£80m Debt

[Bob]

Probably because it made DIC sit up and say, "this guy is going to overpay for this investment, therefore we won't get into a bidding war" or words to that effect.

A bit like the person sitting at an auction, the item goes up in price by small increments, it goes, once, twice......then some **** comes in an offers a ridiculous amount and wins the auction because no-one is prepared to inrease their bid by so much.

That's how I saw it.

All 'probablys' and 'assumes'... in order words 'i haven't a ****ing clue, but these is my thoughts'.

The fact is, Gillet could have offered 4,500 (4000 - my bad) and it the board would have still been obliged to have a look at it. Fact two: at the end of the day it's more money for the shareholders and finally, fact 3: it DID throw a spanner in the works for the DIC proposal i.e. "we won't overvalue the club".

The whole thing reeks to high-heaven. And i'm far from pleased with how it was handled.

[Red Chilli]

All 'probablys' and 'assumes'... in order words 'i haven't a ****ing clue, but these is my thoughts'.

The fact is, Gillet could have offered 4,500 (4000 - my bad) and it the board would have still been obliged to have a look at it. Fact two: at the end of the day it's more money for the shareholders and finally, fact 3: it DID throw a spanner in the works for the DIC proposal i.e. "we won't overvalue the club".

The whole thing reeks to high-heaven. And i'm far from pleased with how it was handled.

FACT 4- feck off whitters