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Post by pirate on Sept 8, 2023 19:31:40 GMT
Has anybody found out any more details about our new owners background, net worth and business interests etc?
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Post by gasheadontour on Sept 8, 2023 19:47:42 GMT
According to football managers I've spoken to in the past they have said they know their time is up when a club won't let them spend money on permanent transfers.
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 8, 2023 20:36:57 GMT
Has anybody found out any more details about our new owners background, net worth and business interests etc? Assuming this is a genuine LinkedIn profile then the VP's only business interests listed are the fast food co's and it's not even clear if they are still trading, as there's been no recent reviews on Tripadvisor. / Even I've got more than 67 LinkedIn connections! Companies House still only shows Wael & co as Rovers company Directors. |
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Post by pirate on Sept 8, 2023 21:15:46 GMT
Has anybody found out any more details about our new owners background, net worth and business interests etc? Assuming this is a genuine LinkedIn profile then the VP's only business interests listed are the fast food co's and it's not even clear if they are still trading, as there's been no recent reviews on Tripadvisor. / Even I've got more than 67 LinkedIn connections! Companies House still only shows Wael & co as Rovers company Directors. As you previously pointed out the Al Elmam Real Estate Company website ( www.elmamrealestate.com/ ) was last updated a decade ago and had little evidence of any activity anyway and the Foodco. Website also doesn't reveal much as it seems the small Al Firya Kuwaiti Restaurant has permanently closed (link on website doesn't work anyway) and the other two links to the restaurant franchise chains of Buffalo's Cafe and Quiznos that Mr Al-Saeed owns the franchisee rights to are also broken and unaccessable. I'm still wondering and fascinated to know how they made their fortune and what other business interests they are involved in that enabled them to buy into a League One football club? www.foodco-kw.com/index.html |
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Post by wallywalters on Sept 8, 2023 21:29:36 GMT
Assuming this is a genuine LinkedIn profile then the VP's only business interests listed are the fast food co's and it's not even clear if they are still trading, as there's been no recent reviews on Tripadvisor. / Even I've got more than 67 LinkedIn connections! Companies House still only shows Wael & co as Rovers company Directors. As you previously pointed out the Al Elmam Real Estate Company website was last updated a decade ago and had little evidence of any activity anyway and the Foodco. Website aldo doesn't reveal much as it seems the small Al Firya Kuwaiti Restaurant has permanently closed (link on website doesn't work anyway) and the other two links to the restaurant franchise chains of Buffalo's Cafe and Quiznos that Mr Al-Saeed owns the franchisee rights to are also broken and unaccessable. I'm still wondering and fascinated to know how they made their fortune and what other business interests they are involved in that enabled them to buy into a League One football club? www.foodco-kw.com/index.htmlIf theres no paper trail for the wealth usually means one thing 😬🤔 |
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 8, 2023 21:31:15 GMT
It's hard to believe that two individuals with no internet history (Google is the biggest internet co. Kuwait) can be multi millionaires and the companies they claim to run don't even seem to be operating in Kuwait. No wonder they are keeping a low public profile.
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Post by aghast on Sept 8, 2023 21:34:17 GMT
As you previously pointed out the Al Elmam Real Estate Company website was last updated a decade ago and had little evidence of any activity anyway and the Foodco. Website aldo doesn't reveal much as it seems the small Al Firya Kuwaiti Restaurant has permanently closed (link on website doesn't work anyway) and the other two links to the restaurant franchise chains of Buffalo's Cafe and Quiznos that Mr Al-Saeed owns the franchisee rights to are also broken and unaccessable. I'm still wondering and fascinated to know how they made their fortune and what other business interests they are involved in that enabled them to buy into a League One football club? www.foodco-kw.com/index.htmlIf theres no paper trail for the wealth usually means one thing 😬🤔  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2023 22:31:25 GMT
Assuming this is a genuine LinkedIn profile then the VP's only business interests listed are the fast food co's and it's not even clear if they are still trading, as there's been no recent reviews on Tripadvisor. / Even I've got more than 67 LinkedIn connections! Companies House still only shows Wael & co as Rovers company Directors. As you previously pointed out the Al Elmam Real Estate Company website ( www.elmamrealestate.com/ ) was last updated a decade ago and had little evidence of any activity anyway and the Foodco. Website also doesn't reveal much as it seems the small Al Firya Kuwaiti Restaurant has permanently closed (link on website doesn't work anyway) and the other two links to the restaurant franchise chains of Buffalo's Cafe and Quiznos that Mr Al-Saeed owns the franchisee rights to are also broken and unaccessable. I'm still wondering and fascinated to know how they made their fortune and what other business interests they are involved in that enabled them to buy into a League One football club? www.foodco-kw.com/index.htmlDon’t worry. The new bloke done an interview on radio Bristol a month or so ago and told everyone that a piece about him would be on the website imminently. In rovers time it’s probably due in about 3 weeks. |
