FYI: Talksport Everton Special

[sheeds]

£125M for the shares of Everton 'justified'? Add the £48M official debt figure and you can understand why any prospective buyer would be walking away from stage two of any query about Everton.

Tv deal or no new tv deal, that selling price has to be way south of that to get anyone seriously looking at a club off CL pace, a millstone of a commercial operation hanging round its neck and with all the heavy lifting still to do on a new stadium/ground redevelopment.

They do walk away mate absolutely and what else is the reason ? I don't get why some opposed to kenwright refuse to believe there is no interest & all rumours are board spin there is interest of course there is .

I've said it before whether your selling a bedsit or a mansion and its still on the market after years your asking too much money plain and simple .

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

£125M for the shares of Everton 'justified'? Add the £48M official debt figure and you can understand why any prospective buyer would be walking away from stage two of any query about Everton.

Tv deal or no new tv deal, that selling price has to be way south of that to get anyone seriously looking at a club off CL pace, a millstone of a commercial operation hanging round its neck and with all the heavy lifting still to do on a new stadium/ground redevelopment.

Exactly, the price being in the open, now creates a totally different ball game. The entire complexion of this debate has now altered.

The smokescreen has been removed & Kenwright must now justify the £125M price tag, he can't waffle around it any longer. "How did you arrive at that valuation Bill?". "What will you do if you fail to attract a buyer at that price point Bill?"

It's black & white now, this is a genuine defining moment imo.

 

[billy bluestar]

Thanks.

So if the source wasn't identified how can it be any more reliable than any other "our sources inform us that......" type news article?

Listen to the repeat.

 

[harry]

Exactly, the price being in the open, now creates a totally different ball game. The entire complexion of this debate has now altered.

The smokescreen has been removed & Kenwright must now justify the £125M price tag, he can't waffle around it any longer. "How did you arrive at that valuation Bill?". "What will you do if you fail to attract a buyer at that price point Bill?"

It's black & white now, this is a genuine defining moment imo.

He will say we are in hard times a nd nobody is buying football clubs, because he doesn't want to sell.

 

[sheeds]

He will say we are in hard times a nd nobody is buying football clubs, because he doesn't want to sell.

I'm far from pro-kenwright but why doesn't he want to sell ? I don't get that idea to be honest

 

[Coach]

There is no way a national radio station could plug , profile and stage a show quoting the club if it wasn't true , it'd be easy to prove if it was BS. The club would have come out and rubbished it , radio & media competitors would be battling to put the boot in and they'd be hugely discredited and possibly facing a civil case.

I don't know your stand point mate but if your seeking to ignore what was said because say the price damages kenwrights reputation (I don't know your position mate I'm just offering a what if) then I'm afraid your in trouble .

I'm not seeking to ignore anything - quite the opposite in fact, I am trying to understand it. (and simply for doing so get neg repped - as result I'm out of this and all other club discussions from now on.)

So it was an unofficial quote, from an un-named source - was it recorded and played back or was it repeated second hand by Talksport?

I don't know about the club rubbishing it - did they do that when Keith Harris made his assertion?

 

[nsno-chris]

Thanks.

So if the source wasn't identified how can it be any more reliable than any other "our sources inform us that......" type news article?

Nothing like this would be granted without the direct permission of Paul Tyrell; he his the Director of Communications and would have to give the OK are any information being passed into the National Media. BK, DM and RE would have given there ok on certain answers, but the entire brief would have been passed through him for prior approval. Its what he gets paid for.

 

[sheeds]

I'm not seeking to ignore anything - quite the opposite in fact, I am trying to understand it.

So it was an unofficial quote, from an un-named source - was it recorded and played back or was it repeated second hand by Talksport?

I don't know about the club rubbishing it - did they do that when Keith Harris made his assertion?

I'm not being funny mate if you can listen to that show and pass it off as speculation then any form of debate on here won't change your opinion .

Seriously though I find that staggering but each to their own .

 

[steken1]

THIS IS LUDICROUS.

 

[nsno-chris]

£125M for the shares of Everton 'justified'? Add the £48M official debt figure and you can understand why any prospective buyer would be walking away from stage two of any query about Everton.

Tv deal or no new tv deal, that selling price has to be way south of that to get anyone seriously looking at a club off CL pace, a millstone of a commercial operation hanging round its neck and with all the heavy lifting still to do on a new stadium/ground redevelopment.

I said £80m in a previous thread, with the inclusion of the debt being wiped out; i was being generous in that assumption by allowing for a £5m profit for each major shareholder (even though they don't deserve it), but that £125m is something else.

Its also good, that after 2-1/2hour special on a national radio show, with Stan Collymore doing a wonderful job of pressing the club for answers for us, that our local press (i.e. the Echo) have not even mentioned it on there website

 

[ijjysmith]

IT'S A JOKE REALLY

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

I'm far from pro-kenwright but why doesn't he want to sell ? I don't get that idea to be honest

didnt stan say something about "work he did at city" when on about the source ?

ridic that the cant say who it was when done with clubs permission.


was stan allowed to take notes ?

 

[steken1]

UNBELIEVEABLE

 

[LocalNative]

Bill is just live every other chairman, a businessman. Will always put his own finances above the club.

 

[Steve Wigan]

Sheeds....one thing I'm still not clear about with regard to the £125 million. Is this the ball park price for buying the club debt free? If it is then the price must be loaded to cover payment of the debt, because I cannot see were else the clearance of the debt would come from. The selling parties need to satisfy the banks etc that the debt will be cleared, and if this is done out of the reciepts of £125 million, it doesn't leave much in the way of profit for the shareholders, large or small. Bill in particular would not make much if inflation is taken into account(what is his original £20 odd million worth at todays rates?) Similarly Earl. and presumably Jon W don't stand to make a massive profit. I hope also that small shaareholdrs, even those with a 'sentimental' single share, realise that it is likely/possible that they will be forced to sell their share? Or is simply the sale of the majority shareholdings sufficient?
I still feel that a lot of the talk with any potential buyers will centre around the current debt.