[Archived] Rumour: Venky's To Sell?

[nicko]

So basically, if the people looking for buyers to different clubs are laughing when they get asked about Rovers, then there is no bidder lined up. End of story then..?

The feeling in the game for the past few years is that you wouldn't make money out of Rovers. Many looked, all but one walked away.

So nobody is likely to buy the club now, especially so soon after someone paid what they did for it.

It's not a case of laughing at the club. It's a case of laughing at the diea you could find TWO buyers in under a year.

Venkys should think of that too IF they are considering selling.

Instead they should get on with sorting their act out.

[steo]

I don't believe they are trying to sell, If that was the case they would have sold Samba already and pocketed the money, I also don't think they have come to the conclusion to sell the club only a month after trying to break the bank to keep Phil Jones. This is only based on my logic and obviously not on any insider information.

If they did that,do you think the would walk away unscathed,if you know what i mean

[trs]

Maybe Dan Williams is the mystery bidder or Saurin Shah

Or Eddie?

[nicko]

Do you think we are definitely going to sell ?

If they answer is no. Maybe telling us you and your drinking buddies are having a good laugh about buying our small club is so funny to you all is maybe not such a great thing.

What sort of sh!t are you spouting?

[CaliRoverNYC]

43 million purchase of club

jones 16 million

samba potential 12 million

kailinic potential 4 million

ped potential 1 million +

(+ others )

33 million

club sold reduced rate of 30 million = 20 million profit. Not bad for 12 months doing nothing!!!!

-? Buying out Big Sam's Contract.

-3M Formica

-3M Rochina

all of a sudden all that profit is from players we haven't even sold...

[rebelmswar]

What do you expect? He works for the Venkys.

This is just my imagination, but I believe they talk about grandiose stuff in the workplace - and especially if you work for them you tend to be slanted toward their side.

Sure, there is no hope for optimism now, but the window isn't closed yet. For all we know, Venkys could do a hundred and eighty degree and splash out all 26 on two strikers and one midfielder on 28th July. Should we give them that chance?

Fact is, if they don't take their chance, then we roast them with our flamethrowers, and enjoy the finger-licking good meal after that.

But if they do come through for us in the next two months, I think fans will be won over. Their fate is entirely in their hands now.

Hell with all that.

I want it now, I want it yesterday, and I want more tomorrow and tomorrow the demands will all be changed so they better stay on their toes.

[Paul Mellelieu]

The feeling in the game for the past few years is that you wouldn't make money out of Rovers. Many looked, all but one walked away.

So nobody is likely to buy the club now, especially so soon after someone paid what they did for it.

It's not a case of laughing at the club. It's a case of laughing at the diea you could find TWO buyers in under a year.

Venkys should think of that too IF they are considering selling.

Instead they should get on with sorting their act out.

The first sentence of Alan's post is the one nobody should forget, and something that puts the whole £50m stuff in sharp focus.

[Mullionvagrant]

-? Buying out Big Sam's Contract.

-3M Formica

-3M Rochina

all of a sudden all that profit is from players we haven't even sold...

T.V rights not accounted for by the way that covers all the above +

[broadsword]

If another Ali Syed character rode over the horizon, would Venky's think twice about selling to them? There wouldn't be any comebacks on Venky's, would there?

[rebelmswar]

T.V rights not accounted for by the way that covers all the above +

TV rights pay for the already inflated and, for the most part, grossly unearned wages.

[nicko]

If another Ali Syed character rode over the horizon, would Venky's think twice about selling to them? There wouldn't be any comebacks on Venky's, would there?

A fair point. IF they were going to sell they would want the money to be real. What happened after that is anybody's guess.

It would be better to encourage these people to get a grip and carry on.

[den]

This is the WRONG time to be selling a football club - not just yours.

If they have someone prepared to take the club off them cheaply, it might be a great time for them to sell. Say £10m for the shares, plus savings of at least £5m/transfer window. Could be worth £35-40m to them. They might think it's time to cut their losses and get out of here.

[CaliRoverNYC]

T.V rights not accounted for by the way that covers all the above +

I was assuming we used that money to pay the players... seeing as the JWTrust used transfer sales to pay for salaries I figured our ticket sales weren't exactly enough to pay the players wages. But to be honest I think the our Expenses including salaries outweigh TV money and Ticket sales. If they don't then I can't understand why nearly every club in the PL is losing money.

[rovers_rob]

A fair point. IF they were going to sell they would want the money to be real. What happened after that is anybody's guess.

It would be better to encourage these people to get a grip and carry on.

Do you know if the mirror (or any other papers) are going to run with this story ?

I know it isn't huge news outside Blackburn but if there is something in the story surely it will appear in the paper at some point ?

[Kelbo]

The feeling in the game for the past few years is that you wouldn't make money out of Rovers. Many looked, all but one walked away.

So nobody is likely to buy the club now, especially so soon after someone paid what they did for it.

It's not a case of laughing at the club. It's a case of laughing at the diea you could find TWO buyers in under a year.

Venkys should think of that too IF they are considering selling.