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Post by daniel300380 on Sept 8, 2023 22:44:23 GMT
As you previously pointed out the Al Elmam Real Estate Company website ( www.elmamrealestate.com/ ) was last updated a decade ago and had little evidence of any activity anyway and the Foodco. Website also doesn't reveal much as it seems the small Al Firya Kuwaiti Restaurant has permanently closed (link on website doesn't work anyway) and the other two links to the restaurant franchise chains of Buffalo's Cafe and Quiznos that Mr Al-Saeed owns the franchisee rights to are also broken and unaccessable. I'm still wondering and fascinated to know how they made their fortune and what other business interests they are involved in that enabled them to buy into a League One football club? www.foodco-kw.com/index.htmlDon’t worry. The new bloke done an interview on radio Bristol a month or so ago and told everyone that a piece about him would be on the website imminently. In rovers time it’s probably due in about 3 weeks. Did he say website? I thought he just said a piece had been written and then it was in the next programme. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Sept 8, 2023 23:08:22 GMT
Don’t worry. The new bloke done an interview on radio Bristol a month or so ago and told everyone that a piece about him would be on the website imminently. In rovers time it’s probably due in about 3 weeks. Did he say website? I thought he just said a piece had been written and then it was in the next programme. Some background: "In the matchday programme ahead of Saturday's 1-1 home draw with Barnsley, a synopsis of AlSaeed's background was provided which said: "Hussain is a Kuwaiti businessman and entrepreneur with extensive experience in treasury and investment management, as well as real estate development. He is the founder and chairman of Al Elmam Real Estate Company, a significant real estate firm in Kuwait. "AlSaeed earned a Bachelor of Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, Ca, in 1983. His extensive experience and expertise have contributed to his success in the business world. "He began his career in finance as a treasury and investment manager at the Commercial Bank of Kuwait. He later served as assistant general manager at Kuwait Investment International Company and then founded M.E.C Consultants in Kuwait. "In 1993, AlSaeed established Al Elmam Estate Company, which has been an active participant in Kuwait's real estate market. The company has successfully developed various projects, including multi-story group housing, residential townships, shopping malls, office buildings, hotels and restaurants." " www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/hussain-al-saeed-outlines-plans-8673272?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target |
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Post by nickchippenhamgas on Sept 9, 2023 6:58:11 GMT
The jury is out for me about the new owner, if we’d have spent the £800,000 on JCH then you could see a massive statement of intent, because that fell through by either 11:20 instead of 11:15 or 4 seconds or any other excuse to not get the deal over the line, it is a meh from me at the moment
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Post by pirate on Sept 9, 2023 9:15:32 GMT
Did he say website? I thought he just said a piece had been written and then it was in the next programme. Some background: "In the matchday programme ahead of Saturday's 1-1 home draw with Barnsley, a synopsis of AlSaeed's background was provided which said: "Hussain is a Kuwaiti businessman and entrepreneur with extensive experience in treasury and investment management, as well as real estate development. He is the founder and chairman of Al Elmam Real Estate Company, a significant real estate firm in Kuwait. "AlSaeed earned a Bachelor of Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, Ca, in 1983. His extensive experience and expertise have contributed to his success in the business world. "He began his career in finance as a treasury and investment manager at the Commercial Bank of Kuwait. He later served as assistant general manager at Kuwait Investment International Company and then founded M.E.C Consultants in Kuwait. "In 1993, AlSaeed established Al Elmam Estate Company, which has been an active participant in Kuwait's real estate market. The company has successfully developed various projects, including multi-story group housing, residential townships, shopping malls, office buildings, hotels and restaurants." " www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/hussain-al-saeed-outlines-plans-8673272?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-targetI read all that previously and that would perhaps be impressive if they were taking over Mangotsfield United or Bristol Manor Farm, but I'm still left wondering how they made their fortune and what other business interests they have that enabled them to buy into a League One football club? The shoddy Foodco website isn't very clear and contains links that don't work and although we are told similarly on their amateurish real estate website (that was seemingly last updated about a decade ago and had little evidence of any activity back then) and the Post/Programme article that they successfully developed "multi-story group housing, residential townships, shopping malls, office buildings, hotels and restaurants", it isn't actually very clear from their poorly constructed websites and The Post just repeating those lines from the sites doesn't help much either. www.elmamrealestate.com/www.foodco-kw.com/index.html |
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 9, 2023 9:48:36 GMT
So we have mystery owners who when it came to the crunch couldn't, for whatever reasons, pull off their status signing.
