Roman Abramovich Thread

[OhForAGreavsie 5,898]

2 hours ago, Pizy said:

Whoever it ends up being, the first order of business needs to be ensuring Tuchel is happy and making him feel like the ambition to compete at the very top remains. He should be offered a fresh contract to stave off any sharks that may be circling and give him his top targets this summer.

Yep, sort term priority A1.

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[OhForAGreavsie 5,898]

3 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

I dont see why. He is Republican like half US. There is not wrong or right there. Like supporting Real or Barca. Just personal preference.

Forgive me Nikki, and please correct me if I'm wrong about this, but you don't seem particularly well informed about the present state of the Republican party. The most popular members of the party are fascists, religious nationalists, and truth deniers who have given up on democracy. The party does not even pretend to have policies anymore. It literally publishes no policy positions and instead will simply lie to its base with the aim of making them fearful and angry toward whoever the party want them to hate.

The most popular broadcaster among Republicans is pro Putin, pro Orban, pro Modi and, of course, pro Trump. Fascists one and all as, plainly, is he. When sued for inaccuracies his lawyers successfully defended him by pleading that no reasonable person would believe what he says during his show and the judge accepted that plea. Nevertheless, tens of millions of Americans do believe him, and only him.

Further, Republicans are fewer than 50% of the US population. This is why they have given up on democracy. They know that if the don't cheat, and they do cheat massively, they can't win. Even then, they can only win the presidency because of the electoral collage. There is no hope of any republican winning the popular vote in a presidential election. Fascists, actual neo-Nazi's and white supremacists would once have been booted out of the GOP, now they are its stars.

Edited March 16, 2022 by OhForAGreavsie

[Fernando 6,484]

Most of this people should know that we are not making money. 

We have always depend on Roman. They should be aware of that. 

[cosmicway 1,333]

1 minute ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Forgive me Nikki, and please correct me if I'm wrong about this, but you don't seem particularly well informed about the present state of the Republican party. The most popular members of the party are fascists, religious nationalists, and truth deniers who have given up on democracy. The party does not even pretend to have policies anymore. If literally publishes no policy positions and instead will simply lie to it its base with the aim of making them fearful and angry toward whoever the party want them to hate. The most popular broadcaster among Republicans is pro Putin.

Lastly Republicans are fewer than 50 of the US population. This is why they have given up on democracy. They know that if the don't cheat, they can't win. Even then, they can only win the presidency because of the electoral collage. There is no hope of any republican winning the popular vote. Fascists, actual neo-Nazi's and white supremacists would once have been booted out of the GOP, now they are its stars.

Not really, but in the grassroots they are that way - like the Tories, una faccia una razza.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,898]

3 minutes ago, Fernando said:

Most of this people should know that we are not making money. 

We have always depend on Roman. They should be aware of that. 

This is factually accurate but Roman is largely to blame with his scatter gun transfer policy and £250m bill for sacking managers and their staffs. A more prudent approach can see Chelsea break even and remain competitive, That's even true, in the short term, without the stadium rebuild. In the medium term the rebuild is essential of course .

[OhForAGreavsie 5,898]

4 minutes ago, cosmicway said:

Not really, but in the grassroots they are that way - like the Tories, una faccia una razza.

Which bit of what I wrote does 'not really' apply to?

[cosmicway 1,333]

8 minutes ago, Fernando said:

Most of this people should know that we are not making money. 

We have always depend on Roman. They should be aware of that. 

The idea of having rich managers is precisely because clubs do not break even.
The club is supposed to act as an advertisement for the rich guy so he gives money to the club. This has been the case with all I remember.
Otherwise a bunch of local co op girls could run the football clubs.

[Pizy 18,418]

There’s is genuinely a ton of interest in buying the club. Like, there seems to be a frenzy.

For that reason I’m actually surprised that there isn’t some lone tech billionaire who wants a shiny new vanity project. It’s all consortiums. Someone like Steve Balmer (former Microsoft guy) who recently bought the LA Clippers for $2.5B seems like the sort of guy who would be interested.

[cosmicway 1,333]

[Superblue 6,372]

7 minutes ago, Pizy said:

There’s is genuinely a ton of interest in buying the club. Like, there seems to be a frenzy.

For that reason I’m actually surprised that there isn’t some lone tech billionaire who wants a shiny new vanity project. It’s all consortiums. Someone like Steve Balmer (former Microsoft guy) who recently bought the LA Clippers for $2.5B seems like the sort of guy who would be interested.

As we're getting closer to the Friday deadline, some more people and consortiums seem to be popping up in news outlets.

I wouldn't put it past someone ending up with us who hasn't even been mentioned yet.

[Blues Forever 1,232]

 

[Fernando 6,484]

Dang Candy is going hard on this. 

I wonder who will decided on who to buy?

Roman or the board? 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,518]

I think Ricketts is done.

 

 

[Superblue 6,372]

1 hour ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

I think Ricketts is done.

 

 

From what it appears Joe Ricketts won't be involved in the Chelsea purchase, it's his son.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,518]

10 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

From what it appears Joe Ricketts won't be involved in the Chelsea purchase, it's his son.

The Ricketts is a family trust. Tom does all the talking to the press but the 2.3B is attributed to Joe, not Tom. You really cannot separate them as much as Tom is trying to do so right now.  

[Vesper 29,019]

2 hours ago, Pizy said:

Someone like Steve Balmer (former Microsoft guy) who recently bought the LA Clippers for $2.5B seems like the sort of guy who would be interested.

almost 8 years ago

Following the Donald Sterling scandal in May 2014, Ballmer was the highest bidder in an attempt to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers for a reported price of $2 billion, which is the second highest bid for a sports franchise in North American sports history (after the $2.15 billion sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2012). After a California court confirmed the authority of Shelly Sterling to sell the team, it was officially announced on August 12, 2014, that Ballmer would become the Los Angeles Clippers owner.

[Clockwork 1,794]

5 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Unless I'm misremembering this, Roman is challenging the decision to sanction him in the first place. That means the government would have to keep the proceeds of the sale available to be returned to him should he win.

Thanks i didn't know that. It is just strange there is a bidding war for a club that was seized by the government.