Blackburns Situation

[wattolcfc]

Just found this interesting read on the troubles and strange goings on at Blackburn, thought I'd share it with you lot and see what you thought.

EWOOD THE TRUTH wrote: ROVERS THE TRUTH I am very well connected with BRFC and have sat on this info for long enough..you want to know whats going on at Ewood..here it is. Steve KEAN (Minor 2nd team coach) is connected to a number of pretty serious Glasgow criminals who had a vast amount of money which required laundering. (2-3million) As an employee of the club KEAN was aware that ROVERS had been for sale for quite some time with very little serious interest from anyone, he knew the price and the money which would be required to purchase it. He approached his Management Company KETARO (owned by ANDERSON) and put to him a business plan for the purchase of the club, this plan would give ANDERSON unofficial control of the club and enable him to 'legally' perform the sort of transaction with existing and future players on his books that got West Ham into trouble with the TEVEZ / MASSCARNO saga. (the buying and selling of players being the only way to make money from a Premier League club) The consortium that KEAN suggested involved himself (representing the the gangster money) being a shareholder and part owner in the little scheme, KENTRO unable to purchase a Premier League club to to league conflict rules, scouted around emerging markets (India / China / Brazil) for a company to come in as the official new 'owners' capable of satisfying the fit and proper test laid down by the league. VENKYS loved the idea as they were keen to attack the European market and expand beyond India. The cost to VENKYS for taking part in the venture was half the purchase price of 43million. (This 20 million was set aside anyway for marketing costs in breaking into the European market so net coast to VENKYS being NIL) The remainder of the cost was met by ANDERSON and a number of others in his syndicate (including KEAN) The scheme was sold to all involve as being 'win win' as the purchase price was assured of being returned to all members of the syndicate by TV money and in worst case relegation parachute payment which totaled coincidentally approx 43 million) KEAN had one condition for his involvement, the removal of BIG SAM and his promotion to Club Manager. The removal of the established management infrastructure was essential in helping the group keep the deal secret, hence JOHN W and the rest were thanked for their services and shown the door. The recent mortgage in Aug 2011 for 43million is assured against the TV money for this year and any subsequent parachute payment from relegation whether that come this year or in the future. This money has been returned to all members of the syndicate to cover their initial stake (hence the secrecy), thus any money made from here on in by way of transfers, TV money, sale of the club being total profit to the group. The Indians are basically passengers on this train and as now they have their money back they are totally uninterested in the future of the club, for them it remains what it always has been, a marketing tool. ANDERSON is keen to continue to use the club as a feeder for his younger less established players, he makes money by legitamatly charging massively inflated agent fees for all players coming in and out, and in the event of a player making a big breakthrough gains millions for the syndicate in the sell on fee. KEAN..well he's just living the dream, he would never have made a Premier League manager as long as he lived, the best he could aspire to was being someones No 2 and that dream was 5-10years away. The new deal recently signed by KEAN is in recognition and reward from all concerned as the others have all done very well out of the deal to date (he obviously had to be rewarded as well) He is the Manager and he's going nowhere, not because he's un-sackable but because he's delivered what he said and not withstanding HE OWNS PART OF THE CLUB. (albeit via his gangster friends in Glasgow) All of his little trips to INDIA are not about him answering to the INDIANS is about him telling them what to do, when to speak and what to say, all stuff that needs to be said in person at risk of emails or phone calls being recorded. The whole thing would take a financial investigator years to uncover and is more or less impossible to trace as the paper trail all runs though VENKYS in INDIA. They have the club pretty much sawn up. The recent interest from the Middle East is of no interest to the syndicate as they only stand to gain a little over what they paid, the rewards from keeping the club are much more to them than that..If this deal ever came out..people will be going to jail..so don't expect it to anytime soon..Oh what fun to be a Rovers fan.

[Guest MattP]

Got this in my Inbox from a Rovers fan yesterday, incredible if true....

[wattolcfc]

To be honest, surely something dodgy is going on. There is NO WAY you reward a failing manager with a new IMPROVED contract. It is financial suicide. I think the FA should look into it.

[Bert]

Shocking and scary if true. Find it hard to believe but I suppose it could be true. Hope for the love of football it's not.

[Guest shearfox]

To be honest, surely something dodgy is going on. There is NO WAY you reward a failing manager with a new IMPROVED contract. It is financial suicide. I think the FA should look into it.

It's not like he has ever been successful either, so yes it's surprising and strange. I can't believe he even managed to get the job.

[John Matrix]

makes almost zero sense when you look at the figures these supposed criminals were trying to launder. i don't see what the criminals brought to the table in this deal. they put 2-3 million in yet they are in control. doesn't seem likely.

[Guest ttfn]

Bullshit.

Something weird's going on at Blackburn, but this isn't it.

[I am Rod Hull]

[I am Rod Hull]

To be honest, surely something dodgy is going on. There is NO WAY you reward a failing manager with a new IMPROVED contract. It is financial suicide. I think the FA Fraud squad should look into it.

