Thames Sports Investment

[FiNeRaIn]

[Jamie Who?]

The Independents David Conn reports on Samuelson :

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/david-conn-rooney-may-have-gone-west-but-kenwright-is-looking-east-for-cash-6161455.html

Sources close to Fortress tell it rather differently. Samuelson, along with a couple of former partners, has a long history of managing money in offshore tax havens - he has addresses in Bermuda, Gibraltar and Geneva - and he operated for several years on behalf of Menatep, Khodorkovsky's holding company. When Kenwright made contact with him, via the players' agent Jerome Anderson, Samuelson did reach into his Russian contact book. The sources claim he was indeed talking to Boris Zingarevich, hence Anton's interest, but when the stories emerged about his potential involvement, Zingarevich withdrew because he is extremely averse to the publicity.

Whichever version is correct, it seems Zingarevich's money is not coming to Goodison. However, Samuelson is said to have looked elsewhere, and be close to securing the £30m from a clutch of investors, as yet unnamed. Fortress sources have even come up with the surprising news that Samuelson is a longstanding Everton fan, for whom this is "more than business".

[muddyfeet]

Jamie you have been a member since 2006, why have you never previously posted?

[roadrunner]

Jamie you have been a member since 2006, why have you never previously posted?

He never had anything positive to say?

[mr_number]

Jamie you have been a member since 2006, why have you never previously posted?

He is Bill Kenwright AICMFP

[roadrunner]

[Jamie Who?]

Jamie you have been a member since 2006, why have you never previously posted?

Never been anything worthwhile amongst all the trivia, slagging off and arguments I felt was worth posting about.

But as I'm not welcome I'll go back to lurking. Byeeeee.

And if you want positivity, that's fine. I'll leave you with a nice, positive story.

[roadrunner]

Jamie you have been a member since 2006, why have you never previously posted?

Never been anything worthwhile amongst all the trivia, slagging off and arguments I felt was worth posting about.

But as I'm not welcome I'll go back to lurking. Byeeeee.

And if you want positivity, that's fine. I'll leave you with a nice, positive story.

Anything Else would welcome you with open legs. Pop in.

[muddyfeet]

was just asking m8

[muddyfeet]

I dont think he takes feedback very well

[ZacNaloen]

You can't trust anything that anyone says when trying to save face.

[Simon's Church]

Well done Jamie, this thread was boring as shit a couple of pages ago. Now we've got gifs, pics ans some potential ebeef. Good work

[JC]

I do not understand all the fuss about this chap Samuelson. He is the UK representative of Anton Zingarevich and he was when the Everton deal fell through. The articles all seem to talk as if he was fronting the deal whereas he was just a representative.

[Platypuss]

Jamie you have been a member since 2006, why have you never previously posted?

Never been anything worthwhile amongst all the trivia, slagging off and arguments I felt was worth posting about.

Looks like Samuelson isn't the only one who chooses to use a new entity in order to keep the identity of those really behind it private.

[Vision]

I was always dead set against this sort of foreign investment but just the reaction to it has made everything worthwhile whether it goes ahead or not.

What will really make my January though is if after all the talk about doing a Chelsea/Man City etc we end January's transfer window with :-

1) An Irish bog player (c)Dodger
2) A girl called Karley from Brentford Ladies
3) 86 year old Jason Roberts.

[FiNeRaIn]

lmfao, i'd completely forgotten we'd even signed sheppard. hands up who else

[winchester_royal]

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Philip+McNULTY%3A+Fortress+may+be+crumbling.-a0127019196

A good summary account of what what happened at Everton.

Looks like Chris Samuelson made lots of promises which the Everton Chairman believed (in good faith), but what was promised never materialised.

McNulty is just about the worst football journalist going.

He's just regurgitating what Kenwright told him, impossible to know what actually went on.

However this interview with Madejski (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16700763.stm) makes me feel very confident about it all.

[TBM]

Zingarevich Jr. is believed to be a Zenit St Petersburg supporter. Speaking to Fontanka.ru (a St Pete based media outlet) the Russian stressed he aims to create “a profound outfit” at Reading.

When asked which team he would support if Reading met Zenit in a European competition, he noted: “You won’t confuse me. If the clubs meet each other then the TSI investors have made a good choice supporting my business plan.”

[Platypuss]

"I was asked to find a very rich investor with a real love of football, and ideal for the Toffees, by Bill Kenwright. I did within two weeks of the original request, and not just once. The first one was perfect but he hates publicity and when it came he had to withdraw. He promised to return but did not. The second one died very quickly having been diagnosed with cancer.

Is it feasible that Mr Mad approached Samuelson (or a proxy) first?

[Pepe the Horseman]

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was just asking m8

I hope you're proud of yourself