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I don’t think so no. That’s what we need to know: who put a bid forwards before Ashley got exclusivity.

You wouldn’t have heard of him, goes to a different school. This Yank who owns bits of various yank sports teams apparently.

😂😂😂😂

He says he’s going off press reports TBF

Yeah there was, that’s how Ashley became preferred bidder.

Well we know there’s at least one more “credible” interest, and of course Byng (lol). But they all seemed to not actually bid until they legally couldn’t have their bids entertained, which is weird.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0dgdt8t

There was a bidding process, NEC and Ashley bid, Sisu and Dawkins didn’t. Unless someone can prove otherwise but despite being given the chance to they’re not claiming that. Everyone knew ACL was due for admin for two weeks leading up to Ashley being announced preferred bidder, it wasn’t a secret.

Its clarified in the interview. Gilbert aays “people will say you should have bid earlier and there’s an exclusivity clause” and Dawkins goes “urm yeah I suppose, but anyway I just want a transparent bidding process”

Just listening unless he says something later it sounds a lot like he didn’t bid before the exclusivity clause came in. Surely he knows this? Edit: yeah he basically admits that. His whole line is “I’ve bid more so the exclusivity clause shouldn’t mean anything”. Is this guy serious?

At the very least there’s Sisu and the other “credible bidder”, would NEC or Ashley be interested if it was liquidated?

I suppose the gamble is the company goes bust in the meantime or someone else comes in. I don’t know if it’s like a deposit that comes off the bill if you buy it or what. Reading this suggests it’s put in escrow, but then surely it can’t be used to keep ACL afloat...

If the bid collapses then it’s back to square one isn’t it? Subject to there being either enough money to pay the administrators or a bidder willing to keep ACL going while they complete. Or it gets liquidated and we’re back to 2014? That’s my understanding of it anyway.

As I was talking about the other day, Dawn Butler pisses me off at the best of times but this is a classic in the left “ooohhh scary data” stories that hold us back

I wish. Out here outperforming Martin Reeves for none of the salary. Still waiting for these Weber Shandwick cheques to appear :(

Flag or no deal

Im amazed Callum Doyle has impressed you all so much. He’s done alright, but most important signing is a bit much.

No fee of that size is going to be up front though. So would they balance the books and fuck off or just stick around another five years while it’s being paid off?

Don’t think so. Exclusivity is to allow due dil to be performed once a bid is accepted isn’t it? So you’re not wasting money on surveyors or whatever only to be outbid. ACL NOI was 18th October, by 1st Nov we were told 4 interested parties but only two bids, then Ashley was confirmed as...

I think ultimately everyone’s coming from that position. Just depends what you think will get us there: Sisu having a “sellable package” or Ashley having the upper hand, or just Sisu coming to their senses and selling up because the arena has gone.