US business man planning to launch bit to bring CCFC back to the ricoh (9 Viewers)
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sky blue john
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I doubt it !!
Grendell & Co are continuously telling us that Sisu are the only show in town!!
smoo310pusb
New Member
Is this Haskell again?
Launch a bid to get us back to the Ricoh? That would surely include buying us first off SISU right?
Isn't it around this time last year a similar bidder was on the scene, and it turned out he just wanted the land around the Ricoh?
I hate these false dawn posts by simon, i really do.
Launch a bid to get us back to the Ricoh? That would surely include buying us first off SISU right?
Isn't it around this time last year a similar bidder was on the scene, and it turned out he just wanted the land around the Ricoh?
I hate these false dawn posts by simon, i really do.
lordsummerisle
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Has he launched a campaign to raise money through crowd-funding?
smoo310pusb
New Member
For it to be written on premium headed paper, in sky blue blood.
torchomatic
Well-Known Member
Believe it when I see it.
spider_ricoh
New Member
Whilst we all want to see the end of SISU, let's not get too excited...what if the new owner turns out to be just as bad?!?
covmark
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You're obsessed with grendel. Extremely odd.
torchomatic
Well-Known Member
I'm surprised he didn't use his new buzz phrase "the secret meetingers".
To be fair, there's a few on here who seem to have an unhealthy obsession with him.
To be fair, there's a few on here who seem to have an unhealthy obsession with him.
fernandopartridge
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I wonder if it's Preston Haskell the fifth
torchomatic
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fernandopartridge
Well-Known Member
With Joe Elliot II and Gary Hoffman II
torchomatic
Well-Known Member
That's an odd way for Simon to put it though isn't it? Not a "takeover" but a bid to bring us back to the Ricoh? Whoever it is I hope he succeeds.
covmark
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Ha, I don't get this secret meetinger nonsense. For a start its not even a secret. Secondly, sisu are constantly berated for not engaging with fans, now they are, so what's the problem. Sky blue john just likes to whinge and make up pathetic labels for people.
smoo310pusb
New Member
That would take some effort to do!
SlowerThanPlatt
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A USA-based businessman has unveiled an idea to try to get the Sky Blues back to Coventry.
Martin Kelman, a Dallas-based soccer agent and entrepreneur, wants to raise funds which, he says, could pave the way for Coventry City to return to the Ricoh Arena.
The chief operating officer at online investment platform Crowdboarders intends to use his business to raise between £2million and £3m and negotiate a commitment for the Sky Blues to return to its previous home.
A long-running dispute between the football club and stadium bosses has seen the club move to play ‘home’ games 35 miles away in Northampton - resulting in record low home attendances for the Sky Blues.
Mr Kelman’s idea would first focus on securing the funds raised used to pay for a rent deal at the Ricoh Arena with any additional revenue invested in the club.
As an incentive, and to demonstrate the number of fans who would return to watch the Sky Blues if they returned to the city, investors would receive a season ticket at the Ricoh Arena for £100.
The 48-year-old ex-military man has a professional background working with telecommunications giants such as Nokia, Ericsson and T-mobile.
He plans to formally launch his idea in the next few weeks and believes it can help to end the deadlock and bring the Sky Blues home.
“I am a lifelong City fan, I grew up in Eastern Green, I moved to Birmingham when I was about ten but remained a Sky Blues supporter,” he said.
“Making some kind of bid is something I have been considering for about two years. I don’t need to do this - but I feel like it is the right time to do it.
“I have some people in the US who are interested in investing and some people over here. I will be looking to launch the campaign soon.
“Because I own the platform, no money will be taken out - we can put it all into the club. There’s no time limit either, it can be a constant drip.”
Mr Kelman, who claims his business was recently valued at £10million, says he has already made contact with the council about bringing in investors to help develop the area around the Ricoh Arena.
He has also attempted to contact directors at Ricoh Arena operators ACL to see if he can help to negotiate a rent deal between stadium bosses and the club.
He said: “Sometimes in business you reach a situation where nobody is talking and it all ends up in court.
“I don’t want Sisu out, I want to try and work with them and come in at the front end.
“We want to work with Sisu, but they can’t be at the front door anymore. It’s creating tension and that is filtering onto the pitch.
“I have tried to meet Paul Harris (ACL director). Ultimately we just need to know what ACL is looking for in terms of rent.
“What we don’t want is Sisu’s debts. They have created them - we haven’t.”
Mr Kelman added that he accepted there would be some skepticism about his plan, but insisted he had the best interests of the club at heart.
“I went to the Peterborough and Swindon games and what this situation is doing to the fans is just terrible,” he said.
“I want to do things right. We want to get the club stabilised, we don’t want to lose ten points again.
“I live in the States and I want to bring back the right people to put money into this.
“We don’t want to do something hostile unless we have to. If we have enough people committing to come back to the Ricoh Arena, then that is a good enough incentive.”
He added: “People will always jump up and say ‘I don’t believe it’, but if the people are with me and we can create the momentum then Sisu will have to listen.”
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/sky-blues-fan-hatches-3m-7017005
Martin Kelman, a Dallas-based soccer agent and entrepreneur, wants to raise funds which, he says, could pave the way for Coventry City to return to the Ricoh Arena.
