Matthew Le Tissier Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 (edited) A few months back I posted on here that Cortese was in London holding meetings with potential new owners. The plan I believe has been work in progress for some time. He wants to have complete control of the club. He is planning on heading the purchase of the club with his very good friend Dalian Wanda. There is no way on earth the man would have done everything he has done to date at the training ground etc and walk away. He has used KL money to build it to a standard where it would be more attractive to purchase and would be cheaper to buy it with the work already completed rather than buy the club and use the new money to have it done. As much as I would like to see him gone for good in afraid I think his return will be sooner rather than later. Its common knowledge KL has only kept the club to keep Marcus 9 year old grandson happy as he has become a saints fan. He on occasions flys in with his friend and shaperone to watch matches. And to date he has been the reason she has not sold it on He also with his attention to detail planed his 3 months notice to fall in the transfer window. I believe they were happy to wait till the end of the season but a disagreement with kl in this transfer window has speeded things up. This is why poch is hanging on as its expected if kl doesn't dig her heals in they will soon be in each others arms again. http://www.cityam.com/article/1378945247/sunseeker-buyer-wanda-has-5bn-year-invest-overseas Don't shoot the messenger! These things can fall apart as quick as they start but only time will tell! Edited 16 January, 2014 by Matthew Le Tissier
Ed Rooney Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 Dalian Wanda is not a person it's a company
itchen_dan Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 You do know Dalian Wanda isn't a person... It's a corporation...
Pastor Patrón Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 He is planning on heading the purchase of the club with his very good friend Dalian Wanda. Dalian Wanda is a company not a person you prat, Dalian is a city in China. ^ wizards
shurlock Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 Before someone else covers your post in a jizz of facepalms and mcinnes You do realise that Dalian Wanda is not a person? That it is a name of a company, derived from where its headquarters are located, Dalian, China. File away in the thick MLT b******t folder
shurlock Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 Perhaps you meant Wang Jianlin? I take it all back
Glasgow_Saint Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 (edited) He is planning on heading the purchase of the club with his very good friend Dalian Wanda. Good news - thanks for the info MLT. ignore the trolls Edited 16 January, 2014 by Glasgow_Saint
Matthew Le Tissier Posted 16 January, 2014 Author Posted 16 January, 2014 I also forgot to add he has a nice boat courtesy of dalian Wanda
Pastor Patrón Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 I hear Cortese invited his good friend B&Q to dinner last night, make of that what you will.
Ed Rooney Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 Do you mean his good friend Wang Jianlin of Dalian Wanda who have just purchased sunseeker who have their headquarters in Poole. There have been some rumours floating around regarding this over the past few weeks
Pastor Patrón Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 Wait I just saw he's worth 14billion, I choose to take this seriously now out of hope.
Turkish Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 A few months back I posted on here that Cortese was in London holding meetings with potential new owners. The plan I believe has been work in progress for some time. He wants to have complete control of the club. He is planning on heading the purchase of the club with his very good friend Dalian Wanda. There is no way on earth the man would have done everything he has done to date at the training ground etc and walk away. He has used KL money to build it to a standard where it would be more attractive to purchase and would be cheaper to buy it with the work already completed rather than buy the club and use the new money to have it done. As much as I would like to see him gone for good in afraid I think his return will be sooner rather than later. Its common knowledge KL has only kept the club to keep Marcus 9 year old grandson happy as he has become a saints fan. He on occasions flys in with his friend and shaperone to watch matches. And to date he has been the reason she has not sold it on He also with his attention to detail planed his 3 months notice to fall in the transfer window. I believe they were happy to wait till the end of the season but a disagreement with kl in this transfer window has speeded things up. This is why poch is hanging on as its expected if kl doesn't dig her heals in they will soon be in each others arms again. http://www.cityam.com/article/1378945247/sunseeker-buyer-wanda-has-5bn-year-invest-overseas Don't shoot the messenger! These things can fall apart as quick as they start but only time will tell! Yes Obviously are you sure? Cortese is good friends with an entire company?
Matthew Le Tissier Posted 16 January, 2014 Author Posted 16 January, 2014 Perhaps you meant Wang Jianlin? I take it all back I see why you are called Sherlock now. Jianlin is the chairman yes as in the link i posted with the post. Cortese is very close to all involved with him and his family (dalian Wanda ) Time will tell
Ed Rooney Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 Wait I just saw he's worth 14billion, I choose to take this seriously now out of hope. He is minted minted minted
trousers Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 This was covered on the 'Is Cortese Going?' thread yesterday. Would be happy for this scenario to materialise. One of my many hunches is telling me we haven't seen the last of Mr Cortese...
