BBC are reporting that Mr T has agreed a deal in principle with the american consortium but are saying he has a meeting with a Chinese geezer on Tuesday.

I don't like the sound of a 'consortium' taking over at Notts, they might have money but be right idiots and have no clue about football, I'd much rather have Alan Hardy who care about notts and would care about the fans!

Chinese may have better idea of defensive "great" walls than Jamie. Maybe Scardino returns ???  

Whistles..... @super_ram

I'd rather have Alan Hardy at the reins, but I must ask. Why all of sudden are other people reportedly making 'offers', to which local journalists do not know 'who'? Yes, yes, yes... I know agreements have been reportedly signed but everything quiet, then Hardy says it looks like it's off - then the day after it seems like there's 'some' hope. it goes quiet and reports are that he has purchased the club, followed by the offer had been made 'in writing'.

Now we are being told these quiet 'Americans' have placed a bid and a deal has been agreed in principle.

I hope all parties involved are good at poker, where's PokerPie when you need him.

Edited March 18, 201610 yr by super_ram

I thought Ray Trew was no longer handling the sale of the club...

The danger is that with an overseas consortium, they continue with Jamie as manager.... how long will it take to get the FL to agree that they pass the "Fit and Proper persons" test? Maybe a long time for "overseas owners". 

If Notts are taken over by a foreign consortium, I doubt I'll support/follow the club any longer. Can't go through another Munto. Sincerely hope Mr Hardy is the new owner.

Alan Hardey has just tweeted:

"Sorry guys, I really did my best. Let's hope Ray Trew selects wiseley and we don't inherit empty, soulless promises"

Judging by that, I think we can safely say he won't be the club's new owner.

We don't know anything about this consortium, we'll have to wait and see I guess. I'm sure Ray wil do his due dilligance and the FL will make sure they're fit and proper, especially after the Munto fiasco. 

Must say its kind of exciting and nerve racking also , my own preference is AH , notts fan local ect ect , but who knows how even an overseas owner may do what all notts fans would love, and that's bring stability and forward movement , all without jeopardising our very league status 

The majority of foreign owners have little or no concept of English football. Americans think in terms of their own sports which are franchises. Franchise is a dirty word in English football.

Alan Hardy ‏@Bigalanh5  6m6 minutes ago

Alan Hardy Retweeted Josh Spencer

#circus is exactly how I'm feeling tonight especially as I understand his agent recommended my offer be accepted!!

I'm not sure how to feel about this news. Alan Hardy felt like the safe option because he's a supporter and local man. I suppose until we know exactly who they are and how much they are worth it's difficult to say! The club needs to be run properly and nobody wants another Munto as in non existent!! It would be great if we really did have very wealthy owners with ambition. I want JF replaced with an experienced manager who knows the English leagues well. Definitely want ticket prices reducing because I believe we'd get more supporters coming to games at affordable prices and thus a much better atmosphere. 

Warning signs of the Scardino years... investment blundered on players like Worthless...we had no saleable assets as we entered administration the first time. One only has to look at American involvement in Villa and Fulham where wrong decisions have been made.

37 minutes ago, Dripsey3 said:

The majority of foreign owners have little or no concept of English football. Americans think in terms of their own sports which are franchises. Franchise is a dirty word in English football.

*cough*... Randy Lerner... *cough*... Billions to spend and not one proper football person on the board... *cough*... relegation and shame.

*cough cough*

My immediate issue with the words "American" and "consortium" is not that I feel Americans, Canadians or others are incapable of understanding the nuances of English football, because I genuinely believe we can. My issue is that this sort of terminology generally means we're talking about financial people. As someone looking at this whole situation from across the pond, I can honestly say that I echo the sentiments of those who preferred Hardy not simply because he is indeed a local boy, but because he's a fairly sharp one at that. Notts needs someone (singular) who has a real vision. I feel this way about all clubs. Worldwide. Vision and the willingness to allow a certain degree of fan ownership and fan influence on the composition of the board; the "texture", for lack of a better word, of the club as a whole.

With regard to Villa, I think they're a flawless example of a club that has had all the financial backing anyone could ever ask for, and not one person at the top with the aforementioned vision required to craft something worthy of the top tier. I think Randy really did try, but without the right people in place and a solid long-term strategy, all he was doing was throwing money on a steadily growing bonfire.

I just hope we don't end up with a team of perceived value builders. Clubs, like human beings, are fairly organic things. Balance sheets are all well and good, but unless there's real passion in the recipe and fire under the pot, the soup of numbers will be cold indeed.

I just don't like the fact we know nothing about them, they are reported to be billionaires but no one knows ? What's to say they will spend if they are ? It just all seems abit fishy to me.

With Alan Hardy we knew where we stood, he cares deeply about notts and has ambition to take us forward but I think Mr T just wants as much money as possible, Hardy said on the twits that one of Trews agents recommended his offer but then Mrs T slammed it and simply posted NDA, possibly reminding AH he can't talk about anything

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Whoever the new owners turn out to be, I really, really hope they stay well away from messageboards and Twitter.  Just tell us what we need to know on the official site like most well run clubs.