Bassini's Failed Takeover of Blues

[Kashmire Hawker]

There are reports that the one-time Chairman of Watford and two-time bankrupted 52-year-old is on the brink of a £27 Million takeover of Birmingham City.

West Ham United's David Sullivan is backing his buyout financially, which will need a look at with him being part of The Hammers' ownership?

And, of course, his past will surely have to be considered. If the EFL lets him in, then the game's future is dire.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1536313848369664000

 

[JonahWolf]

How on earth is that chancer involved in a football takeover again?!

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Surely the EFL will look at this. How can he possibly be considered a fit and proper person to own a football club? Or has nothing been learnt from the Derby County debacle?

 

[Alex Rae The Substitute]

Football is bonkers.

 

[WeAreTheWolvesII]

Ah well.

 

[Mark Rankines Lovechild]

I have been told, don't know how true it is, that the reason that Birmingham haven't done any work to their stadium (part shut due to safety issues) is that they are trying to get the stadium which will be used for the commonwealth games.

Makes sense as West Ham did the same thing

 

[WV10Wolf]

This is going to be fun!

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Unlikeable, dodgy as hell with a dubious past involving plenty of ‘characters’ and you definitely wouldn’t want near your club. Anyway, enough about Blues, what’s this Bassini like?

 

[WickedWolfie]

There are reports that the one-time Chairman of Watford and two-time bankrupted 52-year-old is on the brink of a £27 Million takeover of Birmingham City.

West Ham United's David Sullivan is backing his buyout financially, which will need a look at with him being part of The Hammers' ownership?

And, of course, his past will surely have to be considered. If the EFL lets him in, then the game's future is dire.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1536313848369664000

Sounds like a match made in heaven. Seriously though how the hell is this clown even under consideration (and what is in it for the porno Chuckle brother)? Fit and proper person my rear end.

 

[Jonzy54]

The Gold brothers
The Kumars
Carson Yeung
And now this lot
Unscrupulous/dodgy.Take your pick

 

[crocos]

I've always detested the Blooze, but almost starting to feel slightly sorry for them now.

Farcical if this chancer is allowed anywhere near a football club again.

 

[Achilles Last Stand]

Blues is a dodgy club by nature, so it needs dodgy owners to fit in?

 

[WickedWolfie]

This suggests that the bid from a different group will be successful.

Birmingham City under new ownership with St Andrew's included in takeover

EXCLUSIVE: The three-way battle to buy Birmingham City looks to have drawn to an end after sources confirmed contracts were exchanged to sell the Championship club to new owners

www.google.com

The current ownership structure - what a shambles...

Details of Ownership – almajir.net

 

[Very Proud (AKA Still Proud)]

I have been told, don't know how true it is, that the reason that Birmingham haven't done any work to their stadium (part shut due to safety issues) is that they are trying to get the stadium which will be used for the commonwealth games.

Makes sense as West Ham did the same thing

Back in 2008, I pulled together a meeting between Birmingham Council and the football club for the consultancy I worked for. The idea was to build a stadium for the 2022 Commonwealth Games which Blues would then occupy. Karen Brady was keen (said they could fill a 50k ground). The Credit Crunch and the Blues owners dumping them for Wet Spam put paid to those plans.

 

[Kashmire Hawker]

I have been told, don't know how true it is, that the reason that Birmingham haven't done any work to their stadium (part shut due to safety issues) is that they are trying to get the stadium which will be used for the commonwealth games.

Makes sense as West Ham did the same thing

Interesting, not least with the Alexander Stadium dropping to 18k post the games and Birmingham City University taking over the Stadium's West Stand

 

[WickedWolfie]

I have been told, don't know how true it is, that the reason that Birmingham haven't done any work to their stadium (part shut due to safety issues) is that they are trying to get the stadium which will be used for the commonwealth games.

Makes sense as West Ham did the same thing

Haven't there been a series of posts suggesting that much of the Commonwealth Games stadium is temporary? @Kashmire Hawker will know (he works for the Games organisation).

Edited to add: Got a phone call part way through typing this and Kashmire posted in the interim.

 

[Kashmire Hawker]

Haven't there been a series of posts suggesting that much of the Commonwealth Games stadium is temporary? @Kashmire Hawker will know (he works for the Games organisation).

Edited to add: Got a phone call part way through typing this and Kashmire posted in the interim.

Yes - the 2nd tier of the stands around the bends are all temp—games capacity of 31.7k will fall to 18k

 

[Norris]

I couldn’t give a monkeys.

 

[SuperGran]

I couldn’t give a monkeys.

But still read the thread and let us know your opinion?

 

[Peszkywolf]

Love to hate them, feel a bit sorry for their sounder fans like Davo, but at the same time it's quite funny..... Just a lost decade of rubbish since they won the league cup.
Don't think they'd get a massive amount for St Andrew's, not really a city centre location, and it's a proper ground (nice to get out of!) not one of these out of town retail park grounds. Maybe with HS2 and the tram arriving that side of Brum could mean it's worth more?
Some of these potential owners are so dodgy!

