Mysterious Bid For West Ham United!
It may be rubbish but i read the Guardian often for sports rather than the Disney rag The Mail, and found an article by Matt Scott stating that a bid was made for WHUFC and was flatly turned down by Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson.
If it is true, then it is good news that Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson is showing such enthusiasm about the club and especially at a time where lawsuits are trying unsuccessfully to damage our club thats sits in 5th place and maybe 2nd or 3rd place come Sunday afternoon.
Article from the Guardian:
The chill felt in Iceland over the banking crisis - a nation where the bank rate has hit 15.5% to curb runaway inflation - has led to a bid for West Ham United. It is not even two years since the club was taken over by the billionaire banker Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson. But there are many buyers in the market for Premier League clubs and one thought they could sniff out a bargain at Upton Park. Yet the Icelander gave them the cold shoulder, insisting his club is not for sale; after all the tribulations of the Tevez trial, Gudmundsson wants to enjoy his football for a while.
Does anybody know who the mysterious bidder was?
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October 2nd, 2008 at 8:53 AM
Our old friend Kia?
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:57 AM
the guardian talk rubbish mate. they are worse than the daily mail. if BG ever did sell, i hope it would be sold the eggy magnusson.
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:01 AM
Bazza, you must work for the mail, eggy would be a nightmare of an owner even if he had the money to buy the club. look at what Ljungberg cost us for the few games he played.. £13m. im gad BG is turning bids down.
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:18 AM
Kia must of been relatively serious last year and certainly has good financial contacts plus a huge lump of cash after the tevez to man UTD deal goes through in 2009, i think he personally gets about 25M out of it, not bad for a slave owner. realistically it is him as a front or some Arab mob, I can see if we get the Olympic Stadium the Arabs would be seriously interested as the locaton is perfect. Spending 1Billion to buy the club and both upton park for re development and the new olympic Stadium to include a Hotel, Olympic training village etc would seem good value and give them diversity over stocks and shares plus a regular cash flow. Who knows, if nothing else I would like it to happen just to piss Spurs of even more, they however have their own problems and with a little luck will be looking forward to next years london derbies, QPR, Charlton, Palace, Millwall and Orient.
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:34 AM
I think it was some bloke called Kevin from Sheffield who put a bid in for £30 million!!!
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:37 PM
It was an eastern european (excuse me if i have completely miss-spelt his name) Farowan Midoskino he made an original bid of 125 million but has returned with an ACCEPTED BID by board!!p.s he is said to be worth 50 billion!!!
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:16 AM
It was probably Mike Ashley, looking for somewhere to go with his kids.
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:20 AM
The Guardians conclusion was that BG “wants to enjoy his football for a while”.At first I thought this felt reassuring, but if true, it could also be a first step in a bidding process.If BG doesn’t consider his West Ham venture to be “economically sound” while his economic muscle may be needed to consolidate his financial base, maybe the conclusion will be that he no longer can afford his pet project anymore, and we can look forward (?) to a new owner.