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I have just heard that Sky are broadcasting that West Ham have been taken over.

It looks like Tevez & Javier are going no where!

It says they are in "exploratory discussions" about a takeover

borocooper wrote:It says they are in "exploratory discussions" about a takeover

It could explain why Tevez and Javier have ended up at West Ham!

As in MSI are taking them over?

OMFG!

The league is being destroyed by money!

First Chelsea, then Pompey, then Villa NOW West Ham!

The league will be split into the 'haves' and the 'have nots'

why the fuck did teh bastard Glazers have to come to United ay?

Tweedledum wrote:OMFG!

The league is being destroyed by money!

First Chelsea, then Pompey, then Villa NOW West Ham!

The league will be split into the 'haves' and the 'have nots'

Its a disgrace....Football was for the working class now its for rich and pompus!

@ poiuy - your club is going backwards!

We aren't in such a good position either - if we're not careful then in a few years it may be Chelsea, West Ham and Pompey occupying 1st, 2nd and 3rd

poiuy1 wrote:why the fuck did teh bastard Glazers have to come to United ay?

What are you saying? You'd rather be taken over by MSI than the Glazers?

Tweedledum wrote:@ poiuy - your club is going backwards!

We aren't in such a good position either - if we're not careful then in a few years it may be Chelsea, West Ham and Pompey occupying 1st, 2nd and 3rd

And maybe Villa.

West Ham are having "exploratory discussions" over a possible takeover.
The move comes hot on the heels of the club luring Argentine pair Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano to the club.

"Discussions are at an early stage and there can be no certainty that an offer for West Ham will be forthcoming," said a club statement to the Stock Exchange.

"The board also confirms that there is no contractual link between the signing of the players (Tevez and Mascherano) and the bid discussions."

More to follow.

Tweedledum wrote:@ poiuy - your club is going backwards!

We aren't in such a good position either - if we're not careful then in a few years it may be Chelsea, West Ham and Pompey occupying 1st, 2nd and 3rd

dont get to ahead of yourself

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/5306356.stm

Tweedledum wrote:@ poiuy - your club is going backwards!

We aren't in such a good position either - if we're not careful then in a few years it may be Chelsea, West Ham and Pompey occupying 1st, 2nd and 3rd

Pompey no way!

West Ham, maybe.

I'd be more worried by the money at Villa than Pompey.

Tweedledum wrote:@ poiuy - your club is going backwards!

We aren't in such a good position either - if we're not careful then in a few years it may be Chelsea, West Ham and Pompey occupying 1st, 2nd and 3rd

Tell me about it, i don't mind not being at the top of the tree everyone has their time but this is going to make the prem like fucking NFL

The Have's:

Chelsea, Pompey, Wigan, West Ham

The almost have's:

Man Utd, Liverpool, Newcastle, Aston Villa, Spurs

The Have nots:

Arsenal, Blackburn, Everton, bolton, Charlton

The Never included in any lists

Middlesbrough

@ poiuy

The premiership will now pretty much have a monopoly on players that becomen available - unless the player insists on playing in another league

borocooper wrote:The Never included in any lists

Middlesbrough

I couldn't decide where to put them - they're between the almost have's and the have nots.

Portsmouth have spent barely anything this year...it just helps that Harry is a great manager.

Well I wouldnt have thought we have much more than Arsenal

Pompey have spent a lot on wages though - Johnson, Campbell, James, Doula, Krankjar, Manalele, Kanu...

Tweedledum wrote:Pompey have spent a lot on wages though - Johnson, Campbell, James, Doula, Krankjar, Manalele, Kanu...

I don't think their wages would be that high.

@ coop

Not any more - the past two seasons though Arsenal have been making net gains on player deals - we have been a selling club.

This summer:

Out -

Cygan - £2m
Cole - £5m
Reyes - free

In

Gallas - free
Baptista - free
Rosicky - £6m

Tweedledum wrote:Pompey have spent a lot on wages though - Johnson, Campbell, James, Doula, Krankjar, Manalele, Kanu...

All those players wages < Ballacks wages

I wouldn't compare Portsmouth to those teams (in terms of buying their league possition) just yet, as they havn't spent big

Tweedledum wrote:@ coop

Not any more - the past two seasons though Arsenal have been making net gains on player deals - we have been a selling club.

This summer:

Out -

Cygan - £2m
Cole - £5m
Reyes - free

In

Gallas - free
Baptista - free
Rosicky - £6m

Suppose...we havent exactly been bringing in players on big money though..

We've lost Franky, Jimmy, Doriva, Gareth to management.

Brought in Euell for £300,000, Woody on loan, Huth for £6m and Arca for £1.75m

i told you they wanted a takeover

The takeover will depend, will it be as same as Chelsea spending 300 millions(in transfer market) or more limited funds.

BilalShah wrote:The takeover will depend, will it be as same as Chelsea spending 300 millions(in transfer market) or more limited funds.

more like pompey or villa.

we'll have the money there to attract players of a decent calibre but we wont have a billionaire who gives us hundreds of millions

It's going to be nothing like it is with Abramovic, or at least I wouldn't think so. It's going to be more like how the traditional 'sugar dadies' of Europe (and Balckburn ) have operated.

Seems to be the way Villa and Pompey are shaping up anyway, no way they are going to be able to outbid teams like Man U and RM unless they want to make huge losses (like Chelsea).

MSI look like they want to make some money, unlike Abramovic

Man U take over is especially annoying because there was no reason for it, the Glazers technically used our own assests to take us over (secured by the bank). And so technically we have been charged something like £800mil(correct me if im wrong) to be taken over by some funny lookin gnomes