Matthew Le Tissier Posted 16 January, 2014 Author Posted 16 January, 2014 I assume you clicked on the link above
benjii Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 He was having a beer in The Clump with Johnny Walker and Glenn Morangie earlier too.
diggers Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 Do you mean his good friend Wang Jianlin of Dalian Wanda who have just purchased sunseeker who have their headquarters in Poole. There have been some rumours floating around regarding this over the past few weeks I'm so childish at times LOL
Pastor Patrón Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 He is minted minted minted Bring on the Champions League
Ed Rooney Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 I'm so childish at times LOL I laughed anyway
Ed Rooney Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 Bring on the Champions League Classic, but the bloke at the back looks far too much like Rupert Lowe for me to laugh too much at it
saint_kev Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 We could be owned by worse than the guy who owns Sunseeker. As fantasies go, it works for me and ties in with Cortese's interest in redevelopment of the area.
Turkish Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 i for one dont think we've seen the last of Cortese.
adrian lord Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 All makes sense, I must admit and neatly fits the facts we know. I would be a little worried that the Asian penchant for name changing might surface and we become "The Southampton Sunseekers", or even, perhaps after Pompey sink beneath the waves, a south coast super-club "The Solent Wandarers"
Dark Munster Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 Its common knowledge KL has only kept the club to keep Marcus 9 year old grandson happy as he has become a saints fan. He on occasions flys in with his friend and shaperone to watch matches. And to date he has been the reason she has not sold it on How common? News to me. Perhaps she could sell Saints to the grandson. Seems like he's a bright kid (with lots of dosh, presumably).
sotonist Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 Its common knowledge KL has only kept the club to keep Marcus 9 year old grandson happy as he has become a saints fan. He on occasions flys in with his friend and shaperone to watch matches. is that like a toblerone?
bristolsaint29 Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 How common? News to me. Perhaps she could sell Saints to the grandson. Seems like he's a bright kid (with lots of dosh, presumably). I didn't know either. Who did out of interest?
View From The Top Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 I would imagine that many of us fully expect NC to buy the club.
Wade Garrett Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 This is right up there with the Paul Allen rumours. The grandson bit seems a bit far-fetched but fair play to the OP for putting it up here.
LGTL Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 Ah I've missed these days, it's good to be back.
Badger Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 I would imagine that many of us fully expect NC to buy the club. It has been mentioned somewhere. & that his first signing on coming back might be Dalian Atkinson as player-manager.
malcolm waldron Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 I didn't know either. Who did out of interest? I'm really annoyed now that a bad week has been made a lot worse by the fact that everyone knows the grandson is a massive Saints fan apart from me; although I have seen a young kid not far from where we sit in the family section eating a toblerone on match days. Is that him.....?
scotty Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 i for one dont think we've seen the last of Cortese. Have you cancelled the contract then?
Badger Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 I'm really annoyed now that a bad week has been made a lot worse by the fact that everyone knows the grandson is a massive Saints fan apart from me; although I have seen a young kid not far from where we sit in the family section eating a toblerone on match days. Is that him.....? I think he was ejected recently, Police discovered he had smuggled a cuckoo-clock into the ground and was about to throw it at a linesman
doubleonothing Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 This is right up there with the Paul Allen rumours. The grandson bit seems a bit far-fetched but fair play to the OP for putting it up here. Paul Allen's yacht is in Hamburg BTW. I shall keep the board updated
M271 Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 Sunseeker already a minor sponsor and a localish company and would fit in with looking to redevelop the area. Might even finally get the Monkey Chicken Petting Zoo, can anyone dig out the original plans?
nta786 Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N5G6vE_NAoE I think I've found Markus' grandson.
adrian lord Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 Why are premier league branded dugout seats always that sports car design? Why not Chesterfields?
Glasgow_Saint Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N5G6vE_NAoE I think I've found Markus' grandson. That kid is brilliant! Love the back stroke
Stud mark of doom Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 No link to Help Me Wanda I hope! All sounds a bit fishy to me.
Matthew Le Tissier Posted 16 January, 2014 Author Posted 16 January, 2014 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N5G6vE_NAoE I think I've found Markus' grandson. Its a shame he wasn't talking about fox leaving as if so that video would be classic
SNSUN Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 I know of a Dalian Atkinson. Proper football man he is too. However I'm not sure he has enough money to buy the club, he only had an average footballing career. I know also of a Wanda Sykes. She's had a relatively successful film and television career. I'm not sure that she's be the right person to take over the club though. Dalian Wanda I've never heard of. I hope this information is useful.
Badger Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 No link to Help Me Wanda I hope! All sounds a bit fishy to me. If there is to be a bid, then hope it happens swiftly, unlike 2007. Don't want a summer of dilly Dalian.
Matthew Le Tissier Posted 16 January, 2014 Author Posted 16 January, 2014 Cortese didn't drag the players out to the boat show to be seen all over the sunseekers for nothing. Rumour has it shortly after a few had nice sunseekers as well! I'm sure the truth will come out one way or another
trousers Posted 16 January, 2014 Posted 16 January, 2014 No link to Help Me Wanda I hope! I did that play on words yesterday FFS...
Matthew Le Tissier Posted 16 January, 2014 Author Posted 16 January, 2014 http://www.sunseeker.com.au/news/newsitem.php?id=404
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