UPDATED: " THE SALE / IT'S GETTING CLOSER "

No to Dalman, should of got rid when he wanted Charlton!

Bale and his consortium definitely the best option in my opinion. The exposure Cardiff will receive from Bale being the face of it would be huge. The fact he said he wants to be heavily involved is also reassuring. He will make sure the right people are behind him.

Updated:

Front Runner:

The South African is looking the closest and is obsessed to get us before the League Season Starts, been after us for over a year, But Tan played games while we were in the Championship and has only come to the table since Relegated in May.


Dalmans Consortium he has put together look like being in 2nd place.

Bales Consortium he’s put together and put in 2 Bids in writing , Tan will not accept as lower than the others at the moment.
What Bale has done has helped as Tan had become very ignorant and arrogant.

Bales got the others moving faster.

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Do you know much about the South African bidder?

Is it a group or a wealthy individual.

What sort of business they are in.

Do you know much about the South African bidder?

Is it a group or a wealthy individual.

What sort of business they are in.

South African

Richer than the other two parties put together

Wants Cardiff City beyond, Obsessed to get us.

Updated:

Front Runner:

The South African is looking the closest and is obsessed to get us before the League Season Starts, been after us for over a year, But Tan played games while we were in the Championship and has only come to the table since Relegated in May.


Dalmans Consortium he has put together look like being in 2nd place.

Bales Consortium he’s put together and put in 2 Bids in writing , Tan will not accept as lower than the others at the moment.
What Bale has done has helped as Tan had become very ignorant and arrogant.

Bales got the others moving faster.

According to ChatGPT there are no USA born, South African citizen billionaires. There are South African born, USA citizens that are billionaires but not the other way around.

Updated:

Front Runner:

The South African is looking the closest and is obsessed to get us before the League Season Starts, been after us for over a year, But Tan played games while we were in the Championship and has only come to the table since Relegated in May.


Dalmans Consortium he has put together look like being in 2nd place.

Bales Consortium he’s put together and put in 2 Bids in writing , Tan will not accept as lower than the others at the moment.
What Bale has done has helped as Tan had become very ignorant and arrogant.

Bales got the others moving faster.

According to ChatGPT there are no USA born, South African citizen billionaires. There are South African born, USA citizens that are billionaires but not the other way around.

Maybe I’ve got it the wrong way around, but that’s nothing, he’s 100% Genuine.

But he is a very very Serious Buyer and Wants us big time, that’s what matters

And has the money.

I am very conscious that I might be putting two and two together here and making five but some years back, when Sam was interested in buying the club, I was speaking to a contact of mine (with strong Cardiff connections) and was told about a South African connection who were interested in buying the club.

At that time Tan refused to show him the accounts and the bid went no further.

Like I said I might be putting two and two together and making five - but I wonder whether this is the same person.

Apologies if I am being a little bit purposely vague here

Don't post this lightly and don't want to get people's hopes up, but things are looking good.

There are three groups trying to buy Cardiff City from Tan and he's talking to all of them.

We know one of them is Bale's group, but they are not the frontrunners.

The two other groups are one from South Africa.

The third group involves Dalman.


All this I truly believe and I am more expectant than a deal will get done than ever before.

It really is getting closer.

Anyone but dalman .

Always said I wouldn't mind Dalman, he has the good contacts in Monaco.

He'd be ten times better than Tan.

Why hasnt he used his contacts then ?, if its new owners need to be a fresh start .

I agree, please not Dalman. Bloke’s a crook.

I am very conscious that I might be putting two and two together here and making five but some years back, when Sam was interested in buying the club, I was speaking to a contact of mine (with strong Cardiff connections) and was told about a South African connection who were interested in buying the club.

At that time Tan refused to show him the accounts and the bid went no further.

Like I said I might be putting two and two together and making five - but I wonder whether this is the same person.

Apologies if I am being a little bit purposely vague here

Paul,


There really could be something in this.

As apparently he’s wanted us for years and will not give up.

Updated:

Front Runner:

The South African is looking the closest and is obsessed to get us before the League Season Starts, been after us for over a year, But Tan played games while we were in the Championship and has only come to the table since Relegated in May.


Dalmans Consortium he has put together look like being in 2nd place.

Bales Consortium he’s put together and put in 2 Bids in writing , Tan will not accept as lower than the others at the moment.
What Bale has done has helped as Tan had become very ignorant and arrogant.

Bales got the others moving faster.

According to ChatGPT there are no USA born, South African citizen billionaires. There are South African born, USA citizens that are billionaires but not the other way around.

Maybe I’ve got it the wrong way around, but that’s nothing, he’s 100% Genuine.

But he is a very very Serious Buyer and Wants us big time, that’s what matters

And has the money.

Makes more sense the other way around. A quick google search and there are some very wealthy South African born, USA billionaires around! Any idea if this guy is young or old?

Updated:

Front Runner:

The South African is looking the closest and is obsessed to get us before the League Season Starts, been after us for over a year, But Tan played games while we were in the Championship and has only come to the table since Relegated in May.


Dalmans Consortium he has put together look like being in 2nd place.

Bales Consortium he’s put together and put in 2 Bids in writing , Tan will not accept as lower than the others at the moment.
What Bale has done has helped as Tan had become very ignorant and arrogant.

Bales got the others moving faster.

According to ChatGPT there are no USA born, South African citizen billionaires. There are South African born, USA citizens that are billionaires but not the other way around.

