16 Jul 2016 20:49:45
Am told red tape has slowed takeover down. Suspect there's more to it than that. Complicated deal. Dragging on longer than everyone hoped. Tweet by Tim spiers.

1.) 16 Jul 2016
16 Jul 2016 21:06:05
Just tryin to stir things up! The ITK people off here know more than him. I believe the deal is done and we're just waiting for an announcement! Someone may of told him this but probably a red herring.

2.) 16 Jul 2016
16 Jul 2016 21:10:48
There is always red tape in big business deals such as buying a football club for example, plus no one knows when the deal was meant to be completed by, so we wouldn't know if it's dragging on or not.

3.) 16 Jul 2016
16 Jul 2016 21:11:47
Definitely a snag or else it would have gone through.

4.) 16 Jul 2016
16 Jul 2016 21:25:56
Possible to do with a visa. G elokobi ad that problem. In 2010 have a look. It was express and star. Which li would need a visa. So don't worry.

5.) 16 Jul 2016
16 Jul 2016 21:30:27
PT- sorry to report but TS is correct and your belief is incorrect. You'll have to keep the Pomagne on hold, if not indefinitely.

6.) 16 Jul 2016
16 Jul 2016 22:00:14
no it's not the deals done and u and Tim Spiers can't prove otherwise as you've no contact close to the deal. Tell me your source who says the deal isn't done? U can't as u haven't one? Deals done just waitin for the announcement 👍.

7.) 16 Jul 2016
16 Jul 2016 22:30:30
Who is your contact then Paul?

8.) 16 Jul 2016
16 Jul 2016 22:31:34
The E&S stand to lose face if they don't at least get in on the action. They've already been beaten to a massive story about their home town club half a mile from their front door, by a journalist thousands of miles away in Spain. They've then apparently been shown up by some itk posters which appear to have some credibilty. Think about it. They've got to come out with something. There's an apparent delay. room for a theory.

9.) 16 Jul 2016
16 Jul 2016 23:10:48
I think Tim is thinking, obviously there's red tape in the deal, but they have best paid most informed lawyers on this (deal is worth ten's of £millions) , who are paid to foresee red tape, sort it and accommodate doing that in the planned time frame (that they advise over timing) . They are meant to be slick. So for red tape to have reared up and delayed things, it's not standard red tape and is therefore obviously suspect.

I'd bet as others have suggested, it's due to Brexit and it may mean Robin Li has to get a UK Visa (rather than EU one he may have) , especially if his investment plan is as you'd expect SMorgan would have negotiated, ongoing (so more than a couple of years, so past point Britain has actually materially left EU) .

And issuing UK Visa's (especially on basis of existing EU Visa) is maybe getting dealt with by a Govt Department that has been shocked, confused, and overrun due to Brexit, with little leadership due to PM election etc.

Maybe it's even worse due to Brexit than we imagine and the chaos has spread, maybe they've had riots in London and society is collapsing? Has anyone seen Moxey since the photo of him going to London? Perhaps the Capital has descended into chaos, he never made it back and the media have been issued a Govt NDA to pretend to everyone North of the Watford Gap it's not happening.

10.) 16 Jul 2016
16 Jul 2016 23:23:01
Robin Li is not the buyer.

11.) 17 Jul 2016
16 Jul 2016 23:40:05
And how do you know that lupinehowler? If that's true, then pretty much all the rumours are false because most came from that Spanish agent who said it was Robin Li. Other than those rumours, mostly all we've had is silence from the club indicating a take over is somewhere in the process of trying to happen. How does it not being Robin Li fit into that? And if it really isn't Robin Li who is the buyer?

12.) 17 Jul 2016
16 Jul 2016 23:51:12
Seen on Mol Mix you mean small piece in Mirror. Don't believe they have a reliable source, especially if they can't name who they reckon it is instead. After so much attention, named and his photo up, Wolves would have at least told E&S if it wasn't Robin Li.

13.) 17 Jul 2016
17 Jul 2016 06:23:49
Lets face it. whoever is buying the club need to hurry up because if it drags on any longer wolves will be going down. no new signings or nothing. this is madness.

14.) 17 Jul 2016
17 Jul 2016 10:54:26
PT- please rest assured I'm not here to challenge your belief just to reduce your expectations as rumour/ belief is not always what it seems. Trust me there is nothing more than I would want than the deal to have already been done the buyer be Mr Li and there be players lined up to sign for Wolves. Sadly this picture is presently not at all clear.

15.) 17 Jul 2016
17 Jul 2016 20:58:00
Hasn't it been proven time and again that no one here appears to really be ITK. but no need to let that prevent the usual tirade of Tim spiers abuse, the one with his real name and professional reputation - and job - on the line. Easy to be hard.