little time to find Dolan a new club.

[RevidgeBlue]

Busy morning on the transfer front then?

Damn these "strange" and "difficult" markets!