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Albion Matchday Forum / Re: In Game Chat
« on: January 20, 2024, 04:54:19 PM »
These lot need to get back on that training ground and practise their shooting - it's been abysmal.
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John Percy article.
West Bromwich Albion are in advanced talks with American entrepreneur Shilen Patel over a potential takeover of the Championship club.
Patel has emerged as the preferred choice for Albion’s owner Guochuan Lai, with a period of exclusivity set to be granted this month.
Previously the founder and chief executive of HealthAxis Group, a software company based in Tampa, Patel and his party are understood to have made progress in recent weeks over ending Lai’s seven-year ownership.
Telegraph Sport revealed last month that three parties were keen to buy West Brom, who are beset by financial difficulties and facing the prospect of losing first-team players in the January transfer window.
Patel is now at the front of the queue to complete a takeover, which will cost an estimated £30-35 million plus the additional loans to take the overall price closer towards £60 million.
The son of Dr Kiran Patel, whose net worth is an estimated $400 million, Patel has now assumed control of the family business.
Patel would have to pass the English Football League’s owners and directors’ test and, at this stage, there is no indication on how close the takeover will be.
Sources have confirmed, however, that talks are ongoing and there is a degree of optimism over a deal being completed.
Lai acquired the West Midlands club from Jeremy Peace for more than £200 million in July 2016.
He has come under heavy scrutiny after declining to pay back a £5 million loan which was paid to one of his companies in June 2021.
There is also an outstanding loan from the club to Peace’s company WBA Holdings Ltd which now stands at £5 million after interest. A further £2 million was taken out in September 2021, with Lai borrowing money from an independent lender that is not owed to the club.
Lai has also been unable to provide investment outside of television money and parachute payments, while borrowing over £20 million from American investment company MSD Holdings Limited, plus an additional loan last month.
West Brom are currently fifth in the Championship table under their highly regarded head coach Carlos Corberan. They face Blackburn at home on Saturday.
How is almost perfect to protect a lead?
Did he learn how to tackle whilst injured?
Hoping BTA gets told to play with his back to goal and the attacking three (Sarmiento/Swift/Wallace) and Mowatt are told to shoot whenever they get a chance. Lets really make life hard for the backup 'keeper.
This stupid low block 442 we’re playing without the ball is asking way too much of the wide players in terms of off the ball running. Assuming we are taken over, should we really trust Corberan to have a say in who we bring in? Think it’s fair to say the players that have been brought in since he arrived have all been extremely underwhelming to say the least.
I’m not basing my comment on today alone. Every time he takes all the pace out of our attack by doing stupid, meaningless step overs. That goal against Cardiff was a complete fluke.
He is absolutely terrible.
A chap who sits close by me said he likes Christmas at home.
The decision to switch to a back four for the last few games is just baffling.