I agree with you. Seems like a stitch up.
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At least one key player say to me the Miller deal won't happen. It's desperate administrators trying to flush Miller out.
Mr HibeeMG,
You have answered your own question!
If there are no other bidders, then the value is determined by that best bid.
There has been a huge amount of time for bidders to come out of the woodwork.
If they don't (as has been the case) then the market value has been established.:agree:
The assets haven't been put up for sale though. If they had been then the market value would be established.
Bidders have only been bidding for the club not the assets. Interested parties haven't had a chance to bid on the assets as they didn't know they were up for sale!
Can the creditors block this sale to Miller?
To add to what I said before, Murray Park does not have the value you might think, as has been said a number of times before on this thread!
The land on which on which it has been built does not have planning permission for houses, so therefore it's best suited for a footie club or a fairground!!:greengrin
I may have missed that as I'm sure I've slept since! :wink:
At the time though, the marketability of the assets wasn't as important as it is now. As it is, the 'sale' of these assets to the NewCo is the only cash that creditors will see through a CVA. Wouldn't it be prudent to maximise this cash-pot by putting the assets on the open market?
Like I said earlier, if the NewCo bid is the highest bidder then so be it. If, however, competition from supermarket chains or property developers push up the market value then that is better for the creditors (you and me included).
I am starting to feel a wee bit better after seeing some of the statements coming out on rangerstaxcase and from Alex Thomson. Perhaps HMRC are still going to be the saviours of scottish football after all....
So, he (the only normal media source with listening to on this) seems to be suggesting this is already dead in the water...
If we assume that happens, Duff & Dumbass have already said liquidation is worth more than the BK bid. Would we see Rangers liquidated with no newco standing by to pick at the carcass?
@alextomo: HMRC (taxman) on Rangers - we have had no involvement at all in this takeover to date
There's maybe a lot of hot air being blown here but if this happens I'm done with it the SPL can rot in its own **** as far as I'm concerned
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Am told Bill Miller has no passport and has never seen a soccerball game, let alone one played by the Glasgow of Rangers
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... suffice to say nobody in Scottish football should bet a Tennessee cent on this happening as planned
D+P pretty much shown to have been lying through their teeth then.Quote:
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HMRC (taxman) on Rangers - we have had no involvement at all in this takeover to date...
...That was direct quote from HMRC cleared via their lead officer on Rangers
This (Bill Miller) wont happen...
Way too many hurdles - he is just looking for assets at a knock down...HMRC won't dance to his tune..
IF he were to get along the road - buying assets - do Rangers stupid fans not realise that there is no chance of 'cleaning up' Old Co.....and he would just give it ....sorry I tried ...not my fault....others wouldn't play....
Meanwhile NewCo is playing and generating money for his £11m investment and making a nice return thank you very much (thanks to an easy passage back into SPL)....Bang goes history etc etc....no skin of his nose.
I do wonder whether UEFA will view this as liquidation by back door and exclude for 3 years anyway...
As I said never going to happen - but why would they (fans) think there was any pure motive.....
If I properly understand today's developments re Bill Millar, then the assets you refer to will not be available for sale, as they will have already been sold to one Wild Bill M!!
In all the warm words of WBM re Rangers, not a single word about the huge number of creditors being stuffed!.
(Then, of course, there's the vast number of redundancies necessary to meet his programme of fiscal prudence!!)
Highbury Stadium had a similar designation, but it is now flats. The retention of the older part of the stadium as the entrance to the new housing development proved popular with buyers. Islington is obviously a million miles away from Govan in terms of marketability. However, the Govan area now has BBC and several independent film production and other blue-chip creative companies based in the town hall and around. One of the obstacles to the continued gentrification of the area, however, is the presence of the football club. That obstacle would be removed if the club no longer played there.
I would be very surprised if several property development companies weren't looking at Ibrox Stadium with interest, and I've no doubt that some of them would be in a position to put in a better offer for those particular assets that Millers shabby newco.
There is also the HMRC to consider. They haven't expressed any view on those pathetic shenanigans yet, but I've a feeling they will, and they will be far less inclined to roll over than the Scottish governmental and footballing authorities.
What does scrap steel fetch per tonne just now ? There must be a good few hundred tonnes of the stuff in the Ibrox stands. Murray Metals could get in a bidding war with Daltons and force the price up for the creditors.
See Duff and Duffer, this administration business is easy if you act on behalf of the creditors rather than your own glory.
Can you imagine the reaction to buying Ibrox or Murray Park? The morons would probably start suicide bombing!
And here it is. http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte...1/daily36.html Would this not come to light during due diligence?
PS link not working will try again
Hope this works http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte...1/daily36.html
Having just scrolled the rangerstaxcase and Alex Thomson twitter accounts, I feel slightly more reassured that Wild Bill won't get this plan through. Thomo's interview with Paul Clark made my blood boil; sporting integrity? Ach who cares as long as the football club is saved.
However, my immediate concern is Neil Doncaster. Appears this guy wants Rangers admonished and playing in the SPL no matter what. This is where we need to put pressure on the football authorities. After listening to him interviewed on sportsound this week, I'm pretty sure he would be delighted if Wild Bill's plan got through, albeit with a token slap on the wrist. This incompetent rode into the country declaring how he would change the game for the better of everyone who wanted to follow football in Scotland and encourage new groups of supporters to attend. Well, his true colours have been pinned to the mast for everyone to see now.
His true colours have been quite clear for some time and the problem IMHO is not Doncaster but the other sheep in the SPL who seem unwilling to do anything about his 'would-be steamrollering' approach. These same sheep however also have their own greedy, self-interested motives which don't include justice, fairness and sporting integrity.
Wholeheartedly agree. The clubs cannot self-police themselves (as the SPL), and be trusted to keep the good of the game as paramount above their shareholder/owners' self interest. The sooner we adopt supporters' trusts or fan representation groups into positions of influence the better ala German model.
Tuesday was the first time I'd really heard Doncaster speak on the issue of RFC administration since the SPL went into hiding to start investigating the dual contracts and concoct these financial fair play proposals. It just rankled with me more than in previous times.
I certainly recommend that those interested in this topic should listen to Thomson's interview of the administrator Paul Clark.
Again he refers to monies coming to the oldco from litigation, so he is again hyping up the court case gainst Collyer Bristow.
Plus he implies that there may be additional court proceedings relating "possibly prior to the takeover". Does he mean SDM?
"No one should be under any illusion that the tax man will be paid in full [well I never!] but Miller's offer represents the best solution."
Dodges the questions about sporting integrity - effectively, "not my job".
"Give and take in discussions with the footballing authorities" - I wonder what the SPL took from the discussions.
I do feel rather dirty having watched that.
That's the question I would like answered !
If this is true it adds up to a total " whitewash" and the demise of justice, fairness and integrity in Scottish football.
It is almost a cheats charter !
The big question still is what part are HMR&C going to play in the final chapter ?
As I have posted before a friend is a senior official in that organisation , and while he refuses point blank to discuss RFC debt , he makes the point that after the Harry Redknapp/Portsmouth fiasco HMR&C will not be " caught out a second time " !!!
Do UEFA have any part to play in what " punishment" is dealt out to RFC ?
As for Mr Miller . Is he the true " White Knight in Shining Armour " ? If what we read tonight is correct his sporting business track record is somewhat dodgy to say the least.
There is also the problem with loss of European football revenue to take into consideration. I understand a sizeable figure was added to the
" estimated income" every season based on participation in group stages .
I for one think there is a lot more to happen /come out of this before season 2012/13 K.O :greengrin :rolleyes: