[Archived] Rovers Might Have Been Sold?

[booth]

So they hire people in depending on what's needed?

[tony gale's mic]

I hadn't seen this, but some people are still interested where Syed had made his money. Well, he had huge paddyfields in the southern part of India. He is also involved in fashion in Italy.

Although WGA do only directly employ 11 staff [as Goldberg claimed], WGA apparently has a network of more than 3200 "consultants, associated and reliable partners".

Yet no one's heard of him in India or in Italy.

[den]

Yet no one's heard of him in India or in Italy.

Can't possibly be true.

[BigJackWalker]

so is the takeover goin to happen? sorry i havent been on here for about a week or so

Thanks

[tony gale's mic]

Can't possibly be true.

That's what all the reports out of India have said, be it 5 live asking people around his home town, people on here asking relatives in India or people doing simple google searches which yield absolutely NOTHING except for his interest in Blackburn Rovers and isolated articles here and there.

The guy is reportedly worth billions and doesn't even have a Wikipedia page.

The only thing that can't possibly be true is his supposed fortune.

[Tarka]

so is the takeover goin to happen? sorry i havent been on here for about a week or so

Thanks

nobody knows buddy ... nobody knows ...

[BigJackWalker]

nobody knows buddy ... nobody knows ...

Bad news

[philipl]

Sam has a bunch of good reasons not to walk just at the moment- some not in the public domain.

Whilst my sources differed with Nicko about transfer activity stopping in the middle of the window, there can be little doubt it was a distraction in late August. Even so, it was the rigidities in the market with the Prem middle ranking clubs so much richer (and paying so much more) than Championship clubs which really did for the club's ability to trade during the last two weeks.

[Sparky Marky]

Some of us on here always took this with a pinch of salt anyway....We crack on as before....If Sam goes, so be it...replace him with Craig Short and Tugay.

[ada2020]

That's what all the reports out of India have said, be it 5 live asking people around his home town, people on here asking relatives in India or people doing simple google searches which yield absolutely NOTHING except for his interest in Blackburn Rovers and isolated articles here and there.

The guy is reportedly worth billions and doesn't even have a Wikipedia page.

The only thing that can't possibly be true is his supposed fortune.

So thats the grand sum of about 5 people claim to have heard nothing of him in India then? And a lack of a Wiki page, sorry but thats hardly conclusive proof he is skint and a chancer.

By the way I dont really care anymore about this take over or the clown fronting it, just saying that there is no more conclusive proof he has no funds than he does have funds.

[Henwah]

The guy is reportedly worth billions and doesn't even have a Wikipedia page.

Though saying that, our old friend Harsh Jain lent £900k to him, but still had to try and create his own wikipedia page with the cunning use of a sock puppet

[blue/white]

Some of us on here always took this with a pinch of salt anyway....We crack on as before....If Sam goes, so be it...replace him with Craig Short and Tugay.

Well yea.... there'd be no shortage of candidates stepping forward--duh.

The point is that it adds YET another distraction to the side & to the entire club. It would be the cherry on top of the Syed sundae or should I say sh*t sandwich??

[tony gale's mic]

So thats the grand sum of about 5 people claim to have heard nothing of him in India then? And a lack of a Wiki page, sorry but thats hardly conclusive proof he is skint and a chancer.

By the way I dont really care anymore about this take over or the clown fronting it, just saying that there is no more conclusive proof he has no funds than he does have funds.

There's no conclusive proof he has no funds, but then it's much harder to have conclusive proof saying that someone has no funds than to have conclusive proof to say someone is seriously rich.

[Wiggy]

As I wrote several days ago, anyone, allegedly worth £8,000,000,000, with family wealth allegedly going back 150 years would bring up SOMETHING after a google search. (though Philip knows of people so wealthy that they can surpress all articles in cyber space!).

Even though Syed, allededly, employs some of the best PR teams around, five days after an investigative journalist broadcasted incriminating evidence, there is still no denial of the findings.

It is becoming more and more obvious that our club has dodged an enormous bullet. If this is the case, we should be eternally grateful to Goldberg and 5Live.

The reputation of Rothschilds', particularly after the Liverpool debacle, should be dirt amongst football club owners.

[den]

As I wrote several days ago, anyone, allegedly, worth £8,000,000,000, with family wealth,allegedly, going back 150 years would bring up SOMETHING after a google search. (though Philip knows of people so wealthy that they can surpress all articles in cyber space!).

