Leeds Rumours Archive February 13 2013

13 feb 2013 21:49:29
if gfh can't pay k. b. the next installment
they will have to hand back the majority share holding to the devil incarnate himself.

they have to sell to pearson or lose their meager investment and walk away with nothing the wealthy saudi who backs pearson is bidding his time for gfh to become desperate and then purchase the club.

from my limited contacts and reading between the lines i believe this is nearer the truth than most people will believe, gfh are playing games and bluffing to get more money and maybe starting a bidding war with potential buyers.

14 Feb 2013 05:38:23
Gfh will have the money to purchase the club. Just not enough to throw money at playing staff. Now gfh are searching for investors and don't wish to sell the club.

The takeover was completed in December no sane or even uncle ken would ALLOW themselves to be removed from an executive board of directors. To then take a non exec position leaving them powerless on the promise of payment, espescially to the tune of 15 million! GFH were perfectly clear in stating they were seeking wealthy investors at the time of the takeover. I fail to see why people are surprised to learn that said investors would like controlling interest for their investment. GFH ARE AN INVESTMENT BANK ITS WHAT THEY DO.

So much for bates doing his homework to weed out the wide boys, and people who don't show that they have the funds. messed that one up royally!

I am the original poster, i believe gfh have some money but not a vast amount, enough to pass all kens tests. they have admitted that if we want to call it 'flip' the club then call it that.
gfh stated that the offer to buy 51% was,

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'the most recent offer was for a majority stake and has not been accepted'

not dismissed as as a no go. i believe they are now financially scraping the barrel and hoping to start a bidding war.

13 Feb 2013 19:09:50
warnock set to stay till end of season with his hoofball no wingers style football! next season new manager with pass to feet style football!

With same old hoofball wingers manager needs to work with this group of players to see which ones he needs to keep necy season means planing for jan

13 Feb 2013 17:38:08
Leeds lining up loan move for villa man Ireland

Whats the point, overpaid rubbish player who drives pink cars.

Why bother signing players now, the season is practically finished. The players there might just about keep the club in the League, its about another fresh start next summer.

Really really bloody hope not!

13 Feb 2013 14:01:06
GFH have pretty much secured new investment in Leeds which will provide funds for the summer transfer window. Just needs the final paperwork sorting and it will be done. It seems as with any deal involving us recently that unforseen snags have slowed down the deal, the problem this time being the main investor being involved in a car accident and so being unavailable for talks for a short while as he recovered. His advisors took the talks so far but they had to wait for him to be fit to complete the final paperwork and conclude the deal.

Have you been drinking, I don't know where you think them up from.

Is it dean gaffney?
LtKK

And just where is any proof of this allegation? I'm not saying it's not true, but there doesn't seem to be any single article or discussion anywhere else at all? {Ed016's Note - This is a site for rumours, rumours don't necessarily come with a source)

Why were they given proper and fit owners without funds by the football league

To the comment above, very true that! They wouldn't of been able to takeover unless they had the money!

Most clubs have investors with varying percentages of ownership. Arsenal is a good example. I don't see what the problem is

13 Feb 2013 08:51:02
gfh is all part of bates empire that's why he is still at the club, who do you think you are kidding mr warknock, dads army - the war is over time to move on with your old troops

People need to get off the new owners' backs. I agree that the Warnock experiment has not worked and I am sure that he will be gone very shortly. However, Warnock was put in place by the old regime and was not seen as a bad move at the time. GFH have invested in the Club - cash buy-out, loan wages and some purchase activity. It would have been madness to gamble on the January window when there was no real talent at any reasonable price available. From what I have seen everything that GFH has done is to steady the ship, ensure continuity to this season and to give Leeds a chance of promotion. If it does not happen then let's see what they can do over the summer. That is the time to judge! Don't forget - GFH inherited this mess - they did not make it! So far all they have done is invest - they have had no return!

Get off their backs it was them clowns who said part of the takeover was down to Warnock staying

Good post. The voice of reason. Not sure you will be welcome here.

I've also heard this. He said he sold 100% of Leeds Holdings to GFH but did not say he did not have an investment in the new setup. I heard he just redirected 30% of the sale back through GFH.

13 Feb 2013 12:45:27
the warnock part of the contract will of been put in place by bates. probably the reason the rest of them are still in place as well. i'm sure gfh will do a big clear out in the close season while nothing else is going on.

Whether or not Bates is the driving force behind GFH, questions are being raised as how this whole situation has helped LUFC. Would you buy a club for"£50 Million" without owning their own stadium, training facilities and a jaded fan base. More incredible is that knowing that the current main stream of revenue (fanbase) was dwindling due to disgruntalment in direction the club were taking. Couple that with the (connected) fact that future potential revenue stream opportunities (promotion) were unlikely without investment in team quality, and failure to do anything about that, suggests GFH have no idea what they are doing if they are in fact in control. Seriously who buys a club, where the current owner is so obviously disliked, then installs him as the Chairman of the board, then future President? Surely the Direction they should be taking is disengaging from the old regime, making their own mark, and engaging with the fans. None of this is hapening. Reply's 1 & 2 - your faith is admirable, if not your judgement, there is nothing but hollow words to back up your beliefs. However that said future will dictate who is right or wrong here. I personally see nothing to suggest our position will improve, it shouldn't deminish, but not improve. For Leeds United, this is not acceptable.

People on here know nothing - as usual. They prefer to present themselves as some huge conspiracy victims instead of looking at facts. GFH have invested, that is a fact. Some higher wage earners have come in and contracts have been signed. If you doom merchants believe that they should be having a bigger impact more quickly than you are seeing then why don't you just pull the magic wand out of your own a*ses and make things right. Then when you come back to reality you can settle down and enjoy the coffee

Just who should get thier head out of thr clouds?
Out of Morison, Warnock, Habibou and Hall who is the high earners? El hadj was at Donny when we took him! This is Championship football- with a potential earnings of 37000 fans (tickets, food&drink, merchendising, SPONSORSHIP) greater than most premiership clubs, currently at less than 50%. You think that's Quality investment! Are you Ken Bates??