It’s actually fascinating reading the first page of this thread and seeing the elation when the news first broke. Well over 6 months ago.
The Glazer's and Raine have definitely manipulated both parties into bidding more. The line "talks ongoing with all parties" emphasises that. The Glazer's and their instrument Raine have got everyone on a string and they have intricately used the media as tool to send out ambiguous messages and then closed ranks again by saying nothing.
That line Raine used at the begininng "we aim for a sale during the first quarter". What a load of Shyte.
It needs a strong armed business mentality to deal with this lot and Jassim did do it (albeit belatedly) prior to his 5th bid, but he has now retreated again; "the deadline for acceptance is not this Friday". I think Jassim has fallen hook line and sinker. If he believes that Ineous are a "stalking horse" , then he should have been more decisive. The opening line he gave at the outset was that he did not want to be bidding against himself, well to an extent he possibly has.