Blackburn......

[bfcmik]

Maybe we should pitch in to buy him in the summer just to pee the Fiddlers off! Sounds like a decent prospect anyway for around £5 million including add-ons

[Clarets4me]

Simply a ridiculous situation that was allowed to play out with the player.

After 14 years of propping up the club Venky's knew full well at that date that finance was unavailable to complete the transfer and, for that matter, any future transactions in the immediate future.

" Royboyclaret " ... are the Venkys London Ltd/ Blackburn Rovers Football & Athletic Ltd Directors now getting towards the stage of being subject to accusations of " Conducting Business whilst knowingly trading insolvently " ?

For years now both sets of accounts have included paragraphs indicating that future financial support from India should and could be relied upon. Now there are real question marks over the owners ability, if not wish to provide that support ..

[Royboyclaret]

" Royboyclaret " ... are the Venkys London Ltd/ Blackburn Rovers Football & Athletic Ltd Directors now getting towards the stage of being subject to accusations of " Conducting Business whilst knowingly trading insolvently " ?

For years now both sets of accounts have included paragraphs indicating that future financial support from India should and could be relied upon. Now there are real question marks over the owners ability, if not wish to provide that support ..

Just to clarify, I'm in little doubt that the financial support to Blackburn by Venky's has diminished. However, in terms of financial assistance outside of of India, circumstances will soon be very different.

The recent potential transfer was a complete fiasco and should never have been allowed to develop, as internal debates were coming to a conclusion at the time.

All of this leaves Blackburn in in complete finanancial mess having relied TOTALLY on Venky's for some 14 years.....They are literally now on the financial precipice if their owners are no longer allowed to plough in the annual £20m to which they have been accustomed. All now hinges on the final decision from the authorities in India, but all indications suggest that the outcome for Blackburn is not favourable.

[Royboyclaret]

Be interesting to hear from Chester Perry regarding the latest financial developments in India, these will be crucial to the very future of Blackburn Rovers Football Club.

Not looking good for our neighbours.

[Westleigh]

Just looked they’ve got a Facebook group called Venky’s and Waggot Out ,they’ve got 61 members.

[Royboyclaret]

Just looked they’ve got a Facebook group called Venky’s and Waggot Out ,they’ve got 61 members.

They should be very careful what they wish for.

Without Venky's they would be long gone.

[Bosscat]

Just looked they’ve got a Facebook group called Venky’s and Waggot Out ,they’ve got 61 members.

So just about the whole home crowd at Boll-Ewood then

[gawthorpe_view]

Just looked they’ve got a Facebook group called Venky’s and Waggot Out ,they’ve got 61 members.

Time for a Claret pile-on?

[Lip]

Time for a Claret pile-on?

I was thinking that.

[Westleigh]

I was thinking that.

You wouldn’t ,would you .?

[Bosscat]

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[Westleigh]

This posts needs a warning ,Burnley fans could be in danger of having to change their undies due to uncontrollable laughter,

[bfcjg]

I think we can guess the charity.
https://www.happa.org.uk/

[Bosscat]

I think we can guess the charity.
https://www.happa.org.uk/

Had to press the link ... excellent bfcjg

[claptrappers_union]

I bet Sheff Wednesday are furious. I suppose Blackburn have found a way stopping relegation rivals signing players, though.

Lure players away at the last minute with a better offer, but don’t click the ‘submit’ button on the registration portal and leave everyone in limbo.

I wonder if anyone has any scope to take legal action. Orlando with a transfer fee, the players signing on fee and wages, the agent, SWFC…? The taxi driver is the only winner.

[Clarets4me]

I bet Sheff Wednesday are furious. I suppose Blackburn have found a way stopping relegation rivals signing players, though.

Lure players away at the last minute with a better offer, but don’t click the ‘submit’ button on the registration portal and leave everyone in limbo.
I wonder if anyone has any scope to take legal action. Orlando with a transfer fee, the players signing on fee and wages, the agent, SWFC…? The taxi driver is the only winner.

and he was paid by McGuire's agent ... I bet the agent asked for the taxi-fare money in cash, given how dealings had gone with t'Rovers !!

[dsr]

I bet Sheff Wednesday are furious. I suppose Blackburn have found a way stopping relegation rivals signing players, though.

Lure players away at the last minute with a better offer, but don’t click the ‘submit’ button on the registration portal and leave everyone in limbo.

I wonder if anyone has any scope to take legal action. Orlando with a transfer fee, the players signing on fee and wages, the agent, SWFC…? The taxi driver is the only winner.

Didn't Leicester have one of these a few years ago, and were forced to sign the player but couldn't play him for half a season?

[Funkydrummer]

Didn't Leicester have one of these a few years ago, and were forced to sign the player but couldn't play him for half a season?

Now that would be funny, not that what's already going on is not funny.

