When the Takeover Appeal Board gave Dave King 30 days to make an offer to buy Newco Rangers shares at 20p per share, I didn’t think too much of it. That was 30 days ago. So either King enjoys running things close, or he does not plan to comply with the Appeal Board. The latter would be curious, to say the least.
Making an offer to buy shares and actually buying them are two different things. If all relevant shareholders decided to sell to King, he would have to pay around £11m, but this is fanciful. It’s likely that very few would chose to sell, King is being asked to go through a paper exercise.
So why has this paper exercise it not happened? As I said, it may be that he’s about to rush through a last minute offer, but if he doesn’t, the proof of funds question jumps to mind. King would be obliged to show proof of funds to before any share offer could take place. If he cannot pull together proof of funds, you get an insight into why so many are keeping an eye on finances at Newco.
Then there is the ‘so what?’ question. If King fails to comply with the Appeal Panel he would be Cold Shouldered. This term refers to the prohibition on financial firms working in related fields with anyone who does not comply with their verdict. It is an incredibly rare punishment, which has been handed out less than a handful of times.
In this scenario, King would either have to resign from Newco, blaming everyone else, in his usual manner, and sell his shares. The latter is likely to be a painful exercise. Or, if he didn’t sell up, Newco would be unable to issue shares.
The club would therefore be unable to convert current directors’ loans into shares, leaving it in a position where it is unable to comply with Uefa Financial Fair Play rules. Before you get too excited about this matter, a breach of FFP rules would not inhibit Newco’s ability to enter European football for the first time this summer.
The process would see Uefa impose conditions that, if it complied, would see the club reduce its debt. It is only if Newco failed to adhere to these conditions that their licence to play European football would be withheld.
Failure to make a share offer, or for King to sell up and leave the stage, puts Newco in a horrible situation. It either jeopardises European football, or would lead to drastic cuts in budget – which would have the same effect on European ambitions.
I know many are exasperated at how King has been lauded without any appropriate scrutiny, never mind the microscopic type Celtic executives have had to face, but he and his acolytes are doing a wonderful job. One that no one outside of the Newco family could dream of inflicting on an opponent.
Since the hour King and his concert party of Bears failed to acquire Rangers assets in liquidation, they conspired to grab control of Newco, inflicting incalculable damage along the way. It has been the stupidest undertaking in sport.
There are a few potential scenarios covered above, but you and I know exactly how this will unfold. You don’t need to be called Sherlock to figure this lot out. Dave, you’re an inspiration, I hope you hang around forever. Or at least until the inevitable….
We have two tickets to raffle for the Scottish Cup semi-final on Sunday 23 April at Hampden, courtesy of our good friends and club sponsor, Intelligent Car Leasing. Funds from the raffle go straight to our Mary’s Meals school kitchen appeal.
To enter, make a minimum donation of £5 at MyDonate here then email me to confirm your entry with the words “Scottish Cup” in the subject line. Your money will go instantly to Mary’s Meals. Competition finishes at 12:00 on Good Friday, 14 April, so you only have TWO DAYS to enter!!! Put your contact details on the email, just in case.
Two tickets, the Celtic end, fill your boots……… and thank you!
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Saint Stivs
Been thinking about you this week mhate, keep rambling and keep it lit.
YNWA
I’ll never understand why some rich folk didn’t buy up Ibrox when they liquidated, would’ve got it on the cheap (well below so called market value) and the bonus would’ve stopped this same club shite
Game time. Later if the Kodi box lasts that is.
Who says Australia doesn’t have a caring side?
:-)
SFTB
“Venom better, I’ll never touch the stuff again!”
Great to see the snake looking hisself again.
leicester fans hunning it up in spain
BT and ROY,
cheers fellas.
i got a few texts from old CQN contacts that i met once or thrice, Fairly cheers the heart.
Almost over the worst, from a priest bedside visit to home in 48 hours, maybe i need to start believing again.
-)
Fangs for that post sftb
Miracle snake: “I want to go back to Ireland”.
Bayern v Real match started well but has now descended into dive after dive
SFTB@ 7.56
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Loved the NewsNow Headline
“A meth-addicted snake, which cannot be named for legal reasons, is to undergo rehab in Australian Prison”
“A meth-addicted snake, which cannot be named for legal reasons, is to undergo rehab in Australian Prison”
pilssen ?
Recording so avoiding those CL updates.
beatbhoy
sorry did you want to know tonight result –
12 April 1967
Celtic Scotland 3–1 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Johnstone Goal 27′
Wallace Goal 59′, 65′
Štrunc Goal 44′
Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 74,406
Referee: Joaquim Fernandes Campos (Portugal)
1-0 Bayern
DBHOY-5:30pm on the 10th,I’m always reading back, can remember going on the larky bus from Berries,we used to get it on it at the palace gruns;-)))
The top scorers from the 1966–67 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:
1 Belgium Paul van Himst Belgium Anderlecht 6
2 Scotland Stevie Chalmers Scotland Celtic 5
5 Scotland Tommy Gemmell Scotland Celtic 4
1 nil Bayern
1-0 Atleti
Dave King making his Sevco getaway?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyBQTZO2iSo
The Huns died in 2012
The Cva was not approved
That was the rules then now and forf@@@ng ever
Don’t let them or any weak Celtic supporters tell you anything different
They are no more
Hail hail
Now
SS- hope you are better my friend HH
FAIRHILL BHOY on 12TH APRIL 2017 8:11 PM
Was Hootsie a regular ?
Bayern bossing it. Robben almost sent Kroos out of the stadium with a bit of skill there.
BB,
no me, my faither.
ta.
Absolutely wonderful Ribery!
Never a pen though.
Pen Bayern
Yeah didn’t look a pen
Justice.
missed awful justice though
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/emirates-is-trolling-united-airlines-ceo-in-a-new-commercial-a7680496.html
Stivs
Don’t get on much. I hope all is ok with you mate.
“A meth-addicted snake, which cannot be named for legal reasons, is to undergo rehab in Australian Prison”
You can’t be too careful with all those grass snakes around snitching.
The poor fella wants to viper slate clean, anaconda do that. I asp you, if he has to kick the boas of every lyre snake that tries to do the prison mamba on him with their short tailed python. I Hopi rattlesnakes him, the low down sidewinder!
And Wutu.
Bayern and Juventus by far the two best-balanced teams (attack/defence) in the comp. Would expect these two to meet in the final (draw permitting).
Atletico probably have the best defence, but lack a bit of creativity in attack.
How many German players in Bayern team and they allow a Chilean to miss a pen :-(
Seems the English have their own passports already.