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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by Raconteur » Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:28 pm

Clive 1960 wrote:
Thu Mar 09, 2023 1:21 pm
You might be not far off it , could be the Chinese friend of Mr Pace.
I don't think it will be Chinese money. I thought the claim was a bit suss at the time.

As far as i am aware, the Chinese government have been trying to stop Chinese investment into European football since 2021.

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by Vegas Claret » Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:31 pm

Raconteur wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:28 pm
I don't think it will be Chinese money. I thought the claim was a bit suss at the time.

As far as i am aware, the Chinese government have been trying to stop Chinese investment into European football since 2021.
given how desperate Americans seem to be to get involved in the PL I know where I think any investment might come from and it sure isn't China
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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:33 pm

That's one way to raise the clubs profile in the USA, Watts has 5.6 million followers just on twitter

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by mybloodisclaret » Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:40 pm

Would imagine JJ will be taking the table toppers in tomorrow whilst he is here. Should be a great atmosphere also for him to enjoy!!

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by KRBFC » Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:44 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:05 pm
Simon will be spot on with that
Now it all makes sense as to why JJ Watt was watching our game, the club Twitter replied too him but has since deleted it's response (probably at request from Mr Pace).

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by KRBFC » Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:49 pm

daveisaclaret wrote:
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I love JJ Watt and think he's great but when American sports players "invest" as "minority owners" it's just a little PR thing. That's why we've never and will never hear from Malcolm Jenkins again.
Malcolm did a talksport interview for the Superbowl a few weeks ago and spoke about his investment in Burnley.
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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by HistoricalClaret » Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:55 pm

daveisaclaret wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:29 am
I love JJ Watt and think he's great but when American sports players "invest" as "minority owners" it's just a little PR thing. That's why we've never and will never hear from Malcolm Jenkins again.
see the funny thing is your wrong because as another poster stated Malcom spoke on talksport about us an compared us to the philadelphia Eagles in regards to fanbase AND was also he over Christmas taking in games

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by jedi_master » Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:55 pm

Apologies for my ignorance, but is this a far bigger name than the chap who invested the other year (Malcolm Jenkins?).

What benefits do we expect him to bring? I find 'exposure' a nebulous concept at the best of times, so I was looking for something more tangible with that question...(albeit, when you see what Reynolds and McElhenney have brought to Wrexham, I suppose it makes you sit up and take notice. Far more hands on as the owners, granted).

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by HistoricalClaret » Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:02 pm

jedi_master wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:55 pm
Apologies for my ignorance, but is this a far bigger name than the chap who invested the other year (Malcolm Jenkins?).

What benefits do we expect him to bring? I find 'exposure' a nebulous concept at the best of times, so I was looking for something more tangible with that question...(albeit, when you see what Reynolds and McElhenney have brought to Wrexham, I suppose it makes you sit up and take notice. Far more hands on as the owners, granted).
Malcom Jenkins was a good player with a meh following, JJ Watt is seen as one of the All time greats and the best to grace his position ala Vincent Kompany but in the US and has a huge social media following his wife is also big in Womens "Soccer" in the US. To put it simply its HUGE for our brand and he isnt short a few quid either.
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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by RVclaret » Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:04 pm

I don’t know about anyone else but I think it’s absolutely brilliant that an American sports superstar is even contemplating dealing with Burnley. Who’d have thought?
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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:07 pm

They're doing it because of the owners, the positive social media stuff and, I suspect, the Wrexham stuff helps.

US sports stars like to have a diverse portfolio for when they're retired and English football is welcoming to investors
American soccer is rapidly growing in popularity, but there will be limited investment opportunities.
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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by daveisaclaret » Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:09 pm

HistoricalClaret wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:55 pm
see the funny thing is your wrong because as another poster stated Malcom spoke on talksport about us an compared us to the philadelphia Eagles in regards to fanbase AND was also he over Christmas taking in games
Sorry, I didn't realise his "investment" had got us a mention on talksport. You can't put a price on that.

