Manchester City get 90m take over bid

[Minstrels]

Manchester City have received a bid of £90million from a British consortium headed by former player Ray Ranson.
Speculation has been fervent of late with regards a takeover at Eastlands, with City chairman John Wardle having spoken to several parties, as he continues his search for significant investment in the club.
In a carefully worded statement to the Stock Exchange, City have confirmed they are in talks with potential buyers which 'may or may not lead to a bid' for the club.
Former Thai Prime Minster Thaksin Shinawatra, who attempted but failed to buy a stake in Liverpool in 2004, has strongly been linked with making an offer but it would appear Ranson has laid down the early marker in lodging an opening bid.
Ranson tried to buy Aston Villa prior to Randy Lerner securing control at Villa Park and has while he has always been linked with making