Fawaz Al-Hasawi (6 Viewers)

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From David Ornstein's Athletic article:

Al Hasawi eyeing up England’s crisis clubs

News also reaches The Athletic that Fawaz Al-Hasawi, previously the owner of Nottingham Forest, may be looking to find a route back into football.

This will necessarily be an appealing prospect for any potential clubs bearing in mind Al-Hasawi’s time at the City Ground was accompanied by a series of winding-up orders, wages and debts repeatedly being paid late, a transfer embargo for breaching financial fair-play regulations, a near-relegation to League One and all sorts of eccentric decision-making.

According to one ally of Al-Hasawi, the Kuwaiti millionaire briefly had an interest in Bolton Wanderers before deciding they were too far north of his property in London.

Coventry City is now said to be an option, which leaves the impression Al-Hasawi may be prioritising what could be described as English football’s crisis clubs (one of his aides was photographed being shown round Charlton last year).

Al-Hasawi left Forest in 2017 after five years in which the team’s league position grew worse every season, finishing eighth, 11th, 14th, 16th and 21st.

 

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[ccfchoi87]

Really hope not. Keep away

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Haha good luck stumping up the 50 million Sisu are looking for

 

[smileycov]

They could sell cheaply out of spite!! or could someone leave a Wasps brochure on his desk please!!

 

[Magwitch]

Looking at his record at Nottingham Forest he should fly through the EFL “fit and proper” owners test.

 

[ccfc92]

You have to wonder why a millionaire (not even a billionaire), would want to get involved in struggling football clubs and not invest in them properly?

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

You have to wonder why a millionaire (not even a billionaire), would want to get involved in struggling football clubs and not invest in them properly?

What’s investing properly though? If we maintain the current spending plan then we should be ok. Besides new owner and allegedly we’ll have thousands of SISU OUT fans returning.

will be good to see him negotiate a Ricoh deal and see what else the telegraph and wasps can screw us over with

 

[Limey]

It's gonna take a billionaire to regain Ricoh (with or without wasps) to dig us out of our hole.
Fwiw, that's surely still not a bad option for someone with the spare cash.

 

[ccfc92]

What’s investing properly though? If we maintain the current spending plan then we should be ok. Besides new owner and allegedly we’ll have thousands of SISU OUT fans returning.

will be good to see him negotiate a Ricoh deal and see what else the telegraph and wasps can screw us over with

Well not letting this sort of stuff happen for one.

"A series of winding-up orders, wages and debts repeatedly being paid late, a transfer embargo for breaching financial fair-play regulations, a near-relegation to League One and all sorts of eccentric decision-making."

I am not sure if Forest were over spending/paying high wages at the time?

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Well not letting this sort of stuff happen for one.

"A series of winding-up orders, wages and debts repeatedly being paid late, a transfer embargo for breaching financial fair-play regulations, a near-relegation to League One and all sorts of eccentric decision-making."

I am not sure if Forest were over spending/paying high wages at the time?

Like I said, if we keep our current spending it would be ok. As you say it’s a worrying sign as to what happened at Forest.

sticking with SISU on this one because possibly better the devil you know rather than the one you don’t

 

[Tommo1993]

Non story

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Well not letting this sort of stuff happen for one.

"A series of winding-up orders, wages and debts repeatedly being paid late, a transfer embargo for breaching financial fair-play regulations, a near-relegation to League One and all sorts of eccentric decision-making."

I am not sure if Forest were over spending/paying high wages at the time?

Nearly all championship clubs have to overspend to try to compete with the unfair parachute payments

Look at Richard Keogh does anybody see a 1.2 million pound a year footballer there a man who I believe has never played top division football or ever will now

 

[oldskyblue58]

with that track record ....... no thanks, we have suffered enough for 11 years. That said SISU have always ensured the club paid the wages and bills on time (ignoring the rent strike which was for a specific purpose)

 

[cc84cov]

Pointless story

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Middle East millionaire 'interested' in Sky Blues - reports

Here they go

 

[Warwickhunt]

It's gonna take a billionaire to regain Ricoh (with or without wasps) to dig us out of our hole.
Fwiw, that's surely still not a bad option for someone with the spare cash.

who's spare cash though!

 

[robbiekeane]

Maybe people will realise we could have a lot lot worse owners.

SISU’s biggest fault has been poor PR and a refusal to throw good money after bad. I much prefer a sustainable (or ambition to be) model to something like bury

 

[fernandopartridge]

There is absolutely no evidence at all that he is interested in CCFC, a complete non-story.

 

[chiefdave]

Middle East millionaire 'interested' in Sky Blues - reports

Here they go

Is it just me or does it seem a bit off for the Telegraph to take a story from a paywalled site like The Athletic and run it themselves with nothing new to add?

 

[Nick]

Seems standard, get people worked up and misled

 

[fernandopartridge]

Seems standard, get people worked up and misled

Kevin Moron the Labour councillor piped up on twitter about it, doesn't usually pay any attention to CCFC. Don't disagree that getting back to the Ricoh is essential but think Maton's motivations are nothing to do with the good of CCFC

 

[Nick]

Makes you wonder whats going on.

 

[Skybluefaz]

Kevin Moron the Labour councillor piped up on twitter about it, doesn't usually pay any attention to CCFC. Don't disagree that getting back to the Ricoh is essential but think Maton's motivations are nothing to do with the good of CCFC

Beggars belief that the twonk is over that story. You'd think after big bad sisu they'd think twice about encouraging an owner with a sketchy past. Is this all just for Wasps benefit because even he can't be that stupid.

 

[Nick]

You couldn't make that shit up.

 

[Skybluefaz]

Wow.

 

[cc84cov]

There is absolutely no evidence at all that he is interested in CCFC, a complete non-story.

100% spot on

 

[cc84cov]

Makes you wonder whats going on.

It’s Monday people are bored,anxious for some lime light this is the end product of that

 

[chiefdave]

Never underestimate the ability of our council to be able to achieve incredible levels of idiocy.

 

[itsabuzzard]

It's gonna take a billionaire to regain Ricoh (with or without wasps) to dig us out of our hole.
Fwiw, that's surely still not a bad option for someone with the spare cash.

Multi millions would do. A billion is a very big number.

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[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

It’s really a non story - interest or not he’s not going to stump up the cash SISU want.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

You have to wonder why a millionaire (not even a billionaire), would want to get involved in struggling football clubs and not invest in them properly?

Presumably to make a quick profit in the same way SISU were hoping...

 

[the rumpo kid]

Hello frying pan have you met fire?

 

[pastythegreat]

who's spare cash though!

Dale Evans??

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[cc84cov]

Dale Evans??

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Ha remember that prat dale Evans absolute fool

 

[PVA]

No thanks. Would rather stick with SISU than have this clown in charge.