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by HistoricalClaret » Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:13 pm

daveisaclaret wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:09 pm
Sorry, I didn't realise his "investment" had got us a mention on talksport. You can't put a price on that.
I think your just upset because you dont understand concept likes, "Brand Exposure", "Social Media Engagement" or at least thats what it seems like because otherwise theirs no real reason like at all to sit there and say "THIS WONT BENEFIT US AT ALL". I dont know if you have ever seen this meme before but its pretty much you right now
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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by Vegas Claret » Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:13 pm

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by daveisaclaret » Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:16 pm

HistoricalClaret wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:13 pm
I think your just upset because you dont understand concept likes, "Brand Exposure", "Social Media Engagement" or at least thats what it seems like because otherwise theirs no real reason like at all to sit there and say "THIS WONT BENEFIT US AT ALL". I dont know if you have ever seen this meme before but its pretty much you right now image_2023-03-10_161259107.png
If people think this is fun (and I think it will be cool if JJ Watt is there tomorrow) that's their own business and I would hope they pay my opinion no mind. I just have the impression from following American sports that this kind of thing is generally pretty superficial and I still stand by my original impression that having Malcolm Jenkins on board will do nowt for us financially or otherwise. I hope Watt being a much bigger star and much more likeable bloke will prove me wrong but I don't expect him to.

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by FeedTheArf » Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:37 pm

I'm all for investment in the club. ALK have done well in their recruitment, both in terms of players and management. But they've still got a long way to go to repay their debt to the club.

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by Steve-Harpers-perm » Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:42 pm

The Black Bull in Langho have posted he was at event there last night as part of a documentary about the club.

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by HistoricalClaret » Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:46 pm

FeedTheArf wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:37 pm
I'm all for investment in the club. ALK have done well in their recruitment, both in terms of players and management. But they've still got a long way to go to repay their debt to the club.
well considering the literal debt has been paid off/ seemingly paid off I disagre :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by KRBFC » Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:47 pm

Here he is at the College with his BFC scarf....
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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by Paul Waine » Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:49 pm

RVclaret wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:04 pm
I don’t know about anyone else but I think it’s absolutely brilliant that an American sports superstar is even contemplating dealing with Burnley. Who’d have thought?
How I see things, a re-cap: Alan Pace got to know a lot of "high net worth" aka "wealthy" people while working at Citigroup. When he left Citigroup (the bank, not the football club in Manchester) his plan was to buy an English football club and create an investment opportunity not just for himself but for many of these HNW individuals also. So, he set up ALK - don't forget the name comes from his 3 daughters' initials - and was joined by a few friends. They then set up Velocity Sports US as a limited liability partnership. VSUS is the vehicle into which individuals can invest, perhaps $5m is the minimum amount, perhaps it is only $1m. The idea is to offer modest investment opportunities to HNW people. These people won't be billionaires, they aren't "seriously wealthy" in the sense of being able to buy a club on their own, well at least not a "big" club. Splitting the investment across many individuals lessens the risk for each of them, they are in it as a syndicate rather than on their own. Alan Pace will have seen many examples as an investment banker at Citigroup. His "smart idea" is to do this for a "top" English football club. Of course, AP starts with the idea, then he gets opportunity to buy Burnley FC. But, all the planned VSUS investors haven't put their money up for an idea, they've possibly said something along the lines of "let's talk when you've bought the club and we can see how it's working out." One other key thing; not all investors will want publicity or will only want it at certain time... So, we were introduced to Malcolm Jenkins. We may or may not soon to be introduced to JJ Watt. It is conceivable that there are other investors who we haven't been and never will be introduced to. Some will always be a silent investor in VSUS. Of course, if the minimum investment is $1million that doesn't exclude anyone from investing many multiples of that amount.

We await information that explains the "fully satisfied" status of MSD loan. We await information on the development of the club's finances. Alan Pace appears to be delivering on his plans with BFC. I don't see his plans for ALK and VSUS as a "quick return" financial plan. It looks like Alan and his family are happy to put down roots in North East Lancashire.

