12-01-2015, 23:38
Just reading a few reports and comments regarding the potential takeover and it got me wondering how serious this one may actually be. MM has said himself now that he is in "serious" talks with a group looking at the club. He doesn't mention a takeover exactly so i suppose it could be investment he is getting rather than selling up outright, but MM is always cagey with the wording he uses!!
But lets look at this another way. We all know that MM has probably taken us as far as he can (or is prepared to do). The next step will likely take spending a few million on the squad to get us up and we can achieve this one of two ways - either sell some players and reinvest in the squad (Westwood, Lees, Dieln etc) or get some new investment from outside that is prepared and wealthy enough to pump the few million into us.
I think its fair to say that if we sell any of our top players in the transfer window, then the takeover is either not real or not going to succeed or just simply too early in the whole process and we will be heading down the way above. Surely any serious bidder for us would be saying to MM "Do not sell the best players or we will be off", it has to be part of the deal to leave everything intact at the point of bidding. So far we have loaned out a couple of players and brought in one loanee for the remainder of the season, and that was done after this takeover talks was leaked, so at the moment it does not seem to be affecting our transfer dealings, so if we don't sell Westwood , Lees and Dielna, then I actually think this takeover may be real as it leaves the prize assets the club has completely intact.
Your thoughts????
But lets look at this another way. We all know that MM has probably taken us as far as he can (or is prepared to do). The next step will likely take spending a few million on the squad to get us up and we can achieve this one of two ways - either sell some players and reinvest in the squad (Westwood, Lees, Dieln etc) or get some new investment from outside that is prepared and wealthy enough to pump the few million into us.
I think its fair to say that if we sell any of our top players in the transfer window, then the takeover is either not real or not going to succeed or just simply too early in the whole process and we will be heading down the way above. Surely any serious bidder for us would be saying to MM "Do not sell the best players or we will be off", it has to be part of the deal to leave everything intact at the point of bidding. So far we have loaned out a couple of players and brought in one loanee for the remainder of the season, and that was done after this takeover talks was leaked, so at the moment it does not seem to be affecting our transfer dealings, so if we don't sell Westwood , Lees and Dielna, then I actually think this takeover may be real as it leaves the prize assets the club has completely intact.
Your thoughts????