Charlton Athletic SOLD for £14m to 'Standard Liege'

[Barrel of Fun]

http://www.theguardian.com/football...atelet-championship-standard-liege?CMP=twt_gu

Charlton Athletic have announced that they have been taken over by the Belgian entrepreneur Roland Duchâtelet, whose company, Staprix NV, will acquire 100% of the shares of the club subject to what they called "final legal formalities".

 

[Hamilton]

Are we about to see a plethora of mergers and acquisitions?

 

[soistes]

Moules and Frites at half-time at the Valley?

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Are we about to see a plethora of mergers and acquisitions?

A plethora?

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[Papa Lazarou]

So, their team will now be full of Belgian U21 players, 'on loan' from SL?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I wonder what his motive is?

 

[Hamilton]

Moules and Frites at half-time at the Valley?

With a jellied eel twist.

I guess they'll get some synergies out of this. Can they join development squads?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I thought UEFA stopped this sort of thing?

or was it clubs in the top flight?

 

[Hamilton]

You can see some Chairmen thinking that it might be advantageous to have fingers in more than one pie across different leagues.

 

[grummitts gloves]

Apparently the guy who bought them has stakes in clubs in Belgium, Germany and Hungary!!

 

[Marxo]

Standard and Roland Duchâtelet are always in the news here concerning how much they get from the Liege council in subsidies and how much tax they pay. Earlier this year there was a story about Duchâtelet taking €20 million out of the club to give shareholders as dividends as 'legal' tax dodge. I wouldn't be too keen if I was an Addicks fan.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

I thought UEFA stopped this sort of thing?

or was it clubs in the top flight?

I think there's rules agains owning teams in the same country and multiple teams who would be eligible for a european competition.

At this point it wont be long before the Championship is made up of Udinese B and Standard Liege B etc.

 

[Foolg]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/...der-asrit-ajdarevic-linked-with-charlton-move

And so it begins.

How good back up players from a Belgian side will be is another question though. That Habib Habibou fella was one of the best players in a team who finished above Standard Liege last season, and knowing 2 Leeds fans, was pretty dreadful. Then again, if they get the next Lukaku....

 

[Monkey Man]

Tie in a local media sponsor and I can see Charlton being renamed Evening Standard Liege.

 

[HastingsSeagull]

The kid was good at Liverpool by a couple accounts, but gash at Leicester so

 

[Surf's Up]

Watford/Udinese B - Mark II

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Moules and Frites at half-time at the Valley?

I always laugh when I see the word "moules" because it is slang in French for a ladies front bottom

 

[fataddick]

Duchatelet is now in the process of buying Alcorno (a Spanish 2nd Division side). People rightly concerned as to what the hell his overall plan is - looks to be having clubs all over Europe and loaning players between them in lieu of using the transfer market. Weird. Could become the norm if it works, but surely UEFA will have to change the rules?

 

[Czechmate]

I always laugh when I see the word "moules" because it is slang in French for a ladies front bottom

I always wondered why I liked 'Moules Mariniere' so much So I guess it is 'Ladies front bottom from the sea' ?

 

[timco]

I don't think I would object if we became Barcelona B