[Archived] Ali Syed to buy Racing Santander

[philipl]

LInvestigates 5 live Investigates

It's all a bit hush-hush at the moment, but we will hopefully be able to tell all on the show in the next week or two. It's crazy.

41 minutes ago

5LInvestigates 5 live Investigates

Wow - been speaking to some journos from down under about Ahsan Ali Syed (would-be Blackburn Rovers owner) - F.A.S.C.I.N.A.T.I.N.G

42 minutes ago

[yoda]

LInvestigates 5 live Investigates

It's all a bit hush-hush at the moment, but we will hopefully be able to tell all on the show in the next week or two. It's crazy.

41 minutes ago

5LInvestigates 5 live Investigates

Wow - been speaking to some journos from down under about Ahsan Ali Syed (would-be Blackburn Rovers owner) - F.A.S.C.I.N.A.T.I.N.G

42 minutes ago

Being English,

can someone translate philipl's post for me!

[philipl]

Sorry, it is Adrian Goldberg posting as BBC 5Live Investigates on Twitter.

[deftangel]

http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/racing-santander-chairman-ahsan-ali-syed-celebrates-win-over-sevilla-8484419/

That's brilliant! Fair play to the bloke. Hope things work out for him.

Sorry, it is Adrian Goldberg posting as BBC 5Live Investigates on Twitter.

I'd prefer him to be investigating our current owners instead given the lack of British interest in what Racing Satander may or may not have let themselves in for.

Edit: Actually he said as much to Glenn. He also said this;-

If what we're being told is true, then Rovers did very well to go with someone else.

I only noticed that after retweeting this from MarpleLeaf, incidentally.

I asked Blackburn Cathedral if Ahsan Ali Syed's cheque for the choir cleared. It did.

[Exiled in Toronto]

LInvestigates 5 live Investigates

It's all a bit hush-hush at the moment, but we will hopefully be able to tell all on the show in the next week or two. It's crazy.

41 minutes ago

5LInvestigates 5 live Investigates

Wow - been speaking to some journos from down under about Ahsan Ali Syed (would-be Blackburn Rovers owner) - F.A.S.C.I.N.A.T.I.N.G

42 minutes ago

Well I'm shocked! A man who has a billion pounds appear in his current account from nowhere with a mandate to spend it on businesses that lose money might be dodgy? Whatever next??

[Balwer]

Well he certainly looks like he's enjoying himself, good for him, wish him all the best.

[Foxxx]

LInvestigates 5 live Investigates

It's all a bit hush-hush at the moment, but we will hopefully be able to tell all on the show in the next week or two. It's crazy.

41 minutes ago

5LInvestigates 5 live Investigates

Wow - been speaking to some journos from down under about Ahsan Ali Syed (would-be Blackburn Rovers owner) - F.A.S.C.I.N.A.T.I.N.G

42 minutes ago

I guess the 2nd tweet will be in relation to Terry Serepisos, the owner of the Wellington Phoenix, plan to sell a 50% share of the club to him.

[True Blue & White]

I guess the 2nd tweet will be in relation to Terry Serepisos, the owner of the Wellington Phoenix, plan to sell a 50% share of the club to him.

Full story here

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/4685558/Serepisos-to-sell-half-of-Wellington-Phoenix

This bit was very interesting....

Claims in the National Business Review that WGA was running a Nigerian-like loan scam, in which Mr Serepisos had to put up $750,000 before he got any loan money, were dismissed by Mr Serepisos and Mr Ali.

Mr Serepisos said he had "done due diligence" on WGA – as it had done on him – and he would take defamation action against NBR.

But at least he is paying off Racing's debt...

http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/wga-agrees-debt-repayment-plan-spanish-government-mn-86743

[greco]

isnt it funny, that the exact same posters, who cried like teenage girls, when vnekys were/are being "investigated" by other posters, are now doing the exact same thing to syed.

a person like imy9, is stating syed is talking nonsense, well theres a dude who deepthroats venkys and swallows their delivery, without thinking twice.

[deryck guyler's spoon]

isnt it funny, that the exact same posters, who cried like teenage girls, when vnekys were/are being "investigated" by other posters, are now doing the exact same thing to syed.

a person like imy9, is stating syed is talking nonsense, well theres a dude who deepthroats venkys and swallows their delivery, without thinking twice.

....and we have Phillipl who did some swallowing of his own, got his knickers in a right twist over Mr Goldberg and yet posts endless tales of Anderson and Maradona.

Yep, pretty funny.

[deftangel]

LInvestigates 5 live Investigates

It's all a bit hush-hush at the moment, but we will hopefully be able to tell all on the show in the next week or two. It's crazy.

