Venkys Sale

[RoversClitheroe]

So with the 2 rumours of an alleged Venky sale to an IPL owner being talked about thought I would start a thread.

[RoversClitheroe]

On the Roversfan MB this was posted:

" guy who claims to be in-the-know about Rovers at the golf club showed me a message yesterday evening from someone he knows at Rovers.
It claimed that Venky's are about to sell all or part of their share in the club to someone who owns / runs the Indian Premier League cricket."

[Roverall]

Seeing the thread title was like feeling my lottery numbers had finally come up... and then realising I hadn't bought a ticket.

[Mattyblue]

Ah the old ‘fella at the golf club bar said...’ 

Done deal, obviously! 

[Gordon Gekko]

Is this the same guy that said Mowbray would be sacked weeks ago?

[AaronHolt01]

15 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

On the Roversfan MB this was posted:

" guy who claims to be in-the-know about Rovers at the golf club showed me a message yesterday evening from someone he knows at Rovers.
It claimed that Venky's are about to sell all or part of their share in the club to someone who owns / runs the Indian Premier League cricket."

Blackburn Rovers Cricket Club 

[J*B]

I don’t believe this for a second. They won’t share. 

[blondie]

If there is any substance to the rumour, it's most likely the attempt to procure external funding to completely refurbish the Ewood and training ground pitches.

[RoversClitheroe]

16 minutes ago, J*B said:

I don’t believe this for a second. They won’t share. 

Please could you change topic header to "Potential Venkys sale"

[RoversClitheroe]

Just now, blondie said:

If there is any substance to the rumour, it's most likely the attempt to procure external funding to completely refurbish the Ewood and training ground pitches.

There's been that post and then someone else on here said that they had heard the same unrelated incidents.

[1864roverite]

Utter Burnley 🤬🤬

[RoversClitheroe]

8 minutes ago, 1864roverite said:

Utter Burnley 🤬🤬

Just relaying information that is interesting! And thought provoking.

[1864roverite]

Let’s hope it’s the Ambani family then😂😂 own Mumbai Indians and a personal worth of some £75billion US😂😂

[gumboots]

40 minutes ago, J*B said:

I don’t believe this for a second. They won’t share. 

I think they'd share with equals or those whose wealth is superior

[Exiled_Rover]

16 minutes ago, 1864roverite said:

Let’s hope it’s the Ambani family then😂😂 own Mumbai Indians and a personal worth of some £75billion US😂😂

Wouldn't that be a huge loss of face for them though - assuming they'd come in and run us like a professional outfit. 

[blondie]

25 minutes ago, Meesh said:

Wouldn't that have to be in a year's time? We've only just gone ahead with standard pitch refurbishments. Doesn't make sense to search for funding for that until next year I would have thought.

We have gone ahead with the standard refurbishment due to being unable to externally raise the £2 million required for a stitch pitch.

[tomphil]

At least 3 years ago maybe more i posted something on here that had come from a chance conversation. Guy who told me knows next to nothing about Rovers but found himself talking to a guy who said he worked for a firm who did some work at Rovers ( PR i think it was 😏)

Anyway it went along the lines of someone wanted to buy one of the brothers shares because they'd had enough. The problem was the head V, whoever it is, Madame presumably was having non of it.  This person wanted to invest heavily to try for promotion.

That was the gist of it and the only reason i gave it any air time was the lad who told me wouldn't bother making anything up and wouldn't know some of the stuff he relayed unless he'd been told it.

It's possibly a similar thing to this and seems to pop up every few years. When it comes after a bad season and where now people are demanding big changes i think i'd write it off as just a stealthy PR stunt.  The Luca Toni / Ray Wilkins regular rumours probably had more legs.

Expect the usual back of a fag packet statement late summer that the owners are not looking to sell, remain in it for the long term. And are committed to returning the club to the Prem.

Bullshit all around basically.

Edited May 11, 2021 by tomphil

[Dreams of 1995]

It’s silly season!!

[Fraserkirky]

Panic stations

[JHRover]

I was in the pub at Stoke away in 2019 when we won 2-1. I spoke to multiple well connected Rovers fans in there who were adamant that Venkys were selling to Eurogarages and that Gareth Ainsworth was lined up to take over as manager. 18 months on and here we are.

Venkys won't sell, or share.

[Gone to seed]

5 minutes ago, JHRover said:

I was in the pub at Stoke away in 2019 when we won 2-1. I spoke to multiple well connected Rovers fans in there who were adamant that Venkys were selling to Eurogarages and that Gareth Ainsworth was lined up to take over as manager. 18 months on and here we are.

Venkys won't sell, or share.

...especially to the Issa brothers 😉

[Elvis Biro]

6 minutes ago, WIR Second Coming said:

...especially to the Issa brothers 😉

Why not?

[oldjamfan1]

27 minutes ago, Elvis Biro said:

Why not?

Wrong caste

[HowieFive0]

2 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Ah the old ‘fella at the golf club bar said...’ 

Done deal, obviously! 

I didnt know Mercer played golf ....???

[davulsukur]

Appreciate the info but I can't get my hopes up.

They've never even entertained the idea of a sale in the last 11 years, to my knowledge.