Charlton Athletic SOLD for £14m to 'Standard Liege'

[stripeyshark]

I don't think I would object if we became Barcelona B

Maybe C. There already is a Barcelona B!

 

[timco]

Maybe C. There already is a Barcelona B!

They could be C

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Surely Charlton have far more earning potential than standard liege. A guy enjoying running a football club and wanting something higher profile?

 

[fataddick]

Surely Charlton have far more earning potential than standard liege. A guy enjoying running a football club and wanting something higher profile?

If Premier League-able maybe, but Standard Liege are a Champions League side nowadays. By all accounts the guy isn't interested in football as a sport just a business, and is playing some weird long game (the 4th placed in Spanish 2nd div Madrid side he is currently trying to buy being a case in point). Dunno, but how happy would you be if you were owned by someone with five other football clubs in four other European countries and looking for more? From a Charlton perspective at least he will presumably try to loan us enough players from his other sides to keep us from dropping back to L1 this season. Will only know his true intentions in the summer I guess...

 

[jamie the seagull]

"Roland Duchatelet has sold Standard Liege"

http://addickschampionshipdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/standard-liege-sold.html

 

[Simster]

That might work out well for them.

It won't.

We are talking about Standard Liege, Belgium's 3rd biggest club (perhaps slightly bigger than Hearts or Aberdeen), not Barcelona.

 

[Deleted member 22389]

Good luck, hopefully Brighton will be the only club left in this country that has a real supporter as their owner.

 

[edna krabappel]

Good luck, hopefully Brighton will be the only club left in this country that has a real supporter as their owner.

There can't be that many left. Bristol City definitely do in Steve Lansdowne (a very rich man). Whilst Pompey, as we know, are owned by the Greatest Fans In The World.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

There can't be that many left. Bristol City definitely do in Steve Lansdowne (a very rich man). Whilst Pompey, as we know, are owned by the Greatest Fans In The World.

Steve Gibson at Middlesbrough is the obvious one.

Bill Kenwright at Everton (though not sure he still owns it all?)

 

[Pavilionaire]

So the majority of clubs in the 2015/16 Championship - I make it c. 14/15 - will have at least one of the following applicable to them:

1. Be receiving significant parachute payments.
2. Be the beneficiary of "favourable" loan deals from sister clubs across Europe.
3. Be completely flouting FFP.
4. Be owned / controlled by a crook.

 

[El Presidente]

Good luck, hopefully Brighton will be the only club left in this country that has a real supporter as their owner.

Have you any idea who owns Stoke?

 

[El Presidente]

So the majority of clubs in the 2015/16 Championship - I make it c. 14/15 - will have at least one of the following applicable to them:


4. Be owned / controlled by a crook.

If you're waching Messrs Bloom and Barber, we mods don't agree with this statement! #ConsultsLawyer

 

[edna krabappel]

Steve Gibson at Middlesbrough is the obvious one.

Bill Kenwright at Everton (though not sure he still owns it all?)

Funnily enough- on the overseas owners debate- I've just read on the BBC website that Northampton Town are about to be taken over by a consortium of Indian businessmen.

I bet Indian kids dream of owning Northampton Town when growing up in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, right?

 

[Barham's tash]

Have you any idea who owns Stoke?

Bet 365 [emoji6]