Exciting times.
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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by KRBFC » Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:49 pm

HistoricalClaret wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:46 pm
well considering the literal debt has been paid off/ seemingly paid off I disagre :lol: :lol: :lol:
They have still taken £100m+ out of the club, £40m being a loan from the clubs bank account that was there pre takeover, they still owe that to the club. The rest we wont be repaid but will hopefully generate more in the future.

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by Conroy92 » Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:51 pm

Steve-Harpers-perm wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:42 pm
The Black Bull in Langho have posted he was at event there last night as part of a documentary about the club.
For some time I've heard whispers that there is a documentary of some sorts being made about us. Everything from people saying they have seen filming equipment and other gear to someone who's told me it's a netflix documentary a bit like Sunderland's or Wrexham's. I didn't really pay much attention to it to be honest but it seems to keep cropping up.

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by KRBFC » Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:51 pm

Now a Tweet from Burnley College with more photos....

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by AshevilleNCClaret » Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:58 pm

daveisaclaret wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:16 pm
If people think this is fun (and I think it will be cool if JJ Watt is there tomorrow) that's their own business and I would hope they pay my opinion no mind. I just have the impression from following American sports that this kind of thing is generally pretty superficial and I still stand by my original impression that having Malcolm Jenkins on board will do nowt for us financially or otherwise. I hope Watt being a much bigger star and much more likeable bloke will prove me wrong but I don't expect him to.
Watt is definitely a bigger star... he has numerous endorsement deals and is more of a public figure than malcolm jenkins.

Even though he has retired from the NFL, he is still in the public eye. The US market is ripe for getting new fans.

Man U, City, and Liverpool probably have the biggest # of fans in the US, but there are a lot of people who aren't committed to a team. I think this improves Burnley's image and recognition.
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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by Paul Waine » Fri Mar 10, 2023 5:05 pm

Paul Waine wrote:
We may or may not soon to be introduced to JJ Watt.

Exciting times.
That didn't age well. We are being introduced to JJWatt and his wife Kealia Ohai.

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by Paul Waine » Fri Mar 10, 2023 5:08 pm

AshevilleNCClaret wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:58 pm
Watt is definitely a bigger star... he has numerous endorsement deals and is more of a public figure than malcolm jenkins.

Even though he has retired from the NFL, he is still in the public eye. The US market is ripe for getting new fans.

Man U, City, and Liverpool probably have the biggest # of fans in the US, but there are a lot of people who aren't committed to a team. I think this improves Burnley's image and recognition.
And anyone who is an investor in BFC alongside ALK via VSUS will gain from improving BFC's image and recognition.

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by FeedTheArf » Fri Mar 10, 2023 5:18 pm

HistoricalClaret wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:46 pm
well considering the literal debt has been paid off/ seemingly paid off I disagre :lol: :lol: :lol:
Let’s not re-write history, HistoricalClaret. As KRBFC says, there’s many more millions to be repaid before they’re square in my book.

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by bodge » Fri Mar 10, 2023 5:36 pm

Is JJ Watt related to CK Watt who featured in Fawlty Towers ?

All good exposure and publicity for the club, whatever happens.

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by ClaretPete001 » Fri Mar 10, 2023 6:18 pm

We seem to be descending into fantasy world again.

There is very little risk in this deal to the investors they only invested £10 - £15 million of their own money and got an asset valued at £200 million.

Syndicates and other investors simply dilute the shareholding and potential returns - they have no need of them at this point. You can't on the one hand suggest that the debt is paid off and on the other that the investors need syndicate partners to reduce risk.

It was never going to be a short term deal because no one wanted the club. It required an LBO to sell it and the buyers immediately took £50 million of cash out of the bank and took on £65 million worth of debt.

