Tepid water

Not a problem if they really have cash. Remember that clown who fronted the Man City takeover? He didn't last much longer than the takeover itself. I suppose on the flip side, all those Pompey owners that have boasted of backers should be a warning to us. The trouble we have is that we have no idea how serious the bid is and whether they are goingto fund it properley. However the fact he has denied the quotes but has not denied wanting to buy the club tells us that he is genuinely interested.

Well it must be true I mean it's in the newspapers. No quotes don't believe a word of it. Show me it saying that in the echo and I might believe it

No not add ons, we are almost cerainly owed a significant sum from the original transfer.

Yes you are right, but there will also almost certainly be a payment in for the Alonso money.

No, it's called common sense and normal football practice. Deals for players are almost never paid in one go, so it is almost certain that the Alonso deal has installments left on it. We also know the details of the Aquilani deal and when payments are due as it was published on many LFC forums (do your own research lazy arse and you will find it) only a couple of million Euro was for appearances. We will pay money to Portsmouth in the summer as we still owe them money.. simple Add the sums spent last summer to payments for increased contracts (which is a fucking disgrace, but a different issue)and outstanding payments for other players and it is easy to see how we spent NET £20m. It stinks of course as we used to spend nearly as much before the massive increase in TV money , but I can't see any evidence that Purslow is lying.

Sorry some of this is bollocks. There is nothing to suggest we got all the Alonso money up front. We aren't paying €5m for Aquilani we have other payments to make on him (we paid some more in January). So this summer we have to pay out on Johnson, and Aquilani, but we will get money back with another payment from madrid for Alonso.

Building the stadium is important if you wish to sell the club with a clause saying you get 10% of gate receipts for 10 years.

Well G&H are the two shareholders in the club and can veto any sale. The banks can put pressure on, but can't make them accept an offer. If they could we would have had to accept the rhone group offer.

The Arabs gave money to barclays in return for shares (or similar) banking shares were in a massive slump and have picked up strongly since the end of '08. They disposed of the shares for a massive profit. Everyone happy

You are right coop they made a killing.

It's like 3-2-1 with dusty bin

I think I speak for many others when I say that I haven't got a fuckin clue what you are talking about. Investment threads gotta love em! 