Everton deny Anil Ambani takeover talks

Sources at Everton have denied that chairman Bill Kenwright has held substantive talks with Indian billionaire Anil Ambani over the possible sale of the club.

From Telegraph.co.uk

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Can you believe it? The Special One was Dennis Wised on the latest episode of I'm On Setanta Sports. That plus The Special One does a special exclusive story on the Newcastle United takeover including the return of Dave who has a conspiracy theory involving Shola Ameobi, like. Enjoy the latest episode. Click to continue reading...

After the Manchester City takeover (and the mad chase for players on the last day), some Premier League club owners came out with their hats in their hands looking for investment or if they were lucky, a big pay day. In the last month or so, 6 Premier League clubs (Newcastle United, Tottenham, Sunderland, Liverpool, Everton [. Click to continue reading...

In this week's episode, Wayne Rooney conducts yet another insightful interview, this time with an insider in the Newcastle takeover situation. Wazza, fresh off scoring a goal in United's 2-0 win over Bolton yesterday, also receives some tactical instruction from Fabio Capello.

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Former Newcastle Chairman Freddy Shepherd has been persuaded by his family not to get involved in the new takeover struggle for Newcastle United. Freddy Shepherd - so so sad about Newcastle's plight Although Freddy has been approached by two groups keen on him being the front-man for a Newcastle takeover, he has now abandoned any plans to [. Click to continue reading...

Joe Kinnear is interim manager of the Magpies and he's got a tough old job on his hands after watching his team perform badly during their 2-1 reverse against Blackburn. The team were especially poor during the first half of the match and, despite rumours of an imminent takeover, the ... Click to continue reading...

It's Sunday so there must be another takeover story on Newcastle United surely? Yes there, and this time it's a South African consortium has expressed an interest in taking over the famous Tyneside club from Mike Ashley at Newcastle. But the news is in the News Of The World. We know that there has already been contact [. Click to continue reading...

In more official-sounding terms:

...a consortium of wealthy Nigerians declared their plans to launch a takeover of the Magpies...

They've got 350 million pounds, about 50 short of Ashley's asking price.

It'd be the first African ownership group in the EPL.

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Super-rich Manchester City feel 'invincible' as £200m Abu Dhabi takeover is completed

The much-heralded new era at Manchester City will formally begin when Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the United Arab Emirates minister of presidential affairs and leader of the Abu Dhabi United Group, completes his £200 million takeover. Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger has questioned the motives of the Abu Dhabi United Group who are sealing their takeover of Manchester City. The Gunners boss is baffled as to why the mega-rich Middle Eastern are wading into English football and believes the move could be 'dangerous' for the game. "I don't know why these people are in there," said [. Click to continue reading...

Business is business... but are we now more at risk of takeover? This is the question that the set of financial results recently published may give rise to. I base this upon the need to balance the pressures of expectation from our fanbase and players with the harsh reality of a squeeze on the hard cash available [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United may miss out on striker Carlos Tevez, with rivals Manchester City ready to pounce. The Argentine international has yet to sign a permanent deal at Old Trafford and now City's new owners are ready to bid big to land the player. (News of the World)

Tevez, 24, has been a real hit at United since joining from West Ham a year ago. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City News: Micah Richards impressed with Robinho

The latest Manchester City news lis that defender Micah Richards has heaped praise on new signing Robinho, saying he has impressed his teammates with the amount of work he gets through.

Richards said: "It is not just about his tricks.

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A veritable glut of stuff to get through this morning.

I suppose the biggest story is that of Stan Kroenke being appointed to the board as a non-executive director. It's long been rumoured this was going to happen so it's no suprise but given Kroenke's first involvement with the club it's quite a turn-around.

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Arsenal have welcomed American billionaire Stan Kroenke onto their board as a non-executive director as they attempt to stave off a potential takeover from Uzbek oligarch Alisher Usmanov. Click to continue reading...

A reader* wrote in with the suggestion that I post something about the U.S. government's takeover of AIG, since AIG sponsors Manchester United. I originally didn't want to because I don't really understand the whole AIG/giant economic meltdown. But Kevin Drum doesn't understand soccer and still posted on it, so I suppose I will write something. Click to continue reading...

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BBC - QPR defend ticket price increase
QPR say their increased ticket prices will help maintain budgets previously set to provide a better standard of entertainment for home and away fans.
In a statement released to BBC London 94.9: "Since the takeover, the club has had massive investment, for both on and off the pitch activities. Click to continue reading...

Kuwait businessman Nasser Al Kharafi is the latest name to be linked with a possible takeover. Nasser Al Kharafi - said to be interested in Newcastle As we reported over the last two days Mike Ashley seems to be asking for £480M to sell a club he paid just £243M for 16 months ago, and if he [...] Click to continue reading...