The Venky's invest £20 million in Rovers, which is equivalent to Kevin De Bruyne's salary or our matchday and commercial revenue. Small scale investors are just that.... small scale.

Americans own 4 of the 6 global brands in the PL. One of them just bought Chelsea for 4.25 billion. And that is who we are playing next season.

Talk of syndicates, branding and exposure in America is like p*ssing in the ocean and thinking that you've raised the sea level.

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by Quickenthetempo » Fri Mar 10, 2023 6:19 pm

How much money did the club make from Snoop Dawg wearing a Burnley shirt?

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Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Fri Mar 10, 2023 6:35 pm

That's what we like, positive outlooks, keep it up lads...
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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by Milltown1882 » Fri Mar 10, 2023 6:47 pm

ClaretPete001 wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 6:18 pm
We seem to be descending into fantasy world again.

There is very little risk in this deal to the investors they only invested £10 - £15 million of their own money and got an asset valued at £200 million.

Syndicates and other investors simply dilute the shareholding and potential returns - they have no need of them at this point. You can't on the one hand suggest that the debt is paid off and on the other that the investors need syndicate partners to reduce risk.

It was never going to be a short term deal because no one wanted the club. It required an LBO to sell it and the buyers immediately took £50 million of cash out of the bank and took on £65 million worth of debt.

The Venky's invest £20 million in Rovers, which is equivalent to Kevin De Bruyne's salary or our matchday and commercial revenue. Small scale investors are just that.... small scale.

Americans own 4 of the 6 global brands in the PL. One of them just bought Chelsea for 4.25 billion. And that is who we are playing next season.

Talk of syndicates, branding and exposure in America is like p*ssing in the ocean and thinking that you've raised the sea level.
We’re practically promoted and some posters on here still want to continue the vendetta against the owners. Just let it go. They weren’t born in a BB postcode that’s fine, get on with it.
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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by FeedTheArf » Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:00 pm

Milltown1882 wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 6:47 pm
We’re practically promoted and some posters on here still want to continue the vendetta against the owners. Just let it go. They weren’t born in a BB postcode that’s fine, get on with it.
Literally couldn’t care less where they’re from. They pulled off a master stroke convincing Kompany to take over, no doubt. They must thank their lucky stars they’ve got him at the helm. It’s ok to admire them for that at the same time as having major concerns about how they took over the club. One doesn’t erase the other.

It’s hardly a vendetta, but IMO it shouldn’t be forgotten about either. Comments like HistoricalClaret have made above already point to some fans thinking ALK have repaid their debt. They haven’t, not even close.

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by ClaretPete001 » Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:15 pm

FeedTheArf wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:00 pm
Literally couldn’t care less where they’re from. They pulled off a master stroke convincing Kompany to take over, no doubt. They must thank their lucky stars they’ve got him at the helm. It’s ok to admire them for that at the same time as having major concerns about how they took over the club. One doesn’t erase the other.

It’s hardly a vendetta, but IMO it shouldn’t be forgotten about either. Comments like HistoricalClaret have made above already point to some fans thinking ALK have repaid their debt. They haven’t, not even close.
I like the fact that it's posted by someone adopting the epithet Milltown.

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by randomclaret2 » Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:26 pm

KRBFC wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:47 pm
Here he is at the College with his BFC scarf....
The man himself tweeted some pics out just now...

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by Paul Waine » Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:01 pm

ClaretPete001 wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 6:18 pm
We seem to be descending into fantasy world again.

There is very little risk in this deal to the investors they only invested £10 - £15 million of their own money and got an asset valued at £200 million.

Syndicates and other investors simply dilute the shareholding and potential returns - they have no need of them at this point. You can't on the one hand suggest that the debt is paid off and on the other that the investors need syndicate partners to reduce risk.

It was never going to be a short term deal because no one wanted the club. It required an LBO to sell it and the buyers immediately took £50 million of cash out of the bank and took on £65 million worth of debt.