Maybe I’ve got it the wrong way around, but that’s nothing, he’s 100% Genuine.

But he is a very very Serious Buyer and Wants us big time, that’s what matters

And has the money.

Makes more sense the other way around. A quick google search and there are some very wealthy South African born, USA billionaires around! Any idea if this guy is young or old?

Where are we getting the citizenship/nationality info from? I cannot see it anywhere in this thread.

I am very conscious that I might be putting two and two together here and making five but some years back, when Sam was interested in buying the club, I was speaking to a contact of mine (with strong Cardiff connections) and was told about a South African connection who were interested in buying the club.

At that time Tan refused to show him the accounts and the bid went no further.

Like I said I might be putting two and two together and making five - but I wonder whether this is the same person.

Apologies if I am being a little bit purposely vague here

Paul,


There really could be something in this.


As apparently he’s wanted us for years and will not give up.

Any idea why us?

Exciting times, but the key thing is not hanging around and waiting on a bidding war .. appreciate Mr Tan will want to recoup as much as possible, but we can’t afford to be stuck in limbo. The fit and proper persons test has been elongated and we need to move quickly and start quick. It’s only 8 weeks until the transfer window closes.

Tough old league and one you can quickly get stuck in. Bouncing back on the first occasion is crucial. Let’s hope it’s not dragged out, or we get a change of heart.

Updated:

Front Runner:

The South African is looking the closest and is obsessed to get us before the League Season Starts, been after us for over a year, But Tan played games while we were in the Championship and has only come to the table since Relegated in May.


Dalmans Consortium he has put together look like being in 2nd place.

Bales Consortium he’s put together and put in 2 Bids in writing , Tan will not accept as lower than the others at the moment.
What Bale has done has helped as Tan had become very ignorant and arrogant.

Bales got the others moving faster.

According to ChatGPT there are no USA born, South African citizen billionaires. There are South African born, USA citizens that are billionaires but not the other way around.

Maybe I’ve got it the wrong way around, but that’s nothing, he’s 100% Genuine.

But he is a very very Serious Buyer and Wants us big time, that’s what matters

And has the money.

Makes more sense the other way around. A quick google search and there are some very wealthy South African born, USA billionaires around! Any idea if this guy is young or old?

Where are we getting the citizenship/nationality info from? I cannot see it anywhere in this thread.

Annis mentioned it further up

I wonder how close we really are to a sale could it be weeks or a few months , maybe the fit and proper tests have been done on some of these groups are now trying to process a buy out .......would be great to get one done as soon as it can as it would give a great vibe around the club for the new season

Elon Musk is a South African born billionaire!!

Is it him?

Ive probably gone down a rabbit hole here, but I wonder if it could be the owner of the South African club the Sundowns, they have won the league for the last 6 or 7 seasons and he sits as president of the Confederation of African Football, he’s worth just under 3 Billion making his money in gold and minerals i think, but is football mad.

Probably not him as I said I went down a rabbit hole researching SA Billionaires and landed on him, would be too good to be true I reckon ?

Patrick Soon-Shiong?

Has an interest in sports and holds shares in the LA Lakers.

Worth over 11 billion usd and is the only South African born US citizen I can find with that kind of money other than Elon Musk..

Patrick Soon-Shiong did invest in a bio tech firm in no other place than CARDIFF BY THE SEA in California last year for $48 million

Patrick Soon-Shiong?

Has an interest in sports and holds shares in the LA Lakers.

Worth over 11 billion usd and is the only South African born US citizen I can find with that kind of money other than Elon Musk..

So every time they Lakers get a basket they will now have to do the Ayatollah?

This sounds really positive, let's hope it's better than Mr Tan.

I know the storge family with the bale consortium are worth 2 billion

Patrick Soon-Shiong?

Has an interest in sports and holds shares in the LA Lakers.

Worth over 11 billion usd and is the only South African born US citizen I can find with that kind of money other than Elon Musk..

I was thinking him but looked at his age and he’s 72. I think he could do without the stress of being involved with Cardiff

I've looked a few up and there's some very rich SA business people in America fingers crossed sounds good

If Tan sells the attendances will go through the roof also those bloody red seats.

No it won’t

If Tan sells the attendances will go through the roof also those bloody red seats.

No it won’t

Not sure about 'through the roof' but there's sure to be an increase along with a bit of a feel good factor and, if (and it's a big if) it's on it's way to being done after a few weeks there'll be an upsurge in season ticket sales.
PS. I don't think we'll be losing the red seats any time in the near future.

Bales group or the South African please
Dalman can do one as far as I'm concerned. He's been part of this shit show for too long. Time for a clean sweep

South African group headed by Elon Musk by any chance?…

Oh I wish , more like blood diamonds

You cant fault Dalman's commitment to us lookingnat his CV he would not be short on job offers:

1990 to 1995, Dalman was Head of European & Japanese Equities at Credit Lyonnais Securities & Head of Quantitative Marketing at The Nikko Securities Europe.


He served as a managing director at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Capital Markets Limited, and Head of Japanese Equities and Equity Derivatives for Asia Pacific.

1997 and 2004, Dalman was the first non-German to sit on the board of the German bank Commerzbank.

He founded the WMG Group / WMG Advisors LLP in 2004.

In January 2012, Dalman joined the Cardiff City board then became its chairman a year later.