Cyprus's most famous and supported club AC Omonia will look to take home advantage despite being tagged as the underdogs. Omonia finished last season 3rd behind APOEL and Anorthosis Famagusta, the former also participating in the UEFA Cup and the latter having the prestigious honour of being the first Cypriot representative in the Champions League Group Stage. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City takeover nears completion with Abu Dhabi owners to back Mark Hughes

Mark Hughes will receive a vote of confidence at Man City from Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the club's new chairman, once the £200 million takeover by Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment (ADUG) is completed in the next 24 hours. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has put the club up for sale for £481 million. Following the departure of Kevin Keegan from the club last week, Ashley's position at the club has been under severe pressure and it appears now he is making serious plans to sell the club.

There has been several rumours about who will now come into takeover the club, with take of a Dubai based consortium interested in buying from Ashley however city sources doubt there is genuine interest from Dubai. Click to continue reading...

AIG sponsorship of Man Utd in jeopardy

AIG is in a financial mess and is asking the Feds to pony up a $40 billion loan to stave off credit agencies downgrading its stock which will bring it a step closer to bankruptcy or to the preferred takeover. With the Feds deciding against bailing out Lehman Brothers and leaving the company to file for bankruptcy, there is no sure bet that AIG's lifeline will be met.

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There appears to be at least 5 different buyers that are reported interested in buying Newcastle United, and we knew that negotiations with Dubai Investment Capital (DIC), had already started in earnest over the weekend. Dubai Investment Capital (DIC), the investment arm of the Dubai Government, has been in discussions with Liverpool about a possible takeover [. Click to continue reading...

It's been a pretty sickening week for English football.

Geordies out on the streets complaining about a chairman who hires and sacks a local hero with impunity, after admitting he failed to do proper due diligence on the books of Newcastle before buying the club.

Abu Dhabi deciding, so it would seem, that Man City is nothing more to them than a vehicle through which they can publicise their Emirate. Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger has hit out at Manchester City's new owners for 'destabilising' the game of football. The Abu Dhabi-based group launched a £200million takeover of the Eastlands club and begun their spending spree by paying £32million for Real Madrid star Robinho. They have also spoken out about their wishes to recruit Gunners maestro Cesc Fabregas and Liverpool's [. Click to continue reading...

"We've got Robinho! We've got Robinho!" the delirious Manchester City fans chanted to the Sky Sports News camera after news broke Robinho would be playing in City's blue this season. There were times in the summer where it appeared inevitable that the Brazilian would be playing at Stamford Bridge this season, but following the takeover [. Click to continue reading...

Now it is he won't.

If he was to takeover, the fairy tale ending would have been Keegan coming back to Newcastle, Dennis Wise being fired, and a check for 100m pounds to be used by Keegan as he desired on player transfers.

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When you talk about Arsenal's future, it is usually in measured, nuanced terms much like its soccer. Unlike Man City's buyout which has vaulted it to the position of the richest club in the world, the lockdown agreement makes an Arsenal takeover unlikely at least till October 2009. But the Man City takeover has opened up cracks in the iron clad constitution of the Arsenal board.

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I know there is a big football story when Sky dispatches the satellite truck up from Milton Keynes and I get on Sky News rather than Sky Sports News. I am, of course, talking about the takeover of Manchester City by an Arab billionaire who is said to be so wealthy that his wealth can be seen from outer space. Click to continue reading...

The salient feature of the Abu Dhabi royal family's takeover of Manchester City to this point has been its combination of revolutionary terror and sincere incompetence. On the one hand, the thought of yet another sudden exponential expansion of the role of money in football Abramovich turned into a black-and-white TV on the day that color [. Click to continue reading...

(Yep, we're still banging on about the Man City takeover. So sue us. It's interesting stuff.) So Man City now have all the money in the world. Or at least most of it. The club can outbid any other club for any player, and then pay that player however much it takes. So after January's transfer [...] Click to continue reading...

Arsenal Chairman Peter Hill-Wood would like to maintain Arsenal under the current ownership, but realises shareholders could accept a big bid if it comes in. The Gunners supremo is well aware that mega-rich foreign investors are now targeting the top Premier League clubs following this week's takeover agreement between Manchester City and the Abu Dhabi Group [. Click to continue reading...

Whilst we've been told to fear Manchester City's new takeover, there seems to be a clear feeling of 'if anyone can fuck this up, it's City' buzzing around Manchester. Whilst the new owners may have all the money in the World, the fact they tabled over £200 million worth of bids on the transfer deadline [. Click to continue reading...

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson dismisses talk of City bid for Cristiano Ronaldo

Sir Alex Ferguson, the Manchester United manager, was dismissive about the takeover by billionaire Arab owners of rivals Manchester City, and any attempt to sign Cristiano Ronaldo.

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The takeover of Manchester City by the Abu Dhabi United Group has sparked fears that their thriving academy may suffer and inevitably it will be much more difficult for the next generation of footballers to break into the first-team. The question being asked is can a more effective method of bridging the gap between the reserves and the first team be developed? Click to continue reading...