The Venky's invest £20 million in Rovers, which is equivalent to Kevin De Bruyne's salary or our matchday and commercial revenue. Small scale investors are just that.... small scale.

Americans own 4 of the 6 global brands in the PL. One of them just bought Chelsea for 4.25 billion. And that is who we are playing next season.

Talk of syndicates, branding and exposure in America is like p*ssing in the ocean and thinking that you've raised the sea level.
May I help to rescue you from fantasy land, Pete?

No one "only invested... and got an asset valued at £200m." The leverage you suggest can only exist in a mythical fantasy land. In the real world that isn't what has happened.

The investing structure ALK Capital and Velocity Sports US has existed from Day One of the plans to buy an English football club. This structure is where the equity required to own the club comes in. You may be thinking only a billionaire can buy a football club, but the same can be achieved by several millionaires joining together. This is, essentially, what stock markets do for listed companies and the same can be done for private companies. All publicly list companies are syndicates.

Today another investor (most probably) is being introduced to us. We're also learning of a documentary on BFC, which includes JJWatt. Should we hazard a little speculation that this documentary will include discussions on how Alan Pace has put this deal together, including the involvement of some of the investors?

We know that MSD loaned BFC £65m - it was reported in the accounts. We know that "significant repayment" had to be made if BFC was relegated. We've seen the impact of these repayments on MSD TISE Jersey loan notes. In November we saw the balance of these loan notes withdrawn. We were puzzled why the charge on BFC entities apparently remained. Then Feb 8th Mike Smith filed "fully satisfied" notice. Thus, confirming MSD loan had been repaid in full. We've then wondered about a new loan, but more than 21 days after Feb 8th no new security charge has been filed. We can conclude that no new loan exists, because no one would lend significant money to a football club without a security charge. It would be fantasy land to think money would be leant without the security charge. It would be fantasy land to think that MSD could be repaid without new funds in the club. Those new funds are the new investors.

Of course, there are gaps in what we know. Some of these gaps may be clarified when the next set of BFC accounts are published. Maybe some of these gaps may be answered by a documentary, or maybe not. It may be that there are surprised for all of us.

We are seeing exciting times in the pitch with Vincent Kompany leading the team.

I'm sure "when the penny drops" we will understand why we are seeing exciting times in the ownership of the club.

Together, team and ownership we will know

Exciting times.
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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by ClaretPete001 » Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:11 am

Paul Waine wrote:
Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:01 pm
May I help to rescue you from fantasy land, Pete?

No one "only invested... and got an asset valued at £200m." The leverage you suggest can only exist in a mythical fantasy land. In the real world that isn't what has happened.

The investing structure ALK Capital and Velocity Sports US has existed from Day One of the plans to buy an English football club. This structure is where the equity required to own the club comes in. You may be thinking only a billionaire can buy a football club, but the same can be achieved by several millionaires joining together. This is, essentially, what stock markets do for listed companies and the same can be done for private companies. All publicly list companies are syndicates.

Today another investor (most probably) is being introduced to us. We're also learning of a documentary on BFC, which includes JJWatt. Should we hazard a little speculation that this documentary will include discussions on how Alan Pace has put this deal together, including the involvement of some of the investors?

We know that MSD loaned BFC £65m - it was reported in the accounts. We know that "significant repayment" had to be made if BFC was relegated. We've seen the impact of these repayments on MSD TISE Jersey loan notes. In November we saw the balance of these loan notes withdrawn. We were puzzled why the charge on BFC entities apparently remained. Then Feb 8th Mike Smith filed "fully satisfied" notice. Thus, confirming MSD loan had been repaid in full. We've then wondered about a new loan, but more than 21 days after Feb 8th no new security charge has been filed. We can conclude that no new loan exists, because no one would lend significant money to a football club without a security charge. It would be fantasy land to think money would be leant without the security charge. It would be fantasy land to think that MSD could be repaid without new funds in the club. Those new funds are the new investors.