[Bob Farley]

Madness

[longy]

Interesting.

Wait and see I guess.

[Jordan]

That seems pretty far-fetched to me. And if that were emailed to me, it would probably wind up in my junk mail folder, as it's written like spam that tries to sell penis-growing pills.

[ScouseFox]

Superb. Whoever dreamt that up deserves a round of applause/bed in a mental hospital.

In all seriousness, seems highly unlikely, hope it's not true.

[Jaspa]

Reading that it seems completely made up

Another twonk trying to be a forum celebrity & more attempted pressure created for Kean from the BRFC faithful.

Somebody i know seems to think that LCFC are really owned by the same people, using trustworthy faces and businesses to evade the rules.

And more strangely, because they secured The Yak after us.

[shen]

Something smells very fishy about all of this. The club got a lot of media attention over here when John Jensen was sacked. He was on TV the other day still bemused at the whole thing. The players loved him and his coaching, the staff loved him and he received praise from above. He was hung out to dry by Kean. A reporter found out about an email Kean had sent to the board where he basically lambasted Jensen, although the latter was never given any reason for his dismissal. If Kean controls proceedings there though, would he really have got rid of a competent coach just to appease the fans and deflect attention?

[Facecloth]

There's definitely foul play there. The Venky's paid a poultry amount for the club, the sacking of Allardyce for Kean certainly ruffled a few feathers, and now Blackburn are the chicken-feed of the Premier League. I think they put all their eggs in one basket when they made such big changes so earlier after buying the club.

[Libertine]

BWARK!

[The Doctor]

There's definitely foul play there. The Venky's paid a poultry amount for the club, the sacking of Allardyce for Kean certainly ruffled a few feathers, and now Blackburn are the chicken-feed of the Premier League. I think they put all their eggs in one basket when they made such big changes so earlier after buying the club.

No. Just no. Pre-emptive strike on a wave of chicken based puns.

[John Matrix]

There's definitely foul play there. The Venky's paid a poultry amount for the club, the sacking of Allardyce for Kean certainly ruffled a few feathers, and now Blackburn are the chicken-feed of the Premier League. I think they put all their eggs in one basket when they made such big changes so earlier after buying the club.

[I am Rod Hull]

No. Just no. Pre-emptive strike on a wave of chicken based puns.

Get stuffed...

[Houdini Logic]

Got to be nonsense - the closest Glasgow has to a gangster is this chap...

[21st Century Fox]

While I don't doubt there's something going on, I highly doubt its that scenario. What was that b*llocks about the Venky's regaining their original investment so now they're disinterested in the club?? So they've made their money back and pretty much tarnished their name in the process, that was all they were in it for??

If you were looking to launder money why would you pick a Premier League football club? Surely there're are million other less conspicuous channels.

[somebum]

Nice story needs more wizards and dragons. And paragraphs ffs

[SOCCERROO FOX]

Story seems a bit far fetched but something dodgy is going on for sure. Managers don't just get payrises whilst most knowledgeable footballing fans believe he is lucky to have a job.

[Happy Fox]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/dec/01/venkys-blackburn-free-concerts?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Ffootball%2Frss+%28Football%29

Blackburn owners Venky's hoped to use free R&B concerts to woo fans

• Venky's wanted Akon as headliners at Ewood Park

• Emails reveal extravagant failed pop plans

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Daniel Taylor

guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 December 2011 22.30 GMT

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Kelly Rowland was among the big pop names Blackburn's owners wanted to perform at Ewood Park. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian

It was an unusual strategy even by the standards of Venky's, the poultry group that took over Blackburn Rovers promising "beautiful football" and has overseen a year of strange and frequently bewildering goings-on at Ewood Park.

The Venky's way is clearly an eccentric one given that they have just awarded their manager, Steve Kean, a pay rise despite being bottom of the league, with seven points from 13 games and weekly protests from supporters calling for him to be sacked. However, what has not been revealed until now is the lengths to which the one-time small family business were willing to go at the start of the season to ingratiate themselves with Rovers fans.

The Guardian has been shown emails revealing plans to stage a free concert at Ewood Park in which Blackburn wanted Akon, with over nine million albums sold worldwide, to be the headline act at a ground where the nearest thing to R&B is usually provided by the man with a drum in the Ronnie Clayton End.

Kelly Rowland and David Guetta were also approached to see if they could be persuaded to head to Lancashire for a one-off gig, pencilled in for 11 August, two days before the start of the season.

What these category-A stars thought about performing in front of 20,000 Blackburn supporters is not entirely clear but, perhaps unsurprisingly, the idea never got off the ground, with none of the acts agreeing to perform. Instead the most audible noises inside Ewood that week were the jeers that followed the 2-1 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Music insiders estimate the concert would have cost a seven-figure sum to stage but that there was almost no chance of attracting such an ambitious lineup, in much the same way that Venky's has talked about trying to recruit Ronaldinho and David Beckham to help a losing team. Fans fearing a long relegation battle will hope the money can be used instead to bring in some new players in the January transfer window.