For the first time the Daily Record has published concerns that the proposed Ibrox takeover by the San Francisco 49ers might just turn out to be a load of Craigy Whyte.
On February 19 Keith Jackson broke the news that every bear had been waiting for with a trademark tale leading with a transformation, multi-million pound investment and of course a summer splurge into the transfer market.
The San Francisco 49ers were profiled extensively, negotiations had started in October and were now at an advanced stage.
What could possibly go wrong other than Jackson’s track record on investment and takeovers for a previous club at Ibrox, one that toddled off to the cemetery of Scottish football clubs alongside Third Lanark, Airdrie and Gretna.
Internet Bampots were on the story straightaway, within two days of the WORLD EXCLUSIVE the takeover was being led by Andrew Cavenagh and not the San Francisco 49ers, almost two months later an unknown American consortium are dragging their heels as the season comes to an end.
Other legacy media outlets were quickly on board, Sky Sports claimed on March 1 that a deal for 51% of the shares had been agreed in principal but nothing has happened other than tyre-kicker Cavenagh enjoying hospitality at a few matches.
Over the past week Jackson hasn’t been quite as convincing on the Record’s Hotline podcast as he is put on the spot for updates on a story that was never anything more than Dave King upping his efforts to shift the shares he has been looking to dump for five years.
Michael Gannon sometimes plays a support role in the Hotline podcast, covering the events of this season he couldn’t avoid publishing doubts over the WORLD EXCLUSIVE of his award winning colleague Jackson.
Covering the fakeover, yesterday Gannon explained to Record readers:
At some point they are going to want to see the American in a picture in the boardroom holding a pen over a piece of paper and then pitch side with a scarf above his head.
The longer it drags on, the more tetchy folk will get.
Listen, these things take time. Cavanagh and his US money backers are not just dealing with one owner who only has to agree a price and then sign over the deeds.
It’s not like buying a second hand motor. They are involved in negotiations with several parties, with several different interests, all at the same time.
Unfortunately, that means patience is required from the people who really matter – the punters.
It’s not a quality most fans possess though. They just want to hear from the man himself and to finally learn what his vision is for the club.
No one at the Record has been able to sit down with Cavenagh to get his vision of True Blue Heaven, of trophies piling up in the Blue Room with a new look 70,000 stadium finally boasting of hover pitches, helipads, six star hotels and Super Casinos in darkest Govan.
The easiest task of all is to contact Douglas Park, but a two minute phone call with the club’s second biggest shareholder would kill the Record’s WORLD EXCLUSIVE stone dead.
Didn’t show much patience the way they all got their knickers in a twist when the story broke…aye patience…. while they think up a get out of jail free card after their over exuberant reporting of nothingness.
Can you imagine if this was a Celtic takeover?
Wouldn’t be a day go past that they would be pummelling the club for answers.
It’s not like buying a second hand motor.
It’s more like buying one that has been put together from the back and the front parts of two write offs, given sevco’s history.
Or a clown car………….Paaaaaarp!
“Craigy Whyte” … 🙂
Bananarama had a song called ” Cruel Summer “. It’s going to be a Bananadrama for Mr World Exclusive if this summer is cruel to the klanbase.
Some quality quotes there from the churnalist:
“At some point they are going to want to see the American in a picture in the boardroom holding a pen over a piece of paper…”
Aye, and if any potential buyer waits long enough, there could be ‘a picture in the boardroom holding a shiny £1 coin’… 🙂
“[they] are not just dealing with one owner who only has to agree a price and then sign over the deeds.”
Eh?
Does Gannon actually know that this is [allegedly] about straightforward share purchasing – and it is very much about the price? ! ?
You got a better chance of a rocking horse doing a shite in the middle of George Square and seeing Lord Lucan ride Shergar around Epsom Downs than the FAKEOVER going ahead.
Surely to fuck dense, gullible and illiterate as they are even The Sevco Hun Hoards must know that Jackshun and all at his evil rag are pathological liars !
If there is american buyers. They will want a profit.
That means spending 17m less than last year.