Of course, there are gaps in what we know. Some of these gaps may be clarified when the next set of BFC accounts are published. Maybe some of these gaps may be answered by a documentary, or maybe not. It may be that there are surprised for all of us.

We are seeing exciting times in the pitch with Vincent Kompany leading the team.

I'm sure "when the penny drops" we will understand why we are seeing exciting times in the ownership of the club.

Together, team and ownership we will know

Exciting times.
Fair enough Paul. Everyone's views are here and people can make up their own minds as to the truth of things.

My only objection is to the emoji kidz and those who feel inclined to tell others what they should discuss or make infantile comments about vendettas.

In the end, we both want you to be right...!

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by bobinho » Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:33 am

Been a while since I checked in on this thread….

Have we made a decision on the OP question yet? 🤔😉🤣

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Post by mybloodisclaret » Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:36 am

Love how what appears to be a new Burnley FC investor and US sports megastar has gone to be filmed with his involvement with BFC right outside Brockhall Senior Training Centre, for our biggest rivals. That must have been Ashley Barnes' idea. Love the guy already. 😍. (sorry ClaretPete001)

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Post by COBBLE » Sat Mar 11, 2023 2:34 pm

mybloodisclaret wrote:
Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:36 am
Love how what appears to be a new Burnley FC investor and US sports megastar has gone to be filmed with his involvement with BFC right outside Brockhall Senior Training Centre, for our biggest rivals. That must have been Ashley Barnes' idea. Love the guy already. 😍. (sorry ClaretPete001)
My guess it is more to do with where Alan Pace lives.

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Post by RVclaret » Sat Mar 11, 2023 2:56 pm

Just shown JJ Watt at the Turf today.

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by 2 Bee Holed » Sat Mar 11, 2023 3:03 pm

RVclaret wrote:
Sat Mar 11, 2023 2:56 pm
Just shown JJ Watt at the Turf today.
Yep saw them too in the directors box in Bob Lord.

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Post by CoolClaret » Sat Mar 11, 2023 3:38 pm

I find it surreal to see huge NFL stars taking pictures in and around Burnley - when I first started watching the NFL as a nipper we were a million miles away from things like this - a clogging league one/lower championship side.

Pace has done a stellar job. Fair play
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Post by Quickenthetempo » Sat Mar 11, 2023 3:55 pm

CoolClaret wrote:
Sat Mar 11, 2023 3:38 pm
I find it surreal to see huge NFL stars taking pictures in and around Burnley - when I first started watching the NFL as a nipper we were a million miles away from things like this - a clogging league one/lower championship side.

Pace has done a stellar job. Fair play
Wash your mouth out.

Even in the 4th division days, Burnley were far more attractive than that farce of a game, American Football.

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by CoolClaret » Sat Mar 11, 2023 4:12 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:
Sat Mar 11, 2023 3:55 pm
Wash your mouth out.

Even in the 4th division days, Burnley were far more attractive than that farce of a game, American Football.
You know what I’m saying.

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Post by BennyD » Sat Mar 11, 2023 4:33 pm

I do.

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Re: ALK Capital or Farnell/Elkashashy takeover

Post by gandhisflipflop » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:17 pm

CoolClaret wrote:
Sat Mar 11, 2023 3:38 pm
I find it surreal to see huge NFL stars taking pictures in and around Burnley - when I first started watching the NFL as a nipper we were a million miles away from things like this - a clogging league one/lower championship side.

Pace has done a stellar job. Fair play
I must admit if he walked past me in the street I wouldn’t know who he was. If you could equate him (in terms of standing and reputation in American football and the American public as a whole) to anyone in our football, who would it be?

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Post by Milltown1882 » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:19 pm

gandhisflipflop wrote:
Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:17 pm
I must admit if he walked past me in the street I wouldn’t know who he was. If you could equate him (in terms of standing and reputation in American football and the American public as a whole) to anyone in our football, who would it be?
Kane, Haaland etc he’s a big deal.
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