 

[Norris]

But still read the thread and let us know your opinion?

Touché SuperGran I haven’t heard that a million times before, good work.

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

I don’t like them but how is this possible. If he defaults on the payments then owning two clubs is a conflict or interest

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Love to hate them, feel a bit sorry for their sounder fans like Davo, but at the same time it's quite funny..... Just a lost decade of rubbish since they won the league cup.
Don't think they'd get a massive amount for St Andrew's, not really a city centre location, and it's a proper ground (nice to get out of!) not one of these out of town retail park grounds. Maybe with HS2 and the tram arriving that side of Brum could mean it's worth more?
Some of these potential owners are so dodgy!

They don't even own St Andrews any more. Sold it a few years back for FFP.

 

[Achilles Last Stand]

They don't even own St Andrews any more. Sold it a few years back for FFP.

...just to enable them to buy more overpriced dross on long contracts.

Good business strategy , ...but then again if yhey hadn't done that, their supporters would have been up in arms because they weren't buying "anyone".

 

[JR WAS KING]

Karen Brady was keen (said they could fill a 50k ground).

 

[top fox wolf]

Love to hate them, feel a bit sorry for their sounder fans like Davo, but at the same time it's quite funny..... Just a lost decade of rubbish since they won the league cup.
Don't think they'd get a massive amount for St Andrew's, not really a city centre location, and it's a proper ground (nice to get out of!) not one of these out of town retail park grounds. Maybe with HS2 and the tram arriving that side of Brum could mean it's worth more?
Some of these potential owners are so dodgy!

Always had a soft spot for blues my son in law is blues and my new lady's family are all blues .tell you what would rather have them being successful than vile every day of the week. The blues hold the name of there city so yes good luck to them I say its about time thay had some success and put the vile in the background for once.

 

[Very Proud (AKA Still Proud)]

I responded with a "Are you sure Karren?" taking the opportunity to point out that as a Wolves fan I thought we'd find it difficult to fill a 50k stadium and we had a much bigger support than Blues.

 

[De Wolfs Mullet]

I responded with a "Are you sure Karren?" taking the opportunity to point out that as a Wolves fan I thought we'd find it difficult to fill a 50k stadium and we had a much bigger support than Blues.

What did the sour-faced baroness say to that?

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

I hope it works out for them. Rather the blues than the delusional historians in witton

 

[AndyWolves]

Don't like blues but don't want bassini to own them either

 

[BlahBlah]

That Talksport interview is horrendous. This bloke talks like one of us would if we took over a football club, just a pub bull****ter and no real answers to any questions, a complete amateur and very dangerous, plus he doesn't know how to keep his mouth shut when he should.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1537040473012985857

 

[WV10Wolf]

That Talksport interview is horrendous. This bloke talks like one of us would if we took over a football club, just a pub bull****ter and no real answers to any questions, a complete amateur and very dangerous, plus he doesn't know how to keep his mouth shut when he should.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1537040473012985857

I’m sure that eased any fears blose fans may have.

 

[Ginger Chimp]

That Talksport interview is horrendous. This bloke talks like one of us would if we took over a football club, just a pub bull****ter and no real answers to any questions, a complete amateur and very dangerous, plus he doesn't know how to keep his mouth shut when he should.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1537040473012985857

All I got from that is there’s no ****ing way he’s buying Birmingham.

 

[WasStefan]

This guy was on TalkSPORT yesterday, most bizarre interview i’ve ever heard

 

[Starsky]

This guy was on TalkSPORT yesterday, most bizarre interview i’ve ever heard

Is there a link anywhere, a couple of Blues fans I know were stunned to silence after hearing it!

 

[WickedWolfie]

Is there a link anywhere, a couple of Blues fans I know were stunned to silence after hearing it!

Jeez, if he had that affect on them given some of their past owners it really must have been a car crash!

 

[Wonder Boyo]

Is there a link anywhere, a couple of Blues fans I know were stunned to silence after hearing it!

It's the link that @BlahBlah posted earlier in the thread. It sounded bad on the radio but seems a lot worse when you see the facial reactions in the studio.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1537040473012985857

 

[lostwolf]

That Talksport interview is horrendous. This bloke talks like one of us would if we took over a football club, just a pub bull****ter and no real answers to any questions, a complete amateur and very dangerous, plus he doesn't know how to keep his mouth shut when he should.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1537040473012985857

He's a bizarre character, quite how he manages to be near anything more significant than an ice cream van (where he'd probably end up getting done for selling past-its-best 99s, then sell the van for parts and accuse the food hygiene folks of a smear campaign) is beyond me. He's a chancer, he can barely string a sentence together, and he's got no record of success in any business venture.

I wish him the best of luck at Small Heath.

 

[Starsky]

**** me!!!!!!

 

[WickedWolfie]

**** me!!!!!!

A very kind offer which l respectfully decline.... lol

Seriously, having already watched it l know exactly why that reaction....