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Post by pirate on Sept 9, 2023 9:53:08 GMT
So we have mystery owners who when it came to the crunch couldn't, for whatever reasons, pull off their status signing. 🤔🤔🤔 I could he barking up the wrong tree here, but wanting to know more about their background is reasonable considering they are getting into bed with a business losing more than £300,000 per month and desperately in need of a new stadium. The new owners websites hardly scream out to me "multi multi millions" and smashing transfer record type wealth. And with all due respect, their websites hardly scream 'professionalism' to me either. 👀 |
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Post by gulfofaden on Sept 9, 2023 10:20:48 GMT
According to football managers I've spoken to in the past they have said they know their time is up when a club won't let them spend money on permanent transfers. I’m afraid championship manager for the PlayStation doesn’t qualify as “football manager” 🤣 |
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Post by gulfofaden on Sept 9, 2023 10:29:06 GMT
So we have mystery owners who when it came to the crunch couldn't, for whatever reasons, pull off their status signing. 🤔🤔🤔 I could he barking up the wrong tree here, but wanting to know more about their background is reasonable considering they are getting into bed with a business losing more than £300,000 per month and desperately in need of a new stadium. The new owners websites hardly scream out to me "multi multi millions" and smashing transfer record type wealth. And with all due respect, their websites hardly scream 'professionalism' to me either. 👀 I found this which is significantly more professional thedoubler.tk/posts/2023/9/9/elmamrealestate-bf89 |
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Post by azulyblanco on Sept 9, 2023 10:42:46 GMT
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Post by Gassy on Sept 9, 2023 10:48:05 GMT
So we have mystery owners who when it came to the crunch couldn't, for whatever reasons, pull off their status signing. 🤔🤔🤔 Topper mate you can argue/disagree/moan about anything I swear. So here’s a picture of a rock to prove my point  |
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Post by daniel300380 on Sept 9, 2023 10:54:40 GMT
Some background: "In the matchday programme ahead of Saturday's 1-1 home draw with Barnsley, a synopsis of AlSaeed's background was provided which said: "Hussain is a Kuwaiti businessman and entrepreneur with extensive experience in treasury and investment management, as well as real estate development. He is the founder and chairman of Al Elmam Real Estate Company, a significant real estate firm in Kuwait. "AlSaeed earned a Bachelor of Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, Ca, in 1983. His extensive experience and expertise have contributed to his success in the business world. "He began his career in finance as a treasury and investment manager at the Commercial Bank of Kuwait. He later served as assistant general manager at Kuwait Investment International Company and then founded M.E.C Consultants in Kuwait. "In 1993, AlSaeed established Al Elmam Estate Company, which has been an active participant in Kuwait's real estate market. The company has successfully developed various projects, including multi-story group housing, residential townships, shopping malls, office buildings, hotels and restaurants." " www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/hussain-al-saeed-outlines-plans-8673272?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-targetI read all that previously and that would perhaps be impressive if they were taking over Mangotsfield United or Bristol Manor Farm, but I'm still left wondering how they made their fortune and what other business interests they have that enabled them to buy into a League One football club? The shoddy Foodco website isn't very clear and contains links that don't work and although we are told similarly on their amateurish real estate website (that was seemingly last updated about a decade ago and had little evidence of any activity back then) and the Post/Programme article that they successfully developed "multi-story group housing, residential townships, shopping malls, office buildings, hotels and restaurants", it isn't actually very clear from their poorly constructed websites and The Post just repeating those lines from the sites doesn't help much either. www.elmamrealestate.com/www.foodco-kw.com/index.htmlImpressive for Bristol Manor farm?? You do know how much investment companies can make? Look at Landsdown. Plus there is loads of money in real estate, some of those projects were huge. He must have had the money to fund them. I know the websites are not up to date, but that does not mean they are not still running. They might not need to advertise. He had enough money to buy his share and clear debts and Wael said he looked him to him and discussions were ongoing for months. The budget looks like it was increased and we agreed a deal with JCH. It was messed up, but they agreed to the transfer fee and wage demands. |
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Post by horfield on Sept 9, 2023 11:50:07 GMT
But why if he has bought into the club hasn't his shareholding been registered in Jersey with Dwane Sports and as Chairman/ Director of BRFC at Companies House. The investment deal was announced over two months ago.
All very odd.
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