Instead they should get on with sorting their act out.

The general concensus in football full stop is you wont make money out of any football club, the wages at all of PL clubs is far too high. In real business terms wages should be 55% with 35% overheads out of a 100% turnover, with wages at 85% plus at Rovers and indeed other clubs, there is no chance whatsoever of making money.

Maybe Our friends down the road played it correct (along with Blackpool) who kept wages low, got the T/V money plus parachute payments and set themselves up for a few years!!

[JoeBlueWhite]

Asked a couple of people in the circle of people who buy football clubs if there could be a buyer for Rovers and was greeted with laughter today.

Nicko, do you think this helps Blackburn Rovers in any way ?

I doubt you have spoke to everyone on the planet thinking of buying Premiership team but...

How is this helping ? you must know reporting that kind of thing even here hurts Blackburn Rovers badly.

You don't even know if their is 100% truth in that we are selling.

[CaliRoverNYC]

If they did that,do you think the would walk away unscathed,if you know what i mean

If they walk away it wont be unscathed no matter what they do with Samba.

[Ozz]

I assume if venkys want to sell the potential buyers won't need to jump through the walker trusts tight demands ? Just the sloppy premier league ones, thus leaving us at the mercy of the gods.

[Kelbo]

Nicko, do you think this helps Blackburn Rovers in any way ?

I doubt you have spoke to everyone on the planet thinking of buying Premiership team but...

How is this helping ? you must know reporting that kind of thing even here hurts Blackburn Rovers badly.

You don't even know if their is 100% truth in that we are selling.

None of us do for certain, however, somewhere ther must have been information from varying sources, not just one person, for this to be posted on here by Kamy, as for who would buy Rovers, well that is another question but there will be someone somewhere who just might, the guessing is who??

[CaliRoverNYC]

Nicko, do you think this helps Blackburn Rovers in any way ?

I doubt you have spoke to everyone on the planet thinking of buying Premiership team but...

How is this helping ? you must know reporting that kind of thing even here hurts Blackburn Rovers badly.

You don't even know if their is 100% truth in that we are selling.

He is a reporter, how can you chastise him for saying the truth. It would be very difficult to sell Blackburn Rovers for anything near what Venky's paid. And if we sold now that means no transfers until the winter, which means you basically sold a championship side.

[Grabbi Graeme]

Nicko, do you think this helps Blackburn Rovers in any way ?

I doubt you have spoke to everyone on the planet thinking of buying Premiership team but...

How is this helping ? you must know reporting that kind of thing even here hurts Blackburn Rovers badly.

You don't even know if their is 100% truth in that we are selling.

All he did was ask if there would be a buyer for Rovers, the fact that whoever he asked laughed means that nobody is interested in buying the club, how long did it take the Trust the get rid of the club, I would be very surprised if they are selling they have a buyer lined up.

The only other way would be to sell a large stake in the club to get somebody to put some money in.

[DavidMailsTightPerm]

I can't look back at all the previous posts - far too depressing - but does anyone know how Venky's other business interests are currently faring ? We know the core business recorded a good profit recently - but we are led to believe this is only a small part of their empire. Could it be that the overall company is suffering - and they are trying to cut their losses on what was always going to be a loss leader.

[rog of the rovers]

Venkys would have trouble selling it, without question.

As for: the negativity,

the jumping to conclusions,

the outrageous claims,

the instant relegation if we don't sign a few players,

the reason players aren't coming to the club is because we haven't got a sponsor or a new kit

and my personal favourite, the my dad knows a guy who paints the toilets in the Darwen End said brigade.

GIVE IT A REST

BRFCS.co.uk is going down hill quicker than a Jamacian Bobsleigh team!

Have Venkys said they were going to sell?

NO and until they do any rumours must be taken with the pinch of salt they deserve.

To the admins, If you have heard something....please share it and bring about some sense on here. The hystria of today has been caused by your risque statement, please have the decency and honour to divulge the information!

At the end of the day this is ONLY a messageboard!

[xtp]

The general concensus in football full stop is you wont make money out of any football club, the wages at all of PL clubs is far too high.

Exactly. And the problem with this is that if everyone in football knows that you won't make money from a football club, only idiots or people who don't know anything about football are likely to buy football clubs.

[True Blue & White]

The feeling in the game for the past few years is that you wouldn't make money out of Rovers. Many looked, all but one walked away.

Sorry but are any Premier League owners making money from the clubs they own? How much profit is Abramovich or Sheik Mansour making out of their ventures?

I'm not for one minute claiming that we could attract a multi-billionaire that wants to p*ss their enormous wealth up the wall like the City or Chelsea owners but why do all our prospective buyers (like those we talked about before Venky's bought us) have to make money out of buying us? What happened to very rich people wanting to invest in football clubs for the fun of it. I very much doubt Sunderland's owners are looking to make money given how much they seem to be prepared to invest in the black hole at the Stadium of Light.

There are over 1200 Billionaires on this planet, surely one of them fancies the challenge of taking on a club like us with no interest other than a hobby and a love of football.