I listened to an independent insolvency expert on Keys and Gray a couple of weeks ago who had handled the Plymouth administration. He said that they are obliged to accept the "highest" bid for the club, which may not necessarily be the best for the club. This could make life interesting if we do go into admin.
He also said the guy who eventually took Plymouth over (James Brent?) was not the highest bidder, but the funds from the highest bidder had not materialised, and Brent got it as he was the only other interested party. (or something like that)
Administration might not achieve the result everyone thinks olderskyblue - some people are making some very sweeping assumptions as to where it might lead
believe it when i see it ..... as with so much at CCFC. As such it isnt good news it is just a statement from Keys that may or may not have substance - sorry to put a downer on it..... but there is no hard evidence of anything
and if reading the report right it has now become the Keys bid???? Says helping GH but then says he (keys)has put the money and people together????
Agreed OSB. but this isn't new by Keys; he claimed to have attracted the previous set of Hoffman investors, too! Maybe they are billionaire guerrilla's?
Surely though if SISU are at the heart of this mess, and we go into Admin, they cant retain us again? The league must be able to do something about that scenario..............i hope!! or did i read that wrong
its either a light at the end of the tunel, or its fools gold glistening in the last dregs of light getting thru the closing trap door..........:facepalm:
OSB - Haven't SISU made things more complicated (with football debts being the preferred creditors) by increasing so many playing contracts recently? Didn't KD say something about the average squad remaining playing contract was now 3 years?
OSB - Haven't SISU made things more complicated (with football debts being the preferred creditors) by increasing so many playing contracts recently? Didn't KD say something about the average squad remaining playing contract was now 3 years?
Guess it depends on the final outcome of administration. During administration they continue to be paid and an administrator may look to sell them too. If the club goes bust then the players get to claim against the remaining value of their contract i would guess(not likely to be much in the pot though). Any new owner is going to need players so if still here their contracts remain valid ...... of course a new owner may seek to offload some at a later date to balance the books. Which ever way you look at it the players win...... the contracts give the business a basis to continue........... SISU have created something to sell or get value for if worst happens and tied the club into longer term contracts that are a liability in normal trading but unlikely to be paid if it all goes bump
But is Coventry City a stand alone business or is it a subsidary. Can a subsidery be put into administration will other parts of the business flourish. So is why these companies are cropping up. We have no shareholders, or do we ? And quoting RR when he and SISU came in we have no overdraft.