Knowall,Severncider,ITK's

I genuinely believe the original deal wasn't good for the club.

I can't get excited about this takeover yet because I'm worried about what renting the UWE means for the club long term.

Not saying it’s true or not as I have only heard this from someone who appears to get pretty reliable info. 

Rovers are not being sold. What instead is happening is that Wael has been seeking outside investment to complete the training ground and either redevelop the mem or build a new stadium (could be UWE). Talks with UWE are underway and contrary to what has been said on this thread, the previous deal at UWE was not good for Rovers or the owners in the long term. Rovers would have played at the stadium for a peppercorn rent and would have received matchday income. However UWE were set to have priority for non matchday use and the income for non matchday revenue was stacked significantly in UWEs favour hereby reducing the income rovers could receive and meant rovers would not be able to compete financially or be sustainable. Commercial deals were also not stacked in the clubs favour as UWE wanted a cut of all stadia sponsorship arrangements etc. So in a nutshell rovers would have got a stadium but would have not got the revenue streams we needed. At the time UWE wouldn’t shift on this. However they have now reconsidered and discussions are tentatively underway again.

The training facilities at UWE are not big enough for the number of teams UWE have and to accommodate all of Rovers sides. People are putting 2+2 together and getting 5.

The deal that is being worked on with the investors is that they will get a place on the board, and they will build the colony and ‘stadium’ wherever that may be - and in return they will get the mem land for a nominal amount to build houses. The delay is that this can’t be announced until either the UWE or the new stadium land has been agreed. There is a fallback option of mem redevelopment but that would mean Rovers sacrificing income streams.

the main reason people are getting confused is that this is a single construction company investor not multi investors of smaller amounts.

as I said could be complete bull as it’s just what I’ve been told by someone else but would kinda fit?

Here's what i think is happening.'i aint gotta clue'!BUT i do know Wael and family are very successful businessmen and know how to pull off a deal , wouldn't it be great if all this time they have had to listen to the doom mongers, insults , and moaning they were quietly chipping away at uwe till the right deal was achieved and announce it to one and all come October, they would be quite entitled to say 'we told you to be patient, now shut the F UP ! Wow what a day that MIGHT be!on the other hand the new owner could be a Mr HARGREAVES who buys the club just to p-ss his old partner off and become noisy neighbors! now that would be fun ! just a rumor! up the Rovers!its fun on the roller coaster that is the Gas aint it!

Always knew the landing lights remained on.

Yeah, I would like to think that Wael stuck by his guns and refused the UWE deal coz it genuinely wasn't good enough, and then by playing the long game managed to get a good enough deal.

Of course, everyone criticising it on the side, disparaging him on social media, demanding action on a stadium, insulting the family, criticising the negotiations without even knowing what they were, and generally just whining like children, would have weakened his hand a bit.