[Clarets4me]

Just to clarify, I'm in little doubt that the financial support to Blackburn by Venky's has diminished. However, in terms of financial assistance outside of of India, circumstances will soon be very different.

The recent potential transfer was a complete fiasco and should never have been allowed to develop, as internal debates were coming to a conclusion at the time.

All of this leaves Blackburn in in complete financial mess having relied TOTALLY on Venky's for some 14 years.....They are literally now on the financial precipice if their owners are no longer allowed to plough in the annual £20m to which they have been accustomed. All now hinges on the final decision from the authorities in India, but all indications suggest that the outcome for Blackburn is not favourable.

Call me " Mr Cynical " if you wish, but perhaps a £2m donation by Venkateshwara Hatcheries Private Ltd. to the coffers of the BJP, the political party of Mr Modra, the Indian Prime Minister, may help circumvent some of these issues ..

Even more cynical is the view that Madame Desai, the Chairperson, is happy to allow the legal dispute to be a convenient reason to stop p*****g away £20m a year on her two younger brothers vanity project, after spending nearly £240m over the last 13/14 years. " We'd love to help but our hands are tied, regrettably you must, in the interim, cut your cloth accordingly ! "

From the Indian Government point of view, they would perhaps rather see funds stay in India and help fund sanitation projects in Rural areas ( 55-60% of Indians still defecate in the streets or fields ), rather than support an entity who pays men obscene fortunes to kick a ball around a field ...

[claptrappers_union]

and he was paid by McGuire's agent ... I bet the agent asked for the taxi-fare money in cash, given how dealings had gone with t'Rovers !!

Blackburn reimbursed Megaloudis for the cab, offered the contract, and with 100 minutes to go before the deadline, all parties had signed. McGuire was Blackburn’s newest player.

taxi-calculator.com quotes me £175. Probably reimbursed in Club Shop vouchers

[TheFamilyCat]

Damn these fangled new computer thingies

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[Clive 1960]

Don't laugh at them down the road it could be us next nobody knows what's around the corner..

[MACCA]

Big 2 games coming up for them, possibly season defining...

Stoke H
Birmingham A

Both sides currently below them, it could really concertina up down there.

[fatboy47]

they would perhaps rather see funds stay in India and help fund sanitation projects in Rural areas ( 55-60% of Indians still defecate in the streets or fields ),

South Aisia's answer to Shadsworth then?..sounds like a good fit.

"In our Punjabi Homes" and all that.

[gawthorpe_view]

You wouldn’t ,would you .?

Yep!

[bfcjg]

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Venkys out Movement or Vom for short

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Bstards, the gift that keeps giving

[Tricky Trevor]

Damn these fangled new computer thingies
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Some spotty-faced Shad lad on work experience. He’ll be CEO before next season.

[ElectroClaret]

Don't laugh at them down the road it could be us next nobody knows what's around the corner..

Nah.
Whatever's around the corner for us, good or bad, won't be connected to what's happening to those idiots.

So I'll keep chuckling if its all the same.

[claptrappers_union]

Don't laugh at them down the road it could be us next nobody knows what's around the corner..

ALK do struggle with paperwork to be fair

[bfcjg]

Don't laugh at them down the road it could be us next nobody knows what's around the corner..

Bloody hell Clive, Do you haunt houses as well ?

[rufus lumley]

Some Palace fans are wanting that Taxi to pick Adam Wharton up and take him back to Deadwood.

[NewClaret]

Some Palace fans are wanting that Taxi to pick Adam Wharton up and take him back to Deadwood.

Really? Has he started poorly?

[NewClaret]

Bloody hell Clive, Do you haunt houses as well ?

[Royboyclaret]

ALK do struggle with paperwork to be fair

Submitting necessary paperwork has never been a problem for ALK.

But back to Venkateshrawa Hatcheries Ltd........For 14 years they have injected north of £300m into Blackburn Rovers.......What exactly have they gained from this?........this latest intervention from the Indian authorities will surely be a blessing in disguise for the Venky's.

As for the immediate future for Blackburn Rovers?.......they will be bricking it.

[ElectroClaret]

.....this latest intervention from the Indian authorities will surely be a blessing in disguise for the Venky's.

I think that's exactly what the V's will be thinking.
Seems like an ideal exit for them.

Let's hope they grab the chance with both hands.

[claptrappers_union]

Submitting necessary paperwork has never been a problem for ALK.

I can think of at least two occasions, one where CJ Egan-Riley missed the initial opportunity to go on loan to PSV due to an admin error. Another time was when the club was punished with a transfer embargo over not submitting accounts.

[Royboyclaret]

I can think of at least two occasions, one where CJ Egan-Riley missed the initial opportunity to go on loan to PSV due to an admin error. Another time was when the club was punished with a transfer embargo over not submitting accounts.

