ცოტა პესიმისტი ვარ მაგრამ უფრო რეალისტი, აგერ მე და აგერ თქვენ, თუ ეგრე არ მოხდეს ამ ზაფხულს დაიმახსოვრეთ ჩემი სიტყვები.
თუმცა იმედს ვიტოვებ რომ რეალურად მოხდება სატრანსფეროზე გაძლიერება.
ჰოჰო ჰოო, ეს უკვე თრილერს ემსგავსება
Exclusive: Russian Tycoon Makes Arsenal Counterbid
The Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov has made two counter-offers to buy out one of Arsenal’s biggest shareholders in an effort to prevent a rival businessman gaining control of the Premier League club, I can reveal.
Red & White Holdings, the investment vehicle of Alisher Usmanov, offered Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith £13,000-a-share for her 16 per cent stake in the club late last night.
I’m told that the offer, which valued the stake at just under £130m, was rebuffed. That was partly on the basis that Bracewell-Smith had already given an irrevocable undertaking to Stan Kroenke, the American who this morning effectively took control of Arsenal Holdings by taking his shareholding to 62 per cent.
“It’s difficult to get these things sorted on a Sunday night,” a person close to Usmanov tells me.
In fact, the oil magnate found sufficient time after I revealed yesterday afternoon that Kroenke was poised to take control of Arsenal to make two bids for Bracewell-Smith’s 15.9 per cent stake.
The first, I’m told, was at £12,500-per-share, and the second was lodged at £13,000-per-share.
Red & White’s offers were also rejected on the basis that while Kroenke has made significant efforts to forge close ties with the hierarchy at the Emirates Stadium, Usmanov has had a distinctly cooler relationship with the club’s board.
Bracewell-Smith said in a statement today:
“This marks the end of an era for our family’s association with Arsenal FC and we are proud to have had such a long history with one of the world’s greatest clubs. I am confident of Arsenal’s continued success both on and off the pitch and believe that Stan Kroenke will continue to develop the club in a manner true to its heritage for the players and the fans.”
Usmanov owns just over 27 per cent of Arsenal, so acquiring Bracewell-Smith’s stake would have taken him to 43 per cent, while Kroenke would have been stuck on
Under City takeover rules, both would have been obliged to make offers for the rest of Arsenal’s shares. As it stands, Kroenke's vehicle KSE has agreed an offer with the board to pay £11,750 for each of the outstanding Arsenal shares.
So what will Usmanov do now?
Well, it seems unlikely that he can now mount a credible counter-offer that would not involve paying what you and I would call silly money for Arsenal (even if you’re a die-hard fan).
So he can either sell his 27 per cent shareholding for what I’m told would be a modest profit, or he can sit tight and cause a headache for Arsenal’s new owner.
I’m told that the latter option looks much more likely.
This post has been edited by gio0989 on 11 Apr 2011, 23:05 
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