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Milan Mandaric has targeted leicester!

By davieG, in Leicester City Forum

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Fez of Mahrez

Fez of Mahrez

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1,400 posts for the Milan Mandaric thread.

:cry:

An emotional day.

Maybe we should celebrate this in the same way that the club made a big fuss about our 120th anniversary because it just couldn't wait for 125.

lcfc_jme

lcfc_jme

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1,400 posts for the Milan Mandaric thread.

:cry:

An emotional day.

Maybe we should celebrate this in the same way that the club made a big fuss about our 120th anniversary because it just couldn't wait for 125.

Surely you could wait for another 100 posts in this thread Fez?? After all, with the recent form and interest in the club coming from supporters, and the increased spottings of Mr Mandaric recently, people are going to be bombarding this thread in the hope that Mandaric caves in to the unanimous support and comes in sooner than he plans to :thumbup::P

Nationwider

Nationwider

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4. Signatures & Avatars 1,843

5. Milan Mandaric has targeted leicester! 1,400

Mandy hard on the heels of sigs'n'avs. Perhaps he'd care to give us a courtesy post, Fezz?

Fez of Mahrez

Fez of Mahrez

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4. Signatures & Avatars 1,843

5. Milan Mandaric has targeted leicester! 1,400

Mandy hard on the heels of sigs'n'avs. Perhaps he'd care to give us a courtesy post, Fezz?

I'll text him and ask.

Oh shite, my cover's blown!

Fox in a Box

Fox in a Box

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Milan Mandarić (Serbian: Милан Мандарић) is a Serbian-American business tycoon who has owned a string of successful businesses and football (soccer) clubs including Portsmouth F.C.. He was born in Croatia, in 1941 and grew up in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, Vojvodina.

He took control of his father's machine shop aged 21, and by age 26 had turned it into the largest business in the country. At the time, Yugoslavia was a communist country, but a relatively free one. Private enterprise was encouraged - up to a point. Mandaric, now mass-producing car spares for the whole country and for overseas, became too successful and in the government's eyes went overnight from 'Hero' to 'Capitalist Traitor'.

In 1969, worried by the government's view of his business, he left Serbia and settled in the United States. He had to leave most of his fortune behind, and got a job for an American computer component manufacturer in California. When two of the senior managers left to start their own firm Mandaric was invited to be their third partner. The firm was successful, but disagreements over manufacturing processes led to Mandaric leaving to form his own company, Lika Corporation, in 1971. In 1976, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. By 1976 Lika Corp. was the largest manufacturer of computer components in the USA, and Mandaric was pioneering the boom that led to the creation of California's Silicon Valley. He sold the company to the Tandy Corporation in 1980 and set up a new company, Sanmina, which developed high-tech telecoms products.

In 1989 he acquired a struggling competitor and merged it with Sanmina. He also began branching out into investment companies such as Behrman Capital. Mandaric also became owner of the St. Louis Storm, a Major Soccer League franchise that ceased operations in 1992 when the MSL also folded.

Following the collapse of communism in Yugoslavia, and then the break-up of the state, Mandaric has taken advantage of the new states' free markets to set-up and buy businesses in his homeland, such as Razvojna Banka, which was formerly state owned.

Around the same time he had begun using his money to invest in football, his passion since childhood (as a young man he had played for Novi Sad). He set up firstly F.C. Lika, then San Jose Earthquakes which played in the USA's first professional league. George Best had played for the latter team, and the two men became friends.

Sceptical about the future of the sport in the USA, Mandaric looked to European football, owning first Belgian club Standard Liège, then French team OGC Nice. In 1998 he sold Nice and took over English club Portsmouth F.C., to whom he had been introduced by ex-player Preki. George Best was often seen watching Portsmouth F.C. with Mandaric.

Despite Mandaric's patronage the club still survives in its crumbling stadium. Numerous bizarre delays for a planned new stadium, and three successive battles against relegation from the Premiership, have recently seen the fans begin to question the clubs ambition. In January 2006 it was announced that Mandaric has sold a 50% stake in the club to French businessman Alexandre Gaydamak. [1] After the club's unlikely survival Mandarić sold his remaining half of Portsmouth to Gaydamak but remains at the club as a figurehead in his role as non-executive chairman.

Recently, Mandaric took over the Slovenian First division side NK Koper.

It has been made known that as of 15:50 on 21th September he will resign as chairman of Portsmouth contary to a statement from him made earlier this year.

He has recently declared that there is a "50/50 chance" of him buying East Midlands club Leicester City. :thumbup:

OriginalRobboFOX

OriginalRobboFOX

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:laugh: and why then would we have to wait until pretty much the end of January for Milan to come in and buy us out??

just inside info. i'll keep it to myself next time..... :ph34r:

lcfc_jme

lcfc_jme

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just inside info. i'll keep it to myself next time..... :ph34r:

Please don't. We're always interested for any info

Aye we are, especially about Uncle Milan. I was sorta asking you a question anyway to get you to expand on what you said and share some more inside info with us :thumbup:

Mandaric

Mandaric

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I'm not telling anyone again...I have no bloody interest in Leicester whatsoever. I want to move to London and set up a Mexican Wave theatre group.

Cheese Me

Cheese Me

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just inside info. i'll keep it to myself next time..... :ph34r:

Would be great to hear where that inside info came from.

Why that date specifically too? Please tell.

Thanks

lcfc_jme

lcfc_jme

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I'm going the doctors can someone call the surgery if there's any more news on this please.

Name of the surgery is important as I think something is imminent :ermm:

Leonisco

Leonisco

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Just some inside info.

I can assure you all the takeover will take place as of January 24th 2007.

Not doubting the reliability of that statement, but why would he take over right near the end of the transfer window when its less likely we'll be able to put his money towards any signings? :dunno:

OriginalRobboFOX

OriginalRobboFOX

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Would be great to hear where that inside info came from.

Why that date specifically too? Please tell.

Thanks

cant and shouldn't really expand...... heads could roll. that date is specific tho, its a wednesday.

you aint seen me..... roight!

lcfc_jme

lcfc_jme

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You call the 24th January imminent? :pinch: :unsure::blink:

Being sarcastic and pouring scorn on the whole thing. Which sometimes you can't tell is happening because it is an internet forum with no sound.

And plus I'm trying to keep the thread going/increase post numbers in here :)

(before I believe the Jan 24th thing I'd like to know some more information about where it came from and who the guy is that posted it on here)

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