Two questions -

1] What kind of evidence would you expect to find?

2] How many billionaires aren't found on a google search?

[BuckyRover]

Two questions -

1] What kind of evidence would you expect to find?

2] How many billionaires aren't found on a google search?

Exactly. If your wealth is generations old why would it be on google? There will be people sat in big estates in England with no real record other than the land registry. It's very easy to believe that the Internet touches everywhere, but it doesn't, not yet.

[Wiggy]

What kind of evidence would you expect to find?

Well, Den, at least something about the ownership of the 130 companies he, allegedly, owns.

Why do we only hear about the Irish builders (unsure whether that's gone through), Cubbie Station (unsure whether that's gone through) or the Canadian company (no evidence)? Every press article quotes him as wanting to invest $1,000,000,000 in each of his acquisitions.

At least some mention in Forbes list (the wealth has been in the family for 150 years remember).

Let's also consider that if this operation is so shy of publicity, they must have had a damascene conversion in the last two years!

Two questions -

2] How many billionaires aren't found on a google search?

[tony gale's mic]

Two questions -

1] What kind of evidence would you expect to find?

2] How many billionaires aren't found on a google search?

1) Articles, mentions, anything whatsoever - IMO it is inconcievable in this day and age to be worth billions of dollars/pounds and be completely and utterly unknown.

Surely to be making a billion you have to be seriously pulling up trees in the business world and stuff will be being written about you. Especially with some of the alleged achievements of his company over the last couple of years.

2) I suspect zero, but then that's the equivalent of the age old question as to whether a tree makes a noise when it falls if noone's around to hear it.

[philipl]

Three years ago this chap had virtually zero web presence and is only now visible for his philanthropic activities. And I am sure that is one very carefully drafted and looked after Wiki entry.

There are others who are not visible at all which caused me to cut Ali Syed so much slack.

[tony gale's mic]

Exactly. If your wealth is generations old why would it be on google? There will be people sat in big estates in England with no real record other than the land registry. It's very easy to believe that the Internet touches everywhere, but it doesn't, not yet.

Not people worth a billion or anywhere remotely close.

It's only relatively recently that India's started producing billionaires, I guarantee you if you were to look in a Forbes' list 20 years ago you'd struggle to find any.

Surely a great deal must have changed in the internet age if that family was to start producing billions and that would have much more of a record than it does right now. He'd be celebrated in the Asian business world.

[imy9]

So just to clarify, julie claims that syed has not made any statement to the let but let are claiming someone from their team has and have an exclusive tomorrow?

To add to argument about syed's money he has two confirmed deals worth over 300 million, click on google and you can see that, syed is also hiring some top people, the french bloke and the pr team, surely they have not worked on Iou's!

[tony gale's mic]

Three years ago this chap had virtually zero web presence and is only now visible for his philanthropic activities. And I am sure that is one very carefully drafted and looked after Wiki entry.

There are others who are not visible at all which caused me to cut Ali Syed so much slack.

During the 1980s Basil was the owner of the Newcastle Basketball team and from 1984–87, he was a Director of the N.S.W. Cricket Association (now Cricket New South Wales). Basil Sellers is a strong supporter of the Sydney Swans whose Football Centre, used by the Club at the Sydney Cricket Ground, is named after him.

Hardly an unknown like Syed. If he was taking over Rovers he'd still have some sort of backstory.

And I'm fairly sure it's not claimed Mr Sellers is a billionaire, or even close.

[Wiggy]

Let's put these claims into context. This guy is, allegedly, worth more than any British citizen and is richer than Abramovich. He would be the second richest man in this country after Mittal. These are his claims ( the £8,000,000,000 fortune).

Sunday Times rich list

But a google search brings up nothing..............

[MikeB]

Some of us on here always took this with a pinch of salt anyway....We crack on as before....If Sam goes, so be it...replace him with Craig Short and Tugay.

I hope you are joking.

I can't think of one other manager capable of doing what Sam is doing for us.

IMO, he is the best available for a club like ours and irreplaceable.

[Henwah]

Hardly an unknown like Syed. If he was taking over Rovers he'd still have some sort of backstory.

And I'm fairly sure it's not claimed Mr Sellers is a billionaire, or even close.

In the context of the point being made, i guess it's more important when the page/article for him was created, rather than the dates referred to in the article itself