Beattie 0 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 This is a bit of a weird one. Souness has bid �£20m to buy Wolverhampton Wanderers.. although the Wolves folk have denied it. Souness has come out today saying he infact has. Didn't see this coming. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudbertz 0 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Is it a consortium thing or just him? Thats a very strange one, maybe he's buying himself a team so someone (himself) will put him back in a job. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beattie 0 Posted January 9, 2007 Author Share Posted January 9, 2007 No mention of a consortium. He must of got a fucker of a pay-off from Newcastle. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I can't imagine he has that amount of wealth to buy a club (he may have 20 mill but would he have much more than that - buying a football club should be risk capital only i.e. spend what you can afford to lose). I would reckon it is a consortium. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beattie 0 Posted January 9, 2007 Author Share Posted January 9, 2007 Yeah, it more than likely is. Still, bit of an out-of-the-blue story. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudbertz 0 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Maybe SDM is funding it. 'You go ahead Graeme, ill follow in a few months when i find someone else who doesnt put Rangers at heart and sell the club on'. Wishful thinking. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beattie 0 Posted January 9, 2007 Author Share Posted January 9, 2007 Souness does indeed have a partner in all this. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 913 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Strange one indeed, especially since Wolfs are denying it 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon 0 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Souness makes public his £20 million bid times online and agencies Graeme Souness insists he has made a bid to buy Wolverhampton Wanderers, despite the Championship club having earlier denied they have been in negotiations with the former Rangers, Liverpool and Newcastle United manager. Souness was reported to be part of a consortium interested in taking over control of the Molineux club from Sir Jack Hayward, the owner, who has said he will hand over the reins to an investor prepared to pump £20 million into the club. A statement from Jez Moxey, Wanderers' chief executive, said: “It is not true that we are in negotiations with Graeme Souness or anyone connected to him.” But Souness countered: “I have offered to buy the Wolves for £20million. I don’t know why Jez Moxey is saying these things. I have had several telephone conversations with Sir Jack Hayward and I have spoken as well with Jez Moxey. “And last week I made an offer, subject to an examination of the club’s books and accounts, of £20million, which is the figure Sir Jack had publicly declared he was looking for.” Hayward has made it clear the influx of funds would have to be used for “team strengthening”. He said in November: “I have always said that if someone comes in with some money we would be prepared to sell. Originally we asked for £40 million but maybe now it is time to change that valuation. “Maybe now we would sell if someone came in with £20 million that they were prepared to invest in the club. If they could promise that investment for team strengthening, we would be prepared to listen.” Souness attended the Barnsley game at Molineux on New Year’s Day as a guest of the club, although Moxey claimed that was after a chance meeting on a flight to Florida. The Scot said today: “I was told 'no' by Jez Moxey but the offer still stands. It is Sir Jack’s football club and if he chooses not to sell it at this time, that’s his prerogative. He can do what he wants. I have a partner and I see the club having vast potential and I will put more money into it if I got the opportunity. “This is not a Johnny Foreigner coming along to make a quick buck. But Jez has told me no, the offer wasn’t acceptable. That’s the end of the matter, but it is there on the table.” Moxey added in a statement: “There are no negotiations with Graeme Souness or anyone connected to Graeme Souness. We will only say something on this subject when there is something substantive to report.” The Souness link follows previous reports that Wolves were in talks with Milan Mandaric, the former Portsmouth owner, which were also strongly denied by the club. Mandaric is currently involved in a takeover at Leicester City. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Where did he get £20M from? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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