Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Of course you're right to highlight that none of us know what Ashley's intentions are. However, neither can we say with any sort of confidence that he has the club's best interests at heart. Not when he pays the £800K straight to an investor and not when various contracts are weighted very much in his favour. The stuff about him creating retail companies with regard to RFC is also a concern. Juxtapose this with how many, many Newcastle fans feel about his contribution to their club then Ashley's intentions are very much in question and some of his actions can be described as strange and/or difficult to interpret. Once again, Rangers fans are after boardroom transparency and engagement more than anything else I'd say at the club - Ashley will not bring that so it's not a surprise he's being viewed with suspicion. Nevertheless, he's certainly stepping forward while others stay in the periphery so it's difficult to criticise him for taking the initiative. Perhaps if we ignore all that has happened in the last few years, the fact nobody involved with us ever seems to have any good intentions and also the information we already know about Ashley, then we could pretend that he may have altruistic intentions. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangersitis 0 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Green should have got a 7 figure sum of cash out of Ashley for the naming rights to Ibrox no matter what the reasoning behind the deal. Is there any good reason to believe that this didn't happen? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juancornetto 1 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Is there any good reason to believe that this didn't happen? Exactly. I'd put my house on there being a large sum of money finding it's way to Mr C Green from Mr M Ashley for an obscure business transaction. All conjecture of course. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Dynamo 128 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Exactly. I'd put my house on there being a large sum of money finding it's way to Mr C Green from Mr M Ashley for an obscure business transaction. All conjecture of course. It wouldn't surprise me if he negotiated some sort of percentage deal for the forseeable for himself when it comes to Rangers related products 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltersgotstyle 307 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Ashley is not the best man for our club however one thing is for sure - if he was to become out owner we would unlikely go to the wall again. The big question is however how much would he be willing to reinvest to make us successful. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real PapaBear 0 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Ashley is not the best man for our club however one thing is for sure - if he was to become out owner we would unlikely go to the wall again. The big question is however how much would he be willing to reinvest to make us successful. He's probably thinking that he can make Rangers title contenders and guarantee European football every year for the same cost as a couple of midfielders in the English Premiership. He'll be happy with regular UEFA cup runs and the occassional Champions League venture. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hildy 0 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 (edited) Ashley is not the best man for our club however one thing is for sure - if he was to become out owner we would unlikely go to the wall again. The big question is however how much would he be willing to reinvest to make us successful. When you say invest, do you mean interest-free loans? "Seemingly Ashley's answer would be yes {to the sale of Newcastle} were any would-be purchaser to come up with around £267m – thereby covering the £134m he paid for Newcastle in 2007 plus more than £150m in interest-free loans he injected to keep everything afloat during the early days of his tenure." http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/nov/21/newcastle-united-club-for-sale-mike-ashley Edited October 3, 2014 by Hildy 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC 150 Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 He's probably thinking that he can make Rangers title contenders and guarantee European football every year for the same cost as a couple of midfielders in the English Premiership. He'll be happy with regular UEFA cup runs and the occassional Champions League venture. That is the best the future holds for us regardless of who takes over. and, if anything, the Champs League will disappear into hand picked teams that will be guaranteed last 16 places. It is almost at that stage now 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real PapaBear 0 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 That is the best the future holds for us regardless of who takes over. and, if anything, the Champs League will disappear into hand picked teams that will be guaranteed last 16 places. It is almost at that stage now I hope you're wrong, but I suspect you're right. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrahimHemdani 1 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I think we're in danger of missing the point. It seems very strange for Ashley to have bought these shares instead of investing in the Open Offer at the same price (and without the associated costs of dealing directly with HH). Why not invest the £850K directly into the club? It's not strange at all. If he wants to gain control of the Club he is far better taking out another investor, plenty of time to invest his millions once he has control. I suspect he'll have paid somewhere between 0.2% and 0.5% plus stamp duty, petty cash for him anyway. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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