Potential Takeover?

[cityfanlee23]

17 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

Anyone wanting Ashley should be round up and shot. End of. 

 

Largely agree, although I don't think anyone REALLY "wants" him, but is he worse than what we have? 
I'd love to be a in a situation where we can easily say "if it's between Ashley and Top/Rudkin, keep Top/Rudkin" but I think that line is very blurred these days. 

[Finnegan]

1 minute ago, Chrysalis said:

Wasnt his clubs always ran sensibly at a financial level?

 

No. 

 

[Vindaloo FOX]

 

I've been doing some investigating.

 

 

Charles Street Buildings Group has deep historical ties to Leicester and owns a vast portfolio of properties there. 

 

In late 2024, the Dallas-based private equity firm Lone Star Funds partnered up & acquired a major portion of the group's mixed asset portfolio (about 40 assets) for nearly £580 million. Charles Street Buildings continues to hold and operate out of the East Midlands.

 

The global private equity firm Lone Star Funds is owned by its founder and chairman, John P. Grayken. Under his ownership, the Dallas-based firm focuses on distressed assets, real estate, corporate equity, and credit. 

 

 

Edited 24 May by Vindaloo FOX

[The Year Of The Fox]

22 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

Anyone wanting Ashley should be round up and shot. End of. 

 

Another loud objectional post by the self proclaimed know it all on all things football

[Chrysalis]

7 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

No. 

 

What issues were there?

[MrsJohnMurphy]

I've heard it's Mel Morris

[The Year Of The Fox]

9 minutes ago, Chrysalis said:

What issues were there?

None

 

 

Newcastle may have gone down under him, but look at us 😂

 

 

The ‘issue’ with Mike Ashley from Newcastle fans’ own eyes is that they thought they should’ve been winning things because lots of people go to the stadium twice a week.

 

They were incredibly self entitled and believed their own hype.

[Vindaloo FOX]

16 minutes ago, Vindaloo FOX said:

 

I've been doing some investigating.

 

 

Charles Street Buildings Group has deep historical ties to Leicester and owns a vast portfolio of properties there. 

 

In late 2024, the Dallas-based private equity firm Lone Star Funds partnered up & acquired a major portion of the group's mixed asset portfolio (about 40 assets) for nearly £580 million. Charles Street Buildings continues to hold and operate out of the East Midlands.

 

The global private equity firm Lone Star Funds is owned by its founder and chairman, John P. Grayken. Under his ownership, the Dallas-based firm focuses on distressed assets, real estate, corporate equity, and credit. 

 

 

More interesting info.

 

1. Grayken’s firm is headquartered in Dallas, he lives in London because he can’t spend much more than 120 days a year in the U.S. without having to pay the U.S. taxman.

 

2. His long time number two, Ellis Short, who helped found Lone Star, left in 2007. Short did well enough at Lone Star to buy Sunderland FC.

 

 

[Pita]

Why would anyone want to buy a rundown club like ours 

[fox_favourite]

3 minutes ago, Pita said:

Why would anyone want to buy a rundown club like ours 

Are we a random club though? We have e doen so we'll recently, yes we're in the dumps at the mo, but we're not just a random club.

 

Edited 24 May by fox_favourite

[TheUltimateWinner]

It’s Roy Cropper.

[BeaumontFox]

4 minutes ago, fox_favourite said:

Are we a random club though? We have e doen so we'll recently, yes we're in the dumps at the mo, but we're not just a random club.

 

They didn’t say random 😂

[Kinowe Soorie]

6 minutes ago, Pita said:

Why would anyone want to buy a rundown club like ours 

Is this a joke?

[Turtle27]

New name for the King Power then if this happens. 

[Kinowe Soorie]

Some of the tops teams across Europe, most probably, can’t match our facilities or stadium.

Owners are very different to set up.

[Stevosevic]

Surely there’s no local businessmen with huge funds that we need? 
 

Could be ignorance of mine but surely you need a billionaire? 

[st albans fox]

we are an attractive target given our infrastructure 

anyone with finances and ambition, looking to buy a club with a view to having a PL club in five years time would see us as a good target. The problem being the price that king power would demand. (Too high) 
from what we read, there is no word of a takeover - seems to be about investment for some equity so looks like king power stay in control for now. 
 

of course if we don’t bounce back next season then that could well change the calculations by KP 

[Vindaloo FOX]

5 minutes ago, Stevosevic said:

Surely there’s no local businessmen with huge funds that we need? 
 

Could be ignorance of mine but surely you need a billionaire? 

John Grayken has an estimated net worth of approximately $6.9 billion, he owns Charles Street Buildings Group.

 

The Charles Street Buildings (CSB) Group has been firmly rooted in Leicester since the 1950s.

Edited 24 May by Vindaloo FOX

[Pita]

12 minutes ago, Kinowe Soorie said:

Is this a joke?

The men’s team dropped two leagues the women’s one. We owe big money to the bank we had money trouble for years over payed players. What’s good about the club

[pmcla26]

29 minutes ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

None

 

 

Newcastle may have gone down under him, but look at us 😂

 

 

The ‘issue’ with Mike Ashley from Newcastle fans’ own eyes is that they thought they should’ve been winning things because lots of people go to the stadium twice a week.

 

They were incredibly self entitled and believed their own hype.

Ashley is just another Top.
 

The PIF have hardly bankrolled Newcastle in comparison to Chelsea and Man City (like what was to believed) and look at the difference since. 

[urban.spaceman]

49 minutes ago, Vindaloo FOX said:

 

I've been doing some investigating.

 

 

Charles Street Buildings Group has deep historical ties to Leicester and owns a vast portfolio of properties there. 

 

In late 2024, the Dallas-based private equity firm Lone Star Funds partnered up & acquired a major portion of the group's mixed asset portfolio (about 40 assets) for nearly £580 million. Charles Street Buildings continues to hold and operate out of the East Midlands.

 

The global private equity firm Lone Star Funds is owned by its founder and chairman, John P. Grayken. Under his ownership, the Dallas-based firm focuses on distressed assets, real estate, corporate equity, and credit. 

 

 

 

[Spanner73]

4 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

we are an attractive target given our infrastructure 

anyone with finances and ambition, looking to buy a club with a view to having a PL club in five years time would see us as a good target. The problem being the price that king power would demand. (Too high) 
from what we read, there is no word of a takeover - seems to be about investment for some equity so looks like king power stay in control for now. 
 

of course if we don’t bounce back next season then that could well change the calculations by KP 

Yes “Aiyawatt the clown” 🤡 will still be here but hopefully we’ll have someone on board with a presence that can say to him

 

“You jolly on back to Thailand to play on your gee gees and I’ll operate the club as I know what I’m doing, stay as long as you like, no need to rush back” 

 

 

[whoareyaaa]

Anyone but the two idiots in charge atm

[Spanner73]

25 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Anyone but the two idiots in charge atm

2 Frank Spencer’s who couldn’t clean a toothbrush without fookin it up 

For gods sake it couldn’t be any worse 

[fox_favourite]

1 hour ago, BeaumontFox said:

They didn’t say random 😂

Look, multitasking and dyslexia doesn't mix.