Nick Barnes on totalsport

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wackyjacky said:
According to Barnes just April gone we rejected a bid from the Saudi'ds in favour of Campbell so he's been back in for us. He's the preferred bidder for Donald as he'll let him stay on the board.
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Even in our sorry state I don't want to be a sportswashing exercise for SA. I'd rather support a newco than the original SAFC who had sold their soul to become a propaganda vehicle.
 


Nelson! said:
struggled and failed to buy falkirk didn't he?

Could be an entirely different group backing him to buy us though I suppose.
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I'm not convinced by him at all like, just comes across like the sorts of owners who ruined Pompey again and again.
 
wackyjacky said:
Never heard the show but the crack on twitter from people who listened is we rebuffed the Saudi consortium as Campbell is their preferred bidder due to the fact he would allow Donald to stay on board. If true, and obviously I've no idea, then Donald is an absolute disgrace and only thinking of himself.
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So we’d swap one skint, shite owner for another skint, shite owner, but get to keep the previous shite owner to make more inept shite decisions?!
Sounds mint.
 
Scotty 1978 said:
Very interesting on BBC Total Sport this evening...

Nick Barnes has said that ‘The Campbell’ deal fell through, as after Due diligence, if he purchased the club, they’d be bankrupt within a year....

He also said that a Saudi consortium were interested in April to buy the club, Neil fox (SAFC club director and SD’s mate from Eastleigh) said the club had a preferred consortium they wanted to sell too and rebuffed the bid/deal...
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Think NB trying to infer that Mark Campbell is a wrong un, which is what lots of others including fans at Falkirk have said also.
 
scott934 said:
It couldn’t have been the Saudi power structure, they’re in for the mags. Will have been just Saudi nationality, which theres nothing wrong with until you learn more.
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I suppose I just assumed anyone from certain states getting involved would be doing so for sportswashing reasons, perhaps for their personal business etc rather than for the state as a whole.

Could just as easily be a business person looking for a good deal or for a toy to show off of course, you're correct.
 
It really will be the end of Campbell is appearing to head any type of consortium that has managed to scrape a few quid together and manages to strike some sort of dodgey deal with Donald
 
Coeus said:
You'd hope so, I'm just not sure why we would go bankrupt.

It suggests that they want to spend 10's of millions of pounds of the club's money, which isn't realistic.

I mean a scouting set up that would have us bankrupt within a year would have to be something akin to an elite club wouldn't it?

I don't think I'm articulating what I mean very well.
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Because we are going to have an East Stand Concourse and a Roker End Upper.
 
sick said:
Because we are going to have an East Stand Concourse and a Roker End Upper.
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It's just a weird premise.

Stand's to reason you cant increase expenses dramatically without income unless you're paying for it yourself.
 
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