Leicester City For Sale (Ongoing Thread)

[lcfc_forever]

43 minutes ago, em9999 said:

Scots-based millionaire leads ambitious bid to buy Premier League-winning club – and he considered buying RANGERS too

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/16692947/scots-millionaire-leicester-takeover-rangers-bid/

Interesting. Doesn't seem the wealthiest but looks like he'd head up the consortium/be the public face. Surprised he's gone public, although could well be an ulterior motive. 

 

The Indian link is a no-brainer, it was a massive lost opportunity when we won the PL to market us in SE Asia and spread our popularity further but the club weren't equipped and fumbled it, perhaps focusing too much on Thailand. 

[Jattdogg]

1 hour ago, Blue-fox said:

Just red online on the sun website that some chap called Lal who is of Indian descent has approached the club. 
 

 

Thats my grandads brother and lives around the corner,  no chance can he afford us. 

[ACF]

Neil Lal has the most AI website I’ve ever seen, get him out

[STUHILL]

Neil Lal with an estimated net worth of £2 million...  I know it would be a consortium, but geeeeez. As others have said, probably using us to get his name out there, and nothing more. 

[-sodapop]

Looks like an absolute chancer, no thanks

[Jimmy]

serious bidders don't tend to go public, certainly not before they have preferred bidder status

[Lesta2014]

Sounds like he really wants rangers. 

[dayday]

2 minutes ago, Lesta2014 said:

Sounds like he really wants rangers. 

This, we’re just a stepping stone 

[StanSP]

Lal means 'red' in Gujarati/Indian languages. 

 

This is all Top would need for it to be a legit bid. 

[coolhandfox]

As charlie methven said on BSLB you get a lot of tyre kickers.

[les-tah]

21 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

As charlie methven said on BSLB you get a lot of tyre kickers.

Only one of the few things he said that was true

[Ian Nacho]

Screams of a tyre kicker. 

[Sly]

I am going to write ti the club later and seek further clarification on the article. I’ll then put a statement in LeicestershireLive, saying I want to buy Leicester. 
 

Then proceed to give a statement about buying Celtic for 80% of the article. 

[Spudulike]

9 hours ago, Stadt said:

Or alternatively building homes for a country with far too few houses?

 

There is also no designated green belt in Leicestershire.

I don't live in Leicestershire.

[mod hero]

3 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

I don't live in Leicestershire.

Lucky you 

[DAS Boot]

25 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

I don't live in Leicestershire.

Plastic

[StanSP]

2 hours ago, coolhandfox said:

As charlie methven said on BSLB you get a lot of tyre kickers.

 

1 hour ago, Ian Nacho said:

Screams of a tyre kicker. 

Never heard this phrase before but now get it

 

[les-tah]

Such a tyre kicker it wouldnt even draw the real interested parties out their holes, turki is probably laughing👀

[Ricey]

Really odd comments.

 

"We are looking at the Leicester situation and have written to the club for information with regards to the financials. Leicester City FC is a great football club with wonderful fans."

 

“If things go well and both sides are happy then we plan to build the club and put it right back in the top tier of football."

 

"India is a country of 1.4 billion people, we look to build bridges with different revenue streams from merchandising and streaming, which will not only increase revenue but will build bridges with new fan base on a global platform."

 

“These synergies are what is needed. We are also looking for a football venture in Scotland. There shouldn’t be any changes, for example with the strip or the colours."

 

“In my opinion, the best thing would be to take stock of the situation, and invest in the club for better players and also to increase the revenue. I touched on Asia, such as India, about merchandising and streaming, as well as increasing the fanbase, I think that’s the best way forward."

 

“The fans, any fans, whether it’s Leicester City football club or Rangers football club or any football club, that’s the heart and soul, and at the end of the day, we need to build the club to where it should be, which is the top tier of football.”

Reeks of someone who doesn't really have much of a plan beyond trying to flog merchandise and streaming rights to India.

[Grebfromgrebland]

As an Indian I'm really wary of Indian ownership of Leicester. 

 

 

 

Edit: I mean the club not the city, we already own the city 

Edit 2: The above emoji could be misconstrued. I don't  mean it like that.

Edited 17 August by Grebfromgrebland

[Foxin_Mad]

4 minutes ago, Ricey said:

Reeks of someone who doesn't really have much of a plan beyond trying to flog merchandise and streaming rights to India.

Tbf thats more of a plan than King Power ever had and people lap them up still. 

[Tommy G]

1 minute ago, Ricey said:

Really odd comments.

 

"We are looking at the Leicester situation and have written to the club for information with regards to the financials. Leicester City FC is a great football club with wonderful fans."

 

“If things go well and both sides are happy then we plan to build the club and put it right back in the top tier of football."

 

"India is a country of 1.4 billion people, we look to build bridges with different revenue streams from merchandising and streaming, which will not only increase revenue but will build bridges with new fan base on a global platform."

 

“These synergies are what is needed. We are also looking for a football venture in Scotland. There shouldn’t be any changes, for example with the strip or the colours."

 

“In my opinion, the best thing would be to take stock of the situation, and invest in the club for better players and also to increase the revenue. I touched on Asia, such as India, about merchandising and streaming, as well as increasing the fanbase, I think that’s the best way forward."

 

“The fans, any fans, whether it’s Leicester City football club or Rangers football club or any football club, that’s the heart and soul, and at the end of the day, we need to build the club to where it should be, which is the top tier of football.”

Reeks of someone who doesn't really have much of a plan beyond trying to flog merchandise and streaming rights to India.

I've dealt with a few approaches from Indian businesses and HNWI and culturally they can be a challenge to deal with -  terms change in an instant, prices change with no real reason, ''we agreed on this'' - no we didn't.

 

I can probably think of 3/4 examples where it went the same way. This isn't some kind of racist slur before anyone jumps on it, just some patterns I've noticed. Give it 10-15 years they will be a real powerhouse, just a bit of catching up needed on how to run in proper processes when acquiring a western business' as they have the low cost infrastructure to complement.

[StanSP]

7 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

I've dealt with a few approaches from Indian businesses and HNWI and culturally they can be a challenge to deal with -  terms change in an instant, prices change with no real reason, ''we agreed on this'' - no we didn't.

 

I can probably think of 3/4 examples where it went the same way. This isn't some kind of racist slur before anyone jumps on it, just some patterns I've noticed. Give it 10-15 years they will be a real powerhouse, just a bit of catching up needed on how to run in proper processes when acquiring a western business' as they have the low cost infrastructure to complement.

Pfft. 

 

10-15yrs?! You liar. You said 5-10 years before, we'll go with that. Good doing business with you. 

[Pliskin]

There’s no chance he can afford the asking price, he won’t have any money left if he does!

[Trav Le Bleu]

Our first Indian!