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Hate to plug a rival, but upthesaints.com are reporting that the deal has been signed, and we are now in Swiss owership. The deal includes "a member of the Liebherr family". Could they be the TMZ.com of the South Coast??

Love the way they keep changing their headline too - even though the article content harldly changes. Notice they're being very careful with their language, e.g. "There always remains the chance of last-minute complications but the remaining couple of glitches were ironed out this morning, it is understood."

Perhaps just to tell them their bid had failed? We can hope... This is killing me...!

What, he's on jury service you mean? Wonder if he'll visit that imaginary chip shop...

Au contraire... I just found this picture of The Ohrlob! Not quite as impressive as I'd imagined...

Someone on the Echo site said they saw it arriving - which doesn't quite make sense as surely they'd already be here... ... or maybe it's the main man rolling in with his Mont Blanc fountain pen to sign off the deal???

That is a p*ss take, right? Awful eurotrash...

Is it bigger than Paul Allen's??

Oh FFS...

We need to find a Swiss flag manufacturer for the new season... Wonder also if we'll end up with Liebherr as our sponsor? Do the sponsor any other teams in Switzerland or Germany?

Was going to say "I can't stand up, for falling down", but given today news how about: A New England (Switzerland?) - Billy Bragg/Kirsty MacColl -or- This IS the day - The The

I'm hoping someone allegedly planning to buy a club down the road becomes the first!! Is the FL "fit & proper persons" test, managed by a shared resources (with the FA), or a separate test?

Roberto Mancini is still looking...

I agree we do need a new mangement team, and a new start. That said, my stance on Wotte has softened somewhat, so if there's a role in the Academy, or perhaps scouting in Europe I wouldn't be too put out if he got that.

But the Swiss were in the frame when he gave Pinnacle exclusivity - or are you saying Pinnacle were going to pay a higher figure? Who knows... thought I thought he'd have checked on availability of funds a bit closer. Anyway, who cares if we get the right outcome!

Any of - Ince, Coppell, Dowie, Keegan - for various different reasons. For stability etc. I think Coppell might be a good choice, although I think he fancies some time away from the game. Ince may be heading back to MKD's.

Knew it was too good to be true!! Let's hope whoever it is, they are still minted, and the deal still goes through. At least Solent seem positive still. I share their confusion on why Pinnacle got exclusivity, when this lot sound so much more of a solid organisation...?

There isn't one, but (a) lots of other clubs are owned by organisations that have diverged into the football indudustry, and (b) who cares! Hope it's true.

"Sha na na na na na na... sha na na na na na na na..." Shame they never stayed around for longer, couple of classic singles. Still not as good as Electronic though...!

Two more words - League One!

As the saying goes "we are where we are"! Sadly, we have to eat some humble pie for a while, but Murty is just the sort of fella who can help us build a credible promotion push. Good signing if it comes off imo.

If he's worth what Wikipedia says he is, we can only hope!!

Great, sign him up and make him captain. Just what we need.

Believe the aim in to complete tonight, not sure if they'll announce tomorrow though or Monday.

Which still begs the question, how did Fry get 'duped' into thinking Pinnacle had the funds to do the deal? Isn't (proper) due diligence on the buying entity part of his role? Anyway, let's hope the deal goes through ASAP.