StiffTackle
Full Member
- Joined
- Dec 2, 2021
- Messages
- 108
But its not like the Raine Group will publically announce who has made it to the final cut of potential bidders/buyers. So how do you suggest fans 'pressure' potential winner?
Besides they could intentionally leak some rumour to encourage a different outcome or nudge a higher price.
The process for Chelsea was that they encouraged bids by a certain deadline and then announced which of those bids made their final “preferred bids” list. This is how Chelsea fans were able to hound that other guy out of the running because of comments he had made.
Of course there is no guarantee they will do it this time, but the suggestions in the media are that they’ve set the deadline for mid February and plan to announce their preferred bidders then. It makes sense to publicly announce it in the hope you can get the finalists into a bidding war against each other.
But yes agreed, if there is someone who insists on privacy and massively outbids all the others before things even get started, fans wont be able to have any influence.