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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/lifestyle/wealthy-chinese-snap-up/953698.html

New shipyard next to a revamped stadium complete with integral AMC cinema complex to boot...? I've missed these takeover threads

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Jianlin

Oh, go on then..... Arm twisted.... They'll do....

Help me Wanda...

A Chinese company eh? Do they also own an oil rig per chance?

One of their intrepid journos has started to poke his nose in.... Neil Allen ‏@pn_neil_allen Can anyone tell me if our old friend David Bick still works on behalf of Southampton?

Blackmore is suggesting that the Liebherrs have reneged on the agreement that was struck with Cortese last May. So, if that's true, this isn't simply another case of Cortese 'stamping his feet' for the same reasons again, it's more to do with him getting angry that an agreement hasn't been honoured (supposedly)

Blackmore is suggesting that the Liebherrs have reneged on the agreement that was struck with Cortese last May. So, if that's true, this isn't simply another case of Cortese 'stamping his feet' for the same reasons again, it's more to do with him getting angry that an agreement has supposedly been broken.

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Was the same in May. Not a peep from the Liebherrs (before, during or after)

@pn_neil_allen: Can anyone tell me if our old friend David Bick still works on behalf of Southampton?

I'll bite if I may...You can build a house on sold foundations but what if an undiscovered world war 2 bomb goes off underneath it some years later?

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?t=45094

Nah.... That only works when you've got a tinpot club to start with...

Could we see a scenario where Cortese resigns, the Liebherrs sell and Cortese is then re-employed by the new owners? A long-winded means to an end? Edit: just read above and would appear that this is the prevailing view

If Cortese has financial backers waiting in the wings why not simply sell the club to them BEFORE Cortese leaves? Perhaps they think they can get more money selling to someone else...

Maybe that's his aim... To hack them off to the point where they sell up... A potentially risky strategy granted...

IIRC, he said back in the early days that he had 'financial backers waiting in the wings' if the Liebherrs ever decided to pull the plug. Another BBC interview at the time. (Got a link MLG?)

Dear Katharina, Please sell the club to Cortese's backers. Yours, 'Most' (?) Saints Fans

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@SkySportsAmy: Sources telling me Cortese will be leaving Southampton @SkySportsNews

@SkySportsNews: News on the future of Southampton chairman Nicola Cortese coming up on Sky Sports News #SSN

And a reminder of the closing paragraphs of Ben Smith's Cortese article last month... http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/25420261

My hunch? We'll have new owners before the start of next season... With Cortese still at the helm... IMO of course