Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
So, the club has officially returned to private hands today for the first time since October 1983: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16571738
There had been some suggestion on the thread on the old board that this was important to the new stadium because a) it would make it easier for ENIC to secure bigger loans and b) when they agree a naming rights deal, they won't now need to disclose the details (which the investor would obviously prefer).
If b) is the case then who knows, a naming rights deal (Qatar Airlines or whoever) might be announced sooner rather than later. The delisting might even have been a conditition of an already struck deal. We can hope anyway.
There had been some suggestion on the thread on the old board that this was important to the new stadium because a) it would make it easier for ENIC to secure bigger loans and b) when they agree a naming rights deal, they won't now need to disclose the details (which the investor would obviously prefer).
If b) is the case then who knows, a naming rights deal (Qatar Airlines or whoever) might be announced sooner rather than later. The delisting might even have been a conditition of an already struck deal. We can hope anyway.