The chief operating officer at online investment platform Crowdboarders intends to use his business to raise between £2million and £3m and negotiate a commitment for the Sky Blues to return to its previous home.
A long-running dispute between the football club and stadium bosses has seen the club move to play ‘home’ games 35 miles away in Northampton - resulting in record low home attendances for the Sky Blues.
Mr Kelman’s idea would first focus on securing the funds raised used to pay for a rent deal at the Ricoh Arena with any additional revenue invested in the club.
As an incentive, and to demonstrate the number of fans who would return to watch the Sky Blues if they returned to the city, investors would receive a season ticket at the Ricoh Arena for £100.
The 48-year-old ex-military man has a professional background working with telecommunications giants such as Nokia, Ericsson and T-mobile.
He plans to formally launch his idea in the next few weeks and believes it can help to end the deadlock and bring the Sky Blues home.
“I am a lifelong City fan, I grew up in Eastern Green, I moved to Birmingham when I was about ten but remained a Sky Blues supporter,” he said.
“Making some kind of bid is something I have been considering for about two years. I don’t need to do this - but I feel like it is the right time to do it.
“I have some people in the US who are interested in investing and some people over here. I will be looking to launch the campaign soon.
“Because I own the platform, no money will be taken out - we can put it all into the club. There’s no time limit either, it can be a constant drip.”
Mr Kelman, who claims his business was recently valued at £10million, says he has already made contact with the council about bringing in investors to help develop the area around the Ricoh Arena.
He has also attempted to contact directors at Ricoh Arena operators ACL to see if he can help to negotiate a rent deal between stadium bosses and the club.
He said: “Sometimes in business you reach a situation where nobody is talking and it all ends up in court.
“I don’t want Sisu out, I want to try and work with them and come in at the front end.
“We want to work with Sisu, but they can’t be at the front door anymore. It’s creating tension and that is filtering onto the pitch.
“I have tried to meet Paul Harris (ACL director). Ultimately we just need to know what ACL is looking for in terms of rent.
“What we don’t want is Sisu’s debts. They have created them - we haven’t.”
Mr Kelman added that he accepted there would be some skepticism about his plan, but insisted he had the best interests of the club at heart.
“I went to the Peterborough and Swindon games and what this situation is doing to the fans is just terrible,” he said.
“I want to do things right. We want to get the club stabilised, we don’t want to lose ten points again.
“I live in the States and I want to bring back the right people to put money into this.
“We don’t want to do something hostile unless we have to. If we have enough people committing to come back to the Ricoh Arena, then that is a good enough incentive.”
He added: “People will always jump up and say ‘I don’t believe it’, but if the people are with me and we can create the momentum then Sisu will have to listen.”
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/sky-blues-fan-hatches-3m-7017005
skybluetony176
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I think we'll all be a good bit more cautious about any new owners this time around than we were last time. So I agree we shouldn't get too excited. But it's not like any new owner has to follow in Alex Fergusons shoes of god like status. Having said that, sisu had that luxury too and looked how that's turned out.
Let's not get excited and proceed with extreme caution.
EasternGreenSkyBlue
New Member
More lies. Gets funnier every time
Houchens Head
Fairly well known member from Malvern
And if he's successful, will he bring in David Moyes? :thinking about:
smoo310pusb
New Member
How many people now have used us (fans and club) through the telegraph to advertise their own company? Or am I looking at this all wrong?
SlowerThanPlatt
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Looks like that to me.
Maybe Simon could encourage him to sign up on here so we can ask the guy some questions.
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Jack Griffin
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This is the key statement, which drives much of my thinking on the situation, it is also the one that means SISU will blank him unless they get desperate to cut losses & get out (the best scenario IMHO).
jimmyhillsfanclub
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....Yet in that time hasn't bothered to quite grasp the situation with any of the parties involved...
Join the queue of attention seeking fantasists Mr. Kelman....
Elvis Pressley
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Here we go again
They said this a few years ago
so I don't believe it this time.
They said this a few years ago
so I don't believe it this time.
skybluejelly
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he has business dealings with nokia ,erricson and T-Mobile... does this mean he sells sim cards at the local car boot
ajsccfc
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You're being overly cynical. There's absolutely nothing Crowdboarders about this Crowdboarders so to think otherwise is frankly Crowdboarders.
sky blue john
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Sorry if you and Covmark feel left out. But he does seem to be the leader of your little gang !!
Sub
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We want to work with Sisu, but they can’t be at the front door anymore. It’s creating tension and that is filtering onto the pitch.“I have tried to meet Paul Harris (ACL director). Ultimately we just need to know what ACL is looking for in terms of rent.
“What we don’t want is Sisu’s debts. They have created them - we haven’t.”
Good luck with that part i do not see how that can work :thinking about:
“What we don’t want is Sisu’s debts. They have created them - we haven’t.”
Good luck with that part i do not see how that can work :thinking about:
chiefdave
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If they're not looking to takeover isn't this essentially asking the fans to give SISU £3m? It's all well and good saying they'll give you a season ticket but isn't that then shooting ourselves in the foot. If everyone paid £100 for a season ticket we're going to have big crowds and no money!