[Archived] Rovers Might Have Been Sold?

[chaddyrovers]

Mr Ali group is looking at the club accounts and still have 7 days leave to look. To my knowledge, he's the only one to get to look at the club's accounts. I am very sure that before he got to look at them, Mr Ali would have to prove that he got the money to invest in the club and where it's coming from. Also I'm sure they would have look into his background and where his money has come from. I trust the walker trustees, Rovers board and JW not to sell to the wrong person and to find the right person to buy the club.

I would expect Mr Ali or his spoke person to do a interview with either the LET or the Guardian or the daily telegraph tomoorow saying that these rumours by the bbc are untrue. You got to allow him to put his side of the story to us first. before making a decision whether he right for the club. My question is why is the BBC the only one who have found these rumours about mr ali. and why has no newspaper found these rumours about mr ali?

[Wolverine]

At last they mentioned a good point - are the alleged debts against Ali Syed as bad as the Glazers debts?

Hughesy - I know the club have to be silent to a point, but surely these are unusual circumstances? Having said that, silence is golden and perhaps they don't feel the need to comment...

[Amo]

Not fit for Rovers until the 'allegations etc' have been answered.

There are a few discrepancies that Syed should address, but the burden of proof still remains with the BBC for most of them.

Like or dislike the BBC, Biased or unbiased to Rovers, in the light of its history it will firstly look at programes that are going on air. If there was NO SUBSTANCE at all in what has been reported, they would not air it. Something to think about. Especially as this is their first programe.

You mean like the Panorama show, which would expose the fraudsters of the modern game.... only to prove absolutely nothing and upset a lot of people?

[den]

Like or dislike the BBC, Biased or unbiased to Rovers, in the light of its history it will firstly look at programes that are going on air. If there was NO SUBSTANCE at all in what has been reported, they would not air it. Something to think about. Especially as this is their first programe.

I'm not sure there was substance there Pafell. They did quite a lot of "not finding things", rather than catageorically accusing Syed of anything at all. The BBC haven't been brave enough to give us any real facts.

[ABBEY]

Its like taking your rolls on pimp my ride and getting a clown on a unicycle back

[magicalmortensleftpeg]

So we have a Journo, a Uni lecturer and a landlord - who sould we believe - these 3 or Syed, the Trust & Rothchilds? My money goes one the second group!!

I CANNOT believe the mass hysteria over some so called unpaid rent (NO proof it was him, nothing to back up that the landlord is genuine either)!

No one is being hysterical over this. I just think that its natural to feel slightly sceptical about Syed after what has come out. Forget the landlord nonsense, the fact that he is completely unheard of in banking and financial circles in his local area/Bahrain is concerning no matter which way you want to spin it. Now, clearly this could be nothing, but if this doesnt get you slightly suspicious then nothing will.

Im sure there is an explanation and im in agreement with many people that the report struggled to come up with any actual evidence for many of its claims, but at the same time it doesnt mean that we should ignore what is being said.

[sjsbrfc]

how many actual Rovers fans had their comments read out?

None of mine were, 3 e-mails and 4 facebook comments

[1864roverite]

if that is the sum total of their investigation they failed miserably. Its a halfcocked effort at bringing down a name linked to a club in ther Premier League.

There was no scandal, no shred of evidence no counter argument and definately no conclusions.

Anyhow back to the tennis and a can !

[bluebruce]

I cant believe a BBc journo has potentially uncovered financial anomalies that haven't been spotted by Rothschilds? Hmmm...someone has got it very wrong

For goodness sake, we've got no idea what Rothschilds know or don't know. As I said before, they may have uncovered this, asked, and got satisfactory answers.

[RevidgeBlue]

I said the same myself, but the fact he's not even known in his home town, and his company employed 9 people and made a few thousand, he increased the staff to 11 people and it made 92 million!

If you had a billion quid and a laptop GAV I would say you could probably make 92m in a year quite easily.

It's whether the billion quid actually exists and where it came from that's the real issue in my opinion not nonsense about messy flats and the like.

[imy9]

How about the fact that two separate individuals who have concluded 300 million pound deals with him vouch for him, ate they less credible than a land lord,a local journo and an economics teacher? These deals are in the public deal, add I said before a couple of clicks on google and you can seder them so why did the bbc not reveal any if this?

[beerwins]

Why do BBC care so much about little ol Rovers to do such an investigation?

A member of the trust unhappy with the potential buyer or is it another prospective buyer who has done a bit of digging?

One thing is for sure, the BBC have never been so interested in Blackburn Rovers since we won the Prem.

