Takeover News/Rumours

[janey]

disagree. I think their only interest at this point is getting the price they wanted down the line once we are promoted. Don’t think they will have any input, people need to stop obsessing about them retaining shares. It means very little in reality.

I agree, though I understand why people want them gone completely, in terms of any power they have I’m not sure they’ll have any more influence than any of us posting on here.
So, I’m not going to let their possible on-going involvement bother me in terms of how I feel about the excitement of the potential takeover.

 

[Grammar Police]

Absolutely buzzing with this news. We will have money to burn.

Enough has been pissed up the wall already.

What we need is for it to be spent wisely.

For once.

 

[dave hedgehog]

Absolutely buzzing with this news. We will have money to burn.

Its what we normally do with dosh at this club!

 

[Fetch Fletch]

They'll have less influence than Sartori does now. I'm reaching the conclusion that this is coming about because Sartori was sick of not being listened to.

Could well be. He might have seemed very hands off but the lad definitely loves his football

 

[Dilligaf60]

Absolutely buzzing with this news. We will have money to burn.

We already tried that and ended up in league 1. I’d respectfully suggest a more measured approach this time and see if that works.

 

[ironman]

They've already repaid about £14m. And Sartori, not Louis-Dreyfus, is the lead in the consortium. Any money moving from Madrox to the club that isn't a loan is reinstating the parachute, whether or not the Madrox shareholders change.

Would you expect wholesale changes such as the Manager and backroom staff including bringing in a DOF

 

[Yankee Mackem]

Plot twist. New owner posts on here as Reiver or Sessions.

 

[Cuban Pete]

Absolutely buzzing with this news. We will have money to burn.

And nothing to spend it on.

 

[samaistonsrightfoot]

Well done you, good job you’re here.

Next time I post I’ll run it past you first to see if I’ve met with your high standards. Must be with me being new on here that I thought I could generalise to make a point.

Probably for the best as making things up as an excuse to put others down isn't a good look.

 

[mr chuckles]

Enough has been pissed up the wall already.

What we need is for it to be spent wisely.

For once.

We can't even spend daft money even if we wanted too in this league and going forward in the championship

 

[sksk3021]

SD isn’t involved now man. CM will just want the cash too, don’t think he’s that bothered about us.

What about Sartori, he going to be more involved now?

 

[Fred Basset]

We already tried that and ended up in league 1. I’d respectfully suggest a more measured approach this time and see if that works.

This club has a perfect opportunity to lay foundations that are really strong. And can last. Quick fixes don't get that.

 

[Mowgli]

New majority shareholder means a takeover tbh

 

[Left For Dead]

By the way, the significance of Louis-Dreyfus's wealth being in a Trust Fund has just dawned on me. It means that the purse strings are actually controlled by Mme Dreyfus, his mother. The one still has a stake in Marseille. This looks very similar to the situation involving the Rybovlev's at Monaco, where Rybovlev controls the funding, but has his duaghter (Mrs Sartori) as chairman.

Indeed....they must have lots of rich mates along that south French coast. Just reading how Dreyfus Senior was the CEO of Adidas! Major job that, he also inspired marseilles back to Europe.....his son will want to emulate that

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

Would you expect wholesale changes such as the Manager and backroom staff including bringing in a DOF

I'd expect a DoF before a change of manager. Irrespective of style, Parkinson is doing well as far as the table is concerned. Sacking a manager in that situation would look odd to people outside the NE bubble, a bit like when Graham Alexander got the bullet at Salford. An immediate change of manager would only make sense if they have someone lined up already.

It's also possible they'll look for a CEO with more experience in building a club through the divisions, rather than just L1/L2 experience.

 

[Upthere]

Don’t know if it’s me being cynical.

I’m wondering why the Monaco lot didn’t want to get involved.

 

[Left For Dead]

New majority shareholder means a takeover tbh

That 20pc to old owners is just for ROI - they wont decide nowt- this is very good news as their links to other euro football big names will be there

 

[jimb]

Marseille spending about 50 million a season on players over last 10 years.
As a wise ghost once said "you'll do for me bonny lad"

 

[Left For Dead]

I'd expect a DoF before a change of manager. Irrespective of style, Parkinson is doing well as far as the table is concerned. Sacking a manager in that situation would look odd to people outside the NE bubble, a bit like when Graham Alexander got the bullet at Salford. An immediate change of manager would only make sense if they have someone lined up already.

It's also possible they'll look for a CEO with more experience in building a club through the divisions, rather than just L1/L2 experience.

Exactly, parky will take us up then go

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

What about Sartori, he going to be more involved now?

The Guardian (in the body of the article) and SSN are suggesting he's leading the consortium. This also fits with Nixon's claim in August that JS was looking for backers.