Transfer embargo?......ALK in no way responsible.

[Jel]

https://theathletic.com/5252239/2024/02 ... ed-article

Oh, how we laughed

[Chester Perry]

Transfer embargo?......ALK in no way responsible.

my curiosity is aroused - if not ALK/VSL then who?

[Clarets4me]

https://theathletic.com/5252239/2024/02 ... ed-article

Oh, how we laughed

If viewers can't see the above, the whole article is reproduced earlier in this thread ...

[Royboyclaret]

my curiosity is aroused - if not ALK/VSL then who?

Be assured not ALK......probably best to add little else on here.

Chester, how do you see the current situation playing out with particular regard to the Indian authorities ?

[Tricky Trevor]

Really? Has he started poorly?

Came on as a sub on Saturday and immediately gave away possession leading directly to a Brighton goal. No idea how the rest of his game went.

[Chester Perry]

Be assured not ALK......probably best to add little else on here.

Chester, how do you see the current situation playing out with particular regard to the Indian authorities ?

It is all down to the whims of Narendra Modi in reality - the iron grip he has on the country and the ruthlessness in which he is willing to exercise his power is similar to those of his BRICS stable mates in China, Russia and Saudi (now that they have joined the group). Modi's focus is on strengthening India for India (and by that he tends to mean Hindu India) and does not care if there are casualties along the way, witness what is happening with Muslims and to a lesser extent Sikhs and Catholics in the country of the fears of Shompen people's genocide in regards to the huge military and commercial plans India has for the Nicobar Isles, which are many times closer to Malaysia and Thailand than they are to India.

Interestingly what we are seeing in that state intervention/acts from foreign powers creating problems for clubs owned by nationals of those states, rather than problems caused for competitors by middle eastern states that own European clubs by proxy - So not only do we have our friends down the road, but also to a lesser extent Reading and West Brom before we even consider the situations at Everton and Chelsea, all resulting from internal political policy changes, with the latter of course extending to an act of illegal invasion and war

as for the ALK thing I probably need to find a way of getting in touch

[Royboyclaret]

It is all down to the whims of Narendra Modi in reality - the iron grip he has on the country and the ruthlessness in which he is willing to exercise his power is similar to those of his BRICS stable mates in China, Russia and Saudi (now that they have joined the group). Modi's focus is on strengthening India for India (and by that he tends to mean Hindu India) and does not care if there are casualties along the way, witness what is happening with Muslims and to a lesser extent Sikhs and Catholics in the country of the fears of Shompen people's genocide in regards to the huge military and commercial plans India has for the Nicobar Isles, which are many times closer to Malaysia and Thailand than they are to India.

Interestingly what we are seeing in that state intervention/acts from foreign powers creating problems for clubs owned by nationals of those states, rather than problems caused for competitors by middle eastern states that own European clubs by proxy - So not only do we have our friends down the road, but also to a lesser extent Reading and West Brom before we even consider the situations at Everton and Chelsea, all resulting from internal political policy changes, with the latter of course extending to an act of illegal invasion and war

as for the ALK thing I probably need to find a way of getting in touch

Little wonder then that leading players at VH Ltd are showing serious concern, Blackburn Rovers being just a little further down the line. After 14 years it will hit them like a ton of bricks, even if they care not to admit it.

[Vegas Claret]

Really? Has he started poorly?

he was at fault for at least one of the goals at Brighton

[TommyPicks]

Couple of their fan page accounts on Twitter/X now suggesting that their manager is set to leave the club!

[claptrappers_union]

Hmmmm.... no smoke....



Andy Bayes @AndyBayes

As it stands....Jon Dahl Tomasson remains under contract with Blackburn Rovers. I'm not expecting a statement imminently.

#rovers I #bbcfootball I #bbcefl

@BBCLancsSport

[Swizzlestick]

I've never seen anybody look as disinterested in the manager's job as Tomasson did the other day. He may as well have been wearing a sandwich board saying 'please sack me'. Clearly that would cost money though... He actually comes across as a decent bloke, so I'm hoping he finds himself at a better club soon.

[Chester Perry]

Hmmmm.... no smoke....



Andy Bayes @AndyBayes

As it stands....Jon Dahl Tomasson remains under contract with Blackburn Rovers. I'm not expecting a statement imminently.

#rovers I #bbcfootball I #bbcefl

@BBCLancsSport

isn't that in relation to the interview he gave Saturday post game, when JDT said he offered to walk away from his contract without compensation last summer because of the changing situation re Venky's finance. The club asked him to stay then and as JDT kept repeating - "that was last summer" in a seeming reference to walking away without compensation. It was obvious that the usual mild-mannered JDT was not a happy soul

[Steve-Harpers-perm]

Think they’ll regret Tomasson going but still it’s great to see it going so wrong for them. They’ll probably appoint David Dunn next.