Syed's PR team have been very fast to respond to previous stories, they have had plenty of notice to prepare something to counter act this and no word as yet ?

I hope this fence was built well becasue it may not hold my weight for much longer.

[bob fleming]

Nothing to get worked up about here. If he hasn't got the cash, he wont get the club.

And if he hasn't got the cash then we wouldn't have opened the books to him in the first place would we? Would we? I mean Rothchilds, The Trust and Price, Waterhouse, Coopers, Chumley Warner know what they're doing don't they? Don't they?

All a bit concerning. Still, can't do much about it can we? As is often said on the BBC "Don't have nightmares, do sleep well"

[brian_gallagher85]

The BBC haven't been brave enough to give us any real facts.

Most likely because they don't actually have any...

[mogster]

So - How big is this news?

Well, it's not big enough to make the BBC's OWN NEWS BROADCAST IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE INVESTIGATION PROGRAMME (i.e. The 10 o'clock news). Not a mention, not a sausage, nil, nada, nowt, sweet FA, zero, nothing.

So, is this big news or do we not believe this ....... former Landlord...... ?

[Hughesy]

the fact that he is completely unheard of in banking and financial circles in his local area/Bahrain is concerning no matter which way you want to spin it. Now, clearly this could be nothing, but if this doesnt get you slightly suspicious then nothing will.

the report struggled to come up with any actual evidence for many of its claims

It doesnt get me suspicious because we have one of the best known companies in banking/ takeovers etc that have checked him out.

Taken from Roschilds site -

"Rothschild is a top tier international investment bank with offices in cities globally. It has approximately 3,000 employees worldwide and more advisory bankers than any of its competitors"

It doesnt get me suspicious because of the bit in bold.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Forget the landlord nonsense, the fact that he is completely unheard of in banking and financial circles in his local area/Bahrain is concerning no matter which way you want to spin it. Now, clearly this could be nothing, but if this doesnt get you slightly suspicious then nothing will.

That surely has to be the main talking point provided by the show....bizarre allegations to make if not 100% true.

[Hughesy]

Why do BBC care so much about little ol Rovers to do such an investigation?

A member of the trust unhappy with the potential buyer or is it another prospective buyer who has done a bit of digging?

A rival bidder??

[Tim Southampton Rover]

To be fair to the BBC, they are only reporting stuff they've found and are not saying it is 100% true. They are just asking the questions.

Surely this investigation benefits us because it means we will get answers some way or another. I'm sure the people at Blackburn Rovers will mention whats been reported by 5Live.

[riverside returns]

Time to take a chill pill. The trust will, as is their remit, ask the necessary questions and have a legal responsibility to the club and Jack's legacy to ensure that the club is only sold to person(s) fit and capable of providing the necessary funds to maintain and grow it as a viable entity.

[John]

No mention of the flowers?

[philipl]

Strange, I found him on the London School of Economics website.

This Professor Prem Sikkar has been prepped to sound dramatic but in reality said nothing I didn't post on here the day after WGA was first linked to Rovers and the guy's grasp of what is possible in accountancy is deeply tenuous based on that appearance.

But overall, that was a rehash of what we have had so far from Goldberg and apart from the revelation of not attending the LSE it didn't add to what had already appeared this morning.

Huge job though to recover from the perception that programme has created and of course Goldberg linked it all to asking whether the Premier League is tough enough on new foreign owners.

Snide jibe about Rovers from Goldberg not having as many trophies as Liverpool- strange the subject of the exposee was supposed to be a Premier League winning club.

[chaddyrovers]

if that is the sum total of their investigation they failed miserably. Its a halfcocked effort at bringing down a name linked to a club in ther Premier League.

There was no scandal, no shred of evidence no counter argument and definately no conclusions.

Anyhow back to the tennis and a can !

I totally agree with that. Not much of an investigation by the bbc is that all they came up with. let's wait to hear from Mr Ali or spoke person to see what they say. Hoping for an Exclusive in the LET tomorrow from Mr Ali and Rovers!!!

[rebelmswar]

I totally agree with that. Not much of an investigate by the bbc is that all they came up with. let's wait to hear from Mr Ali or spoke person to see what they say. Hoping for an Exclusive in the LET tomorrow from Mr Ali and Rovers!!!

Ahhh Chaddy you make everything seem better.

[chaddyrovers]

Strange, I found him on the London School of Economics website.

This Professor Prem Sikkar has been prepped to sound dramatic but in reality said nothing I didn't post on hear the day after WGA was first linked to Rovers and the guy's grasp of what is possible in accountancy is deeply tenuous based on that appearance.

You got a link to that page?