[Archived] Rovers Might Have Been Sold?

[47er]

No he isn't. But if he is giving any backing at all to the Shah bid, then there is, as they say, Trouble at t' Mill.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lalit-Modi-involved-in-betting-murky-deals-I-T-report/articleshow/5830420.cms

My Mumbai office have never heard of Shah, and his Uncle who is Deputy Chairman of the IPL, is influential but not rich at all. If Lalit is involved, then very soon the sound of rupees being laundered in the Ewood wash room will echo across a wasted land where honest folk used to watch football.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalit_Modi

Beware of Sikhs bringing gifts my friends.

nice

[philipl]

We don't have any hard evidence linking Modi to Saurin in the Rovers bid do we? Modi would be an interesting case for the new fit and proper rules as he would probably struggle with the old ones as they were drafted.

[BRFC95]

We don't have any hard evidence linking Modi to Saurin in the Rovers bid do we?

We don't have any evidence that Saurin has any money of his own or have I missed that?

[Iceman]

Lalit Modi? If thats true, which i doubt then good grief

[ada2020]

We don't have any evidence that Saurin has any money of his own or have I missed that?

And how much hard evidence is there that he hasn't?

[PAFELL]

We don't have any hard evidence linking Modi to Saurin in the Rovers bid do we? Modi would be an interesting case for the new fit and proper rules as he would probably struggle with the old ones as they were drafted.

I think people on here are forgetting that the Indian interest is just one group interested in taking over Rovers. JW has indicated thay there are other interested parties. But the Indian interest is just the first to reveal their interest publicly.

Which imo should give other interested groups the spur to show their hand more or walk away.

[dave birch]

I think people on here are forgetting that the Indian interest is just one group interested in taking over Rovers. JW has indicated thay there are other interested parties. But the Indian interest is just the first to reveal their interest publicly.

Which imo should give other interested groups the spur to show their hand more or walk away.

Glad to see that someone else noticed this..

[iamarover]

From talking to my colleague in India, it will be some job trying to increase footballs appeal there as first and foremost Cricket is the number one sport. Nobody knows anything about footy.

Sparky am not picking on your Indian mate, but again not quite true. Cricket is dominant in India because of the rise of Mumbai (Bombay) which the British made their commercial and miliatary capital. Mumbai is the spiritual and now commercial home of cricket. But in other parts of India - Calcutta for instance - football is the main sport. In other areas too like the old Portuguese colony of Goa, the pig's bladder reigns. If you google the Rovers story there is one or two Indian stories like this one

http://sports.rediff.com/report/2010/jun/11/mumbai-businessman-saurin-shah-eyes-blackburn-rovers.htm

Dempo play, interestingly, in Goa.

[Hughesy]

Suprised that no paper has managed to dig up his past and give us abit more background information to this fella yet!! Very odd!

[broadsword]

Because it's not that interesting?

I don't think the takeover of little old Blackburn Rovers has much interest when the World Cup is on.

Do you suspect phaal play? That perhaps the interest party is doing this as a PR stunt to curry favour back home? Or if they did take over, they'd change our name to Blackbhuna Rovers. They'd have to be completely madras to do that, it would cause so much argy bhaji. Just so long as there's no beastiality involved, as I wouldn't want them to bang lhasi on the pitch at half time.

[thenodrog]

nice

Not nice you mean.

If that wiki article is accurate (which granted is dubious )it's not nice at all. Cocaine? Assault with a deadly weapon? Corruption? More chance of Glenn Miller landing in France today than him passing the FA 'Fit and Proper' test.

Sad to think it might be between him and Shinawatra's mate.

[BigUts]

Because it's not that interesting?

I don't think the takeover of little old Blackburn Rovers has much interest when the World Cup is on.

Do you suspect phaal play? That perhaps the interest party is doing this as a PR stunt to curry favour back home? Or if they did take over, they'd change our name to Blackbhuna Rovers. They'd have to be completely madras to do that, it would cause so much argy bhaji. Just so long as there's no beastiality involved, as I wouldn't want them to bang lhasi on the pitch at half time.

HA HA HA!

[47er]

Not nice you mean.

If that wiki article is accurate (which granted is dubious )

Sad to think it might be between him and Shinawatra's mate.

You see the point?

[Iceman]

Because it's not that interesting?

I don't think the takeover of little old Blackburn Rovers has much interest when the World Cup is on.

Do you suspect phaal play? That perhaps the interest party is doing this as a PR stunt to curry favour back home? Or if they did take over, they'd change our name to Blackbhuna Rovers. They'd have to be completely madras to do that, it would cause so much argy bhaji. Just so long as there's no beastiality involved, as I wouldn't want them to bang lhasi on the pitch at half time.

, very good Bryan...

[Billy Castell]

Show me the money Mr. Shah (and where it comes from).

[47er]

Glad to see that someone else noticed this..

Well said Captain Mainwaring!

[John]

Always wary when you cannot find any informaton on these 'successful businessmen'.

Danny Wiliams was the same.... just a link to a dodgy website from memory.

[mhead]

Looking forward to our 39th Premier league match in Mumbai. It will be my longest Away trip.

And maybe more of a Home match now !! Barmy Army becomes Mumbai Arr!

