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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Feb 19, 2016 7:20:05 GMT
Heard it here first...www.bristolpost.co.uk/BRISTOL-ROVERS-Influential-Jordanian-family/story-28763788-detail/story.html BRISTOL Rovers are at an advanced stage in talks with a Jordanian family interested in making a significant investment in the club, the Bristol Post understands.
Rovers have continually made public a desire to attract new investment and recently confirmed that as many as 12 groups of potential investors had expressed interest, which failed to materialise into anything significant.
Yet, the Post has learned that Rovers have been in ongoing discussions with the Al-Qadi family, who are significant shareholders in the Arab Jordan Investment Bank (AJIB), for several months and an announcement that a deal has been signed is believed to be imminent.
The family, which is considered one of the most influential in Jordan due to their banking and tourism interests, is headed by Abdulkader Al-Qadi, who founded AJIB in 1978.
The Post understands that the investment is a "family commitment" but that one of Al-Qadi's three sons, Wael, would take a lead in managing the investment at board level.
Currently working as an assistant general manager at AJIB, Wael has a keen interest in football and has held positions at both the Jordan Football Association and the Asian Football Development Project, which was founded by FIFA presidential candidate HRH Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein.
He is a keen Chelsea supporter as a result of being schooled in London as a youngster before going on to complete his education in America at firstly, Boston University, and then, Harvard Business School.
Several members of the family are expected to be present at the club's annual Valentine's Ball tomorrow night after taking in Rovers' League Two game against Morecambe at the Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
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Post by RD on Feb 19, 2016 7:22:28 GMT
James McNamara too the lying get!
Can't believe there haven't even been rumours of a takeover. You'd have thought some rumours of this may have broke by now.
This has come as a complete shock. Wow.
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Post by Henbury Gas on Feb 19, 2016 7:23:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2016 7:23:17 GMT
Great news! But hardly heard here first!
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Post by pudseygas on Feb 19, 2016 7:25:17 GMT
Source please James
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Post by jonjames on Feb 19, 2016 7:27:19 GMT
The thought of this makes me excited, nervous and sad all at the same time.
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Post by socrates on Feb 19, 2016 7:30:16 GMT
My first thought on this was that we can probably build the UWE now. My second is that I hope they don't sack Clarke. Mixed emotions on this one let's hope that if they buy the club they know what they're doing.
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Post by Captain Jayho on Feb 19, 2016 7:31:48 GMT
'significant investment' is an interesting choice of words - as opposed to 'takeover'. Could be nothing of course but implies there's a chance NH will stay on the board. Time will tell.
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Post by Gasshole on Feb 19, 2016 7:32:18 GMT
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees, GTFI. No pressure but we'd better win tomorrow . PS when do we get our Massarati's.
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Post by Gashead73 on Feb 19, 2016 7:33:34 GMT
Thank God its not Yanks!
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Post by bstokegas on Feb 19, 2016 7:34:50 GMT
So is this the same guy that was following various Rovers people on twitter a while back?
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Post by Henbury Gas on Feb 19, 2016 7:35:48 GMT
.. and the son in the family is good friends with the Chelsea owner (he banks with them) and a certain my Jose Mour.... no i can't say his name
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Post by Strange Gas on Feb 19, 2016 7:35:54 GMT
'significant investment' is an interesting choice of words - as opposed to 'takeover'. Could be nothing of course but implies there's a chance NH will stay on the board. Time will tell. This article just continues the speculation for now, but looks like the idea would be current board stay on, which I have always felt was what Higgs was looking for and why he brought in Sexstone, as not a credible proposition without him
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Post by peterparker on Feb 19, 2016 7:42:10 GMT
Just done some googling and they seem to have less than 200 million dollars wealth.
Not sure we should sell out to someone so low
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Post by Henbury Gas on Feb 19, 2016 7:43:23 GMT
نحن نؤمن بالله
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Post by philbemmygas on Feb 19, 2016 7:43:50 GMT
Ah, the old Evil Post has printed a story.
How much was gleaned from the threads on here (new beginning and the end game)?
Seriously I hope there is some credibility in this story.
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Post by Cantankerous Gas on Feb 19, 2016 7:44:22 GMT
Higgsy this morning.....
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Feb 19, 2016 7:45:16 GMT
I hope this was the best offer on the table.
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Post by Captain Jayho on Feb 19, 2016 7:46:15 GMT
'significant investment' is an interesting choice of words - as opposed to 'takeover'. Could be nothing of course but implies there's a chance NH will stay on the board. Time will tell. This article just continues the speculation for now, but looks like the idea would be current board stay on, which I have always felt was what Higgs was looking for and why he brought in Sexstone, as not a credible proposition without him Would love to see the Duke of Guernsey's face this morning. Significant investment in the other show in town wouldn't exactly have been in the plan for Bristol Sport's attempted city-wide domination. On top of that we also now have his Sextoy. He must be ropeable.
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Post by stuart1974 on Feb 19, 2016 7:48:05 GMT
I suggested this many moons ago and then even Gasincider dismissed it. Thanks for the vote of confidence guys!
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