Chelsea FC outbid for Battersea Power Station by Malaysian developers

[cujo101 75]

Bad News...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jun/07/battersea-power-station-chelsea-malaysia

[Spike 12,049]

Typical.

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/9808-the-stamford-bridge-thread/page__st__1062 ?

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Why the fuck couldn't we just outbid them...

[Tricky 301]

FFS now what?

That represented a genuine opportunity to remain in West London. I can't think of many viable sites within a couple of miles of the Bridge.

Was really hoping we would get the site. We desperately need to move in order to increase revenues. Bigger ground could easily make us an extra £25 million a year.

[Fulham Broadway 16,858]

Not too upset about that.

Malaysian owners will probably now paint it red

[Tricky 301]

Not too upset about that.

Malaysian owners will probably now paint it red

Or go bankrupt trying to develop the site.

Can you think of a viable alternative? I love the Bridge as much as the next man but a 60k stadium on the banks of the Thames with a 15k single tier would have been amazing. Imagine the noise which could have been generated.

Guess there is always Olympia / Earls

Court. But I think those are pretty much done deals with other property developers.

Which means we are stuck in a small, outdated

ground with little chance if moving in the foreseeable.

[bushman 2,043]

Malaysian power station, what for ?

Perhaps, to bring more pollution to the site ?

[Fulham Broadway 16,858]

Or go bankrupt trying to develop the site.

Can you think of a viable alternative? I love the Bridge as much as the next man but a 60k stadium on the banks of the Thames with a 15k single tier would have been amazing. Imagine the noise which could have been generated.

Guess there is always Olympia / Earls

Court. But I think those are pretty much done deals with other property developers.

Which means we are stuck in a small, outdated

ground with little chance if moving in the foreseeable. ��

Earls Court probably favourite now...or they can put more effort into the Bridge now and finding a way to add 10,000 seats.

[chrismada9 1,948]

Arsenal never had these problems when they were given rights to build the Emirates stadium... :/

[francozola 2,040]

Not surprised with this. It was a little ridiculous how a lot of people just took it as a given that we were going to move there. There were so many stages to the whole process and plenty of opposition too.

[Spike 12,049]

It's not over yet.

[dave30 728]

That was the only site i would have been happy with. Stamford Bridge Forever now.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

Earls Court probably favourite now...or they can put more effort into the Bridge now and finding a way to add 10,000 seats.

they cant.

and also fuuuuuuukkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!

the russian out fukin bid!?!?!?!? wow, soo much for being able to sustain themselves and not bank on roman.

[chrismada9 1,948]

You have to say, this is typical from our perspective!

1) we half-hartedly bid for something with a substantial yet low amount of money..

2) Someone else pitches in with a far superior bid, we don't counter bid, they get what they want..

3) .. we don't comment!

[Kezza 1,965]

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2804528,00.html

[Liquidator 5,176]

We should go all out for Earls Court now. According to myearlscourt.com full planning permission has not yet been granted. The total area in question is the size of 120 football pitches apparently so if we could bribe the council by chucking in some luxury flats into an application we could stand a chance. Obviously there are good transport links there, with links to 2 District line branches easily walkable from the centre of the site. Also, part of the land belongs to Hammersmith and Fulham council who will want to keep us in the borough.

[nullabletype 987]

You have to say, this is typical from our perspective!

1) we half-hartedly bid for something with a substantial yet low amount of money..

2) Someone else pitches in with a far superior bid, we don't counter bid, they get what they want..

3) .. we don't comment!

Perhaps the club just didn't see the value in the site. Every party placing a bid is going to have an upper limit to what they think the site is worth. Maybe this other company made their bid and Roman didn't think it was worth pumping more money in to. I'm assuming the clubs train of thought was that their bid would be accepted based on their proposed plans for the site rather than the sum of money offered.

http://www.chelseafc...2804528,00.html

Great avatar. Cool cool cool.