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10th October 2012, 11:17
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10th October 2012, 14:10
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Bates has redeveloped the East stand with plans in place for a hotel along the lines of Chelsea village and a West stand redevelopment. All this makes the ground an interesting project but it probably has come at a price....namely investment in the team. This highlights Bates lack of cash which leads us on to needing an owner with deeper pockets. I read that it hasn't escaped the notice of the potential new investors that gaining entry into the PL lands them/the club with a £60m windfall. With us in the PL the crowds should return but it has to be a sustained prescence rather than becoming a yoyo club going back down. I will be pleased when the take over goes through....not because I don't like Bates but we need someone with more cash. |
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19th October 2012, 21:26
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Uh oh. Leeds score a lovely equaliser against Wednesday and a knuckledragger with "LUFC" tattoo'd on his neck runs on the pitch and floors Chris Kirkland with slap/shove to the face. Cameras got a good look so he is gonna get in serious trouble.
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22nd October 2012, 14:10
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27th October 2012, 20:05
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10th November 2012, 20:26
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10th November 2012, 22:34
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12th November 2012, 08:31
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American hoping to hijack takeover
American millionaire Preston Haskell IV has told The Sunday Times that he’s hoping to hijack GFH Capital’s takeover of Leeds United and invest in the club himself. Haskell – the son of namesake Preston Haskell III, a multi-millionaire property developer – has amassed a personal fortune believed to be in the region of $250m (£157m) and has told The Sunday Times he’ll provide an immediate £10m for Neil Warnock to strengthen his squad and get Leeds United back to the Premier League. “As a businessman I see a club that has an incredible brand and that offers a great entrepreneurial opportunity to take it back to the level which it saw in its glory days. Leeds is a well-managed club from Ken Bates down to Neil Warnock, and I have great respect for that aspect of its operations. “It’s a very strategic investment. I love English football, the Premier League is where everyone aspires to be, and Leeds has an incredible support base, the pedigree, and a global reach, including South Africa, Australia, Ireland, and Norway. In short, it has a global following. It is one of the absolute blue-chip teams.” |
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12th November 2012, 11:07
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In today's climate Marching, 1/4 billion dollars ain't a great deal of dough to be purchasing a club like Leeds with all the financial backing that may be necessary.......is Warnock under pressure after Saturday Marching ?
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12th November 2012, 12:25
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I think he will be under pressure...no incoming owner likes a losing manager so he may pay the price for a poor run.
I'd heard from someone on the inside Bates was talking up an American interest but it was put down to trying to force a deal with the Arabs.....seems there might have been something genuine in it after all. Bates has very little cash and that's why we have suffered over the last few years and had to depend on the loan market....hopefully the Arabs or this Yank has more than Bates. I wish they'd hurry up and get it sorted. |
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12th November 2012, 14:03
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24th November 2012, 19:37
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Leeds 2 Palace 1
Very good win against a Palace side flying this season....this was their first loss in 14. I'm pleased the takeover is finally sorted but wish the moaning Leeds fans would STFU about Bates becoming club president. Looking forward to seeing what the future holds for us. |
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26th November 2012, 10:58
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Well said!
DMIFB Former Leeds United full-back Danny Mills has said Ken Bates is doing the right thing by continuing his involvement with the club. Leeds announced last Wednesday that they will be taken over by Middle East-based private equity group GFH Capital. Bates will stay on as chairman until the end of the season before becoming president thereafter. "Staying on as chairman is the right thing to do because he knows the club," Mills told BBC Radio Leeds. "Fans will moan that he's invested in the stadium rather than the team but he's put the club on the right footing. "I've always backed Ken because he was there when times were hard. He's guided the club, which was at financial meltdown, and has re-built it over time. The club is making money and is one of very few to be doing that. "In terms of the presidency, I think he just wants to leave his legacy and, if the club gets back to the Premier League, he wants to be able to enjoy the spoils." |
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