[Iceman]

is this Saurin Shah Batman or Zorro, there is hardly anything on him... mystery buyer indeed

[TimmyJimmy]

Cocaine? Assault with a deadly weapon? Corruption?

That's where Rothchilds will earn their money, they won't have allowed an introduction to go forward without checking on the money sources exhaustively. Not only is it good practice it's actually banking law - it's called 'Know Your Customer' - better still in this context they'll go to the max with 'Really Know Your Customer'.

That's not to say a wrong un can't wriggle through the net but it would be very difficult and/or someone would have to be very negligent - especially as all the likely connections are in the public domain.

I'm definitely up for a takeover but view this as merely a 'Starter For 10', the idea of a big market in India is very appealing but there are other markets out there and other bidders. I'm confident that the best fit will be found by the advisors and that we'll end up with honest owners who will grow the club properly.

... and don't say "famous last words ..."

[PAFELL]

That's where Rothchilds will earn their money, they won't have allowed an introduction to go forward without checking on the money sources exhaustively. Not only is it good practice it's actually banking law - it's called 'Know Your Customer' - better still in this context they'll go to the max with 'Really Know Your Customer'.

That's not to say a wrong un can't wriggle through the net but it would be very difficult and/or someone would have to be very negligent - especially as all the likely connections are in the public domain.

I'm definitely up for a takeover but view this as merely a 'Starter For 10', the idea of a big market in India is very appealing but there are other markets out there and other bidders. I'm confident that the best fit will be found by the advisors and that we'll end up with honest owners who will grow the club properly.

... and don't say "famous last words ..."

People forget that any group or interested party have first to show they have £25 million, in order to buy the club.

To be honest I do not believe it will be the Indians - so far mentioned - that will end up buying the club. It will instead be another interested party.

I cannot help thinking that the Walker Trust would not be happy that this Indian group has gone public. Since Jack Walker died the Trustees have operated and run the club silently. How often have we not mentioned on here about how silent the Trustees are. Although I am not a businessman, if I was somebody who did not show what I am doing or want to do publicly, I would not like others to do the same. The Indian interested parties have shown their hand. But the only hand they have shown is, they want to buy the club and there are a lot of Indian people in the Blackburn area. Strangely nothing about football interest.

I believe that there will be a different party that will take over Rovers.

[den]

To be honest I do not believe it will be the Indians - so far mentioned - that will end up buying the club. It will instead be another interested party.

I've been thinking the same for quite a few days now Pafell. These Indian folk just don't give me the feeling that there's anything substantial behind their bid. No idea why I think that mind, they just sound a bit lightweight to take on an English PL club.

And that view is based on absolutely nothing.

[ABBEY]

Racial abuse is not just something that happens to Asians or indeed foreign people of any colour or other obvious difference to the indiginous population. How do I know this?......... because I have been a victim of it myself. It happened when I first moved up to Scotland and bought my first house in Dunfermline in 1980. I decided to go and see Dunfermline Athletic and sat in the main stand and of course I just had to start shouting to urge on the Pars as they are known to their fans. Not long into the match a group of people in the seats directly behind me demanded to know if I was English, and followed this up with some very strongly worded advice to depart back whence I came as rapidly as possible. I have never been one for accepting these kinds of situation meekly so they got told a few things in return. The situation was just heading for getting very nasty when other people sitting close by decided to join in and tell these thugs to shut up, which thankfully they did. So you see it can and does happen virtually everywhere where there are large groups of ignorant people and who see any person who is not "one of them" as somebody to abuse and threaten.

Needless to say I did not let that incident nor any of the several other similar incidents at other matches on other grounds in Scotland put me off, and I have continued to watch various teams over the years and I have to say that it was only in the first 3 or 4 years of my 31 years up here in Scotland that I ever had any of this kind of trouble.

me and my mate had exctly the same happen to us a few years back the pars played huddersfield in a pre seasoner and we got loadsa ###### (i was working there btw)...the pubs and locals for the rest of my 6 weeks there were very friendly.

[Mc Love]

Sparky am not picking on your Indian mate, but again not quite true. Cricket is dominant in India because of the rise of Mumbai (Bombay) which the British made their commercial and miliatary capital. Mumbai is the spiritual and now commercial home of cricket. But in other parts of India - Calcutta for instance - football is the main sport. In other areas too like the old Portuguese colony of Goa, the pig's bladder reigns. If you google the Rovers story there is one or two Indian stories like this one

http://sports.rediff.com/report/2010/jun/11/mumbai-businessman-saurin-shah-eyes-blackburn-rovers.htm

Dempo play, interestingly, in Goa.

Nah thats fair enough - from talking to a few of them, it would seem like cricket is the only sport over there

[iamarover]

Nah thats fair enough - from talking to a few of them, it would seem like cricket is the only sport over there

certainly all the passion is with cricket...

Just sounds a little flaky this. The Indian population in the whole of Lancashire is 35,000 according to the ONS, which means they could all fit in Mumbai Cricket Club with room for the Bangladeshis as well. Hardly a mass market to tap for the Rovers. And even converting existing Calcutta fans to supporters of a faraway town in the middle of a country that previously beasted them as a colony sounds a tad ambitious.