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Takeover
The Great Disappointment
A common theme on Blues-related forums and social media of late has been talk of takeover announcements. With the absolute vacuum of news about a potential takeover due to non-disclosure agreements and such like, rumour has sprung aplenty with talk of potential new owners, bids being accepted and dates of the deal potentially being done.
Tags: Takeover
Posted in Birmingham City, Talking Points | 96 Comments »
Relisting Rules and the Sale of Birmingham City
The speculation over the sale of Birmingham City was stepped up a notch on Friday with the news in the Birmingham Mail that Sammy Yu was heading a Chinese consortium interested in buying the club. The report goes on to say that the deal is a long way off as financial checks have to be […]
Tags: BIH, HKSE, Rules, Takeover
Posted in Birmingham City, Talking Points | 44 Comments »
No to Napoli
Eyebrows have been raised when Serie A club SSC Napoli’s President Antonio De Laurentiis told the media that he would like to buy a club in England and use it as to export the brandname of Naples around Europe. He has already confirmed that he has sounded out former Napoli manager Edoardo Reja to be coach of this hypothetical English club.
Tags: Antonio De Laurentiis, Takeover
Posted in Birmingham City, Talking Points | 46 Comments »
Deals and Chinese Mindsets
During the last forty-eight hours, Matthew from Tilton Strugglers and myself have spent talking to people connected with Birmingham International Holdings and trying to put together the pieces of what is happening with respect to a takeover of the football club.
Tags: Takeover
Posted in Birmingham City, Talking Points | 55 Comments »
Trials and Tribulations
It was confirmed yesterday that Carson Yeung had lost the latest round in his ongoing court saga, as Deputy Judge Alan Wright threw out his appeal to have his case switched from the District Court to the High Courts.
Tags: BIH, Carson Yeung, Takeover, The Trial
Posted in Birmingham City, Talking Points | 53 Comments »
BIH Accounts on the Horizon?
Birmingham International Holdings have given another indication that their long overdue accounts will soon be published.
Tags: Accounts, BIH, Carson Yeung, HK, Takeover
Posted in Birmingham City, Finances in Football | 36 Comments »
The Hokey-Cokey
After months of quiet amidst other speculation, it was reported this morning in the Birmingham Mail that the Italian Consortium behind Gianni Paladini had pulled out from bidding to buy Blues. Naturally, things are never simple at Blues and within four and a half hours of that story being published Gianni Paladini has essentially denied it.
Tags: Gianni Paladini, Takeover
Posted in Birmingham City, Talking Points | 52 Comments »
Kung Hei Fat Choi
Today marks the first day of the Lunar New Year in China – a time for celebration, for looking to the future and for wishing for health, wealth and happiness. For Birmingham City, one out of three wouldn’t be bad.
Tags: Carson Yeung, China, HK, Takeover
Posted in Birmingham City, Finances in Football, Talking Points | 56 Comments »
New Consortium Approaches BIH Over BCFC Sale
Birmingham International Holdings have announced to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that a sports management company has contacted BIH with respect to leading a consortium to buy BCFC.
Tags: BIH, China, HK, HKSE, Takeover
Posted in Birmingham City, Finances in Football | 55 Comments »
Pannu Interview: What Happens Now?
There has been a lot of comment online about Peter Pannu’s interview with Colin Tattum of the Birmingham Mail and Tom Ross of Free Radio. Whilst I don’t want to go into the ins and outs of the interview I wanted to share my thoughts about where Blues go from here and what I think will happen. As always, these are my thoughts and my thoughts alone – most of it is speculation except where I have cited facts and should be treated as such.
Tags: Carson Yeung, Peter Pannu, Takeover
Posted in Birmingham City, General Ramblings, Talking Points | 132 Comments »