41 minutes ago

5LInvestigates 5 live Investigates

Wow - been speaking to some journos from down under about Ahsan Ali Syed (would-be Blackburn Rovers owner) - F.A.S.C.I.N.A.T.I.N.G

42 minutes ago

I'm reluctant to post this here but in the interests of full disclosure;-

We hope to say more on Ahsan Ali Syed in next week's show, though, if things work out. It's pretty amazing.

[Bobby G]

Looking forward to see the rubbish that will be "exposed" even though its of no interest to British football fans or followers anymore.

[imy9]

isnt it funny, that the exact same posters, who cried like teenage girls, when vnekys were/are being "investigated" by other posters, are now doing the exact same thing to syed.

a person like imy9, is stating syed is talking nonsense, well theres a dude who deepthroats venkys and swallows their delivery, without thinking twice.

5live uncovered debts Syed owed, Hyderbad have a list of debts he has run up there, Syed himself accepts he had debts that he was not aware of, how does this link into Venkys? What debts have they left behind? I say things as I see them, you seem to be/have been waiting patiently with your pants down waiting for Syed, keep waiting...

[Bobby G]

He's overdoing it with the celebrations. Too fake.

[Captain Dunsel]

You might get some clues into the investigation into Syed from these links:

http://www.wikifrauds.net/index.html

http://www.westerngulfadvisory.net/

There isn't any outright evidence presented there, but where there's smoke, there's usually fire. Otherwise someone is going to an awful amount of trouble over a personal vendetta.

[imy9]

Wow brilliant reading, I stand by what I have said about Syed, Venkys are naive, idiotic IMO with done of their decisions but they are genuine business people with a reputation, Syed...well read for yourselves.

[OJRovers]

I don't know whether the allegations are true or not.

For the people backing Syed at the time (philip etc) are you sticking with your opinion that the $1bn in that company "is real" ?

[67splitscreen]

All these alleged offences, on paper all seem plausible, why no extradition? It's not like he's a recluse in some far corner of the world were the only access is by swimming.

[True Blue & White]

All these alleged offences, on paper all seem plausible, why no extradition? It's not like he's a recluse in some far corner of the world were the only access is by swimming.

It seems Sweden are moving hell and high water to get Julian Assange extradited for not wearing a jimmy hat and yet India can't get the Indian Mickey Bricks over to face all these charges of millions he's allegedly stolen.

[67splitscreen]

It seems Sweden are moving hell and high water to get Julian Assange extradited for not wearing a jimmy hat and yet India can't get the Indian Mickey Bricks over to face all these charges of millions he's allegedly stolen.

Seems extradition treaties aren't worth the paper they are written on, must remember that.

[PAFELL]

You might get some clues into the investigation into Syed from these links:

http://www.wikifrauds.net/index.html

http://www.westerngulfadvisory.net/

There isn't any outright evidence presented there, but where there's smoke, there's usually fire. Otherwise someone is going to an awful amount of trouble over a personal vendetta.

Strong stuff. But did he not fund Blackburn Cathedral or something like that. Where did that money come from and was fraud used in that business. Did the cathedral get the money?

[philipl]

Both the Cathedral and Nightwatch received their funds.

Clearly Ali Syed cannot ignore those two web sites. I have run my basic analytic tools on both of them and it hasn't produced anything much except the host which is Godaddy Inc. Godaddy is a seriously big hosting provider and therefore very amenable to shutting down naughty domains.

If Ali Syed is for real, those sites at the very least will have new domain hosts within the next 48 hours and probably will have been shut down completely by legal action.

It is worth pointing out that Syed retained one of the most prestigious legal firms, the most prestigious banking advisors and the most prestigious financial PR firms in London. All of them will have done their own "know your client" checks before taking him on and they would have been extra thorough because of the Adrian Goldberg and Bahrain developments. None of them would have allowed their names to have been used by Ali Syed before satisfying themselves of his bona fides.

[imy9]

My issue with those guys is that little old beeb managed to uncover debts that Syed had and the prestigious companies did not.

I am still waiting for Syeds counter argument to Goldberg...

[deftangel]

Seeing as I've missed the boat with the Kean price I'd have a fiver those sites are still there in the middle of the week. Whether they are true or not remains to be seen. His cheque for the Cathedral certainly cleared but the chap from 5 Live is pretty convinced.

Time will tell.

[Exiled in Toronto]

It is worth pointing out that Syed retained one of the most prestigious legal firms, the most prestigious banking advisors and the most prestigious financial PR firms in London. All of them will have done their own "know your client" checks before taking him on and they would have been extra thorough because of the Adrian Goldberg and Bahrain developments. None of them would have allowed their names to have been used by Ali Syed before satisfying themselves of his bona fides.

Sounds a lot like 'trust the Trust/Rothschilds'