Unnamed Middle Eastern firm hold interest in buying Leicester City

[MattFox]

1 hour ago, suffolk fox said:

MMMMMM so according to Borsen (knows fa really) KP have been trying to sell the club for two years?  I find that hard to believe.  Plus he states we are not a premier league club, stating the obvious.

 

His article neither confirms or denies anything and is pure speculation.

 

Man knows nothing and, is, basing his bias claptrap on  assumptions.

 

I wish this man would just shut up regarding our club.

Makes sense tbf given 2 years ago is when Aiyawatt lost his control of the King Power Group

 

 

[indierich06]

12 hours ago, Pita said:

For us it’s the best time but for a investor totally wrong time could save them a fortune 

A club that gets promoted instantly back to the Championship would be worth way more than one that is potentially stuck in the lower divisions and selling off any assets for years to come. Yeah it's a risk, but there is potential for higher reward too.

[Pita]

1 minute ago, indierich06 said:

A club that gets promoted instantly back to the Championship would be worth way more than one that is potentially stuck in the lower divisions and selling off any assets for years to come. Yeah it's a risk, but there is potential for higher reward too.

Can’t see anything happening this year these things take time ie ground, land around it, training ground and all the other parts hived off by king power 

[Lambert09]

4 minutes ago, Pita said:

Can’t see anything happening this year these things take time ie ground, land around it, training ground and all the other parts hived off by king power 

I just think we seem decent until they see the stupid bank loan deals the club have taken 

[Paninistickers]

38 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

He is the major share holder, how do they pull rank on him 

By giving him between 25m-50m quid to deposit in the club's bank account to keep his shambles alive

 

 

[HankMarvin]

13 minutes ago, Paninistickers said:

By giving him between 25m-50m quid to deposit in the club's bank account to keep his shambles alive

 

 

Doesn’t really make sense, they pull rank on him by giving him money?

They don’t get to have the final say on that decision.

Plus the last debt to equity conversion, came from 2 different revenue streams Top and KP

[coolhandfox]

Equity firm by companies in stress all the time.

[Pelotas]

20 hours ago, Sly said:

On the principle of why would someone pay more for Leicester over Middlesborough.

 

I think the value of a football club is based on four things.

 

1. Playing squad - we’ve gone from €520m in 21/22, to €60m as of today. Bonkers. Middlesborough has a more valuable squad than us. If anything as we sell players, it will drop in the immediate future. However I would

anticipate the likes of Page, Carr, Nelson etc will have breakout years and the values increase with a return to the Championship.

 

2. Infrastructure - we win this with ease. Stadiums are relatively similar, we are more ideally located being in the Midlands. We have one of the world’s best training facilities. Belvoir Drive if you need it, then you consider all the land we own for the stadium redevelopment. 
 

3. Brand - again, this is in our favour, as we have a larger reach albeit we haven’t capitalised on it very well at all. You could argue you’d make the £40’lm difference back in a rebuilding Leicester documentary in a similar vein to the ones Sunderland / Wrexham have trotted out. Russell Martin would be a great front for this. 
 

4. Future earnings potential - This is 50/50. Short term I’d suggest you’d get more from Middlesbrough, due to them being in the Championship. Longer term, with our foreign fan base, expansion potential etc, we are a better bet.

 

That makes sense ….. I think. 

Just as a side note... I'm guessing OH Leuven will also be part of the deal? Don't think that adds much more to the valuation, but I see no reason why King Power would keep OHL as only club in their portfolio as it is more valuable together with Leicester, although the exchange of players over the seasons has been rather limited (had a quick check, found Elliott Moore, Bartosz Kapustka, George Hirst, Daniel Iversen, Kamal Sowah, Nathan Opoku, Josh Eppiah, Filip Benković, Andy King...)

Edited 45 minutes ago by Pelotas

[Paninistickers]

47 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

Doesn’t really make sense, they pull rank on him by giving him money?

They don’t get to have the final say on that decision.

Plus the last debt to equity conversion, came from 2 different revenue streams Top and KP

Oh come on, don't be naive. There are strings - informal and formal -  attached to all sorts of financial support; mortgage lender to house owner. Credit cards to consumers. Parents to kids. Friend to friend..

 

There is little realistic chance that the idiot has managed to secure 25m-50m of money ....let alone secure it and there be no strings attached. 

 

The likeliest scenario is that he's been bailed out by the family business in order to keep the thing alive, in order to sell it s a going concern

[MPH]

14 hours ago, Pita said:

For us it’s the best time but for a investor totally wrong time could save them a fortune 

it would also mean they are 12 months further down the line from getting their investment back ( prem football)  or building up their investment