Palace about to be taken over by Yanks

[Sheebo]

There should be a FFP rule that any administration cheats shouldn't be allowed any revenue streams apart from ticket sales and merchandise

 

[jay d]

They will ruin the club, they have no idea of the passion that fans have at football. They don't even call it football.
crystal palace soccer club.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

The Always Ultras will have to Americanize all their chants ("Lets Go Defense"/"Come On You Red And Blues , Lets See You Really Lose")

 

[Se20]

There should be a FFP rule that any administration cheats shouldn't be allowed any revenue streams apart from ticket sales and merchandise

It was only a matter of time ...

 

[Se20]

The Always Ultras will have to Americanize all their chants ("Lets Go Defense"/"Come On You Red And Blues , Lets See You Really Lose")

Will we need to have the words on the big screen ?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Will we need to have the words on the big screen ?

Its not a big screen , its a JUMBOTRON sponsored by BURGER KING.

 

[Drumstick]

London Red + Blue Socks Soccer Club at the Wall Mart Bargain Bowl.

Free corn dog with each ticket!

You suck, You suck, You suck!

 

[happypig]

Will we need to have the words on the big screen ?

Pictures I would think. To which you will be expected to whoop dementedly and shout repeatedly "Get in the goal !"

 

[spanish flair]

Will we need to have the words on the big screen ?

Not if all your fans already know all the words to "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy" you will be fine.
But I expect things like We are South London and Proud will be banned.

 

[Goldstone1976]

2 Big US PE houses actively involved in a take-over approach for a business that is in an industry that's just announced a £5Bn deal? That's going to go just fine.

 

[Hampster Gull]

Only doing what i suspect Tony would do in the same circumstance

 

[maltaseagull]

That's one of the main reasons botty , to get the finance required to re develope selhurst . You never know we might have padded seats soon

That will destroy the atmosphere then! Look what happened to us

 

[Dougie]

The proposed £90m takeover of Crystal Palace appears to be nearing completion, with a group of American investors led by Josh Harris reportedly in “late-stage discussions” with the Premier League side.

Harris, who bought the NBA franchise Philadelphia 76ers in 2011 and the NHL side New Jersey Devils alongside his partner David Blitzer in 2013, has been interested in purchasing an English football club for some time and first held talks with Palace’s owners, CPFC 2010, during last year’s pre-season tour of America.

A report in the Financial Times on Friday suggested that the deal is now close to being completed, with a group of private equity executives from Harris’s capital investment firm Apollo Global Management and Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity firm, hopeful that the deal could be signed in the next few days. Palace declined to comment when approached on Friday.

However, it is understood that Harris – who is worth a reported $2.6bn, according to Forbes – and Blitzer would take a majority shareholding, with the current co-owner Steve Parish reducing his stake to 15% and the other three partners in CPFC 2010 reducing theirs to 5%. A further group of seven investors – the US businessmen David Novak, Bret Pearlman, Marc Leder, Arthur Wrubel, Anthony Ignaczak, Rodgers Krouse and Matthew Hulsizer – will also take a share in the club.

It sounds interesting all this , rumour has it their combined wealth equals that of tony blooms

 

[Dougie]

Only doing what i suspect Tony would do in the same circumstance

^
This . If we keep steve in charge this isn't the worst takeover that's been mooted . I'm still nervous but that's only natural with our past but I trust the 4 owners 100% .

 

[Se20]

The proposed £90m takeover of Crystal Palace appears to be nearing completion, with a group of American investors led by Josh Harris reportedly in “late-stage discussions” with the Premier League side.

Harris, who bought the NBA franchise Philadelphia 76ers in 2011 and the NHL side New Jersey Devils alongside his partner David Blitzer in 2013, has been interested in purchasing an English football club for some time and first held talks with Palace’s owners, CPFC 2010, during last year’s pre-season tour of America.

A report in the Financial Times on Friday suggested that the deal is now close to being completed, with a group of private equity executives from Harris’s capital investment firm Apollo Global Management and Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity firm, hopeful that the deal could be signed in the next few days. Palace declined to comment when approached on Friday.

However, it is understood that Harris – who is worth a reported $2.6bn, according to Forbes – and Blitzer would take a majority shareholding, with the current co-owner Steve Parish reducing his stake to 15% and the other three partners in CPFC 2010 reducing theirs to 5%. A further group of seven investors – the US businessmen David Novak, Bret Pearlman, Marc Leder, Arthur Wrubel, Anthony Ignaczak, Rodgers Krouse and Matthew Hulsizer – will also take a share in the club.

It sounds interesting all this , rumour has it their combined wealth equals that of tony blooms

Nearly as much as TB's wealth
I thought he was a multi billionaire ? Maybe we can build a hotel as well ?
We could call it " Across the ( Thornton Heath) Pond "?

 

[Hampster Gull]

^
This . If we keep steve in charge this isn't the worst takeover that's been mooted . I'm still nervous but that's only natural with our past but I trust the 4 owners 100% .

Foolish to trust them 100%. They are in it for themselves not you or Palace. It is likely though that you might do well out of this, although another move to soullessness.

 

[Mr Putdown]

I'm very wary of this and am in no way convinced it will be for the good of the club.

 

[Dougie]

Foolish to trust them 100%. They are in it for themselves not you or Palace. It is likely though that you might do well out of this, although another move to soullessness.

It's not foolish at all , how do you know they're in it for themselves ? If that was the case they would have sold the club for a lot of money and walked away ( assuming we get sold ) . They are staying put so that says a lot to me .

 

[Working class pride]

Cheer leaders, goal music, drums, over excited goal announcers, flying Eagles, fans who dont turn up unless they are successful. American owners are a perfect fit. As for the Albion, well as usual we will be a well supported club knocking around the lower leagues with absolutely no ambition. Nothing changes.

 

[The red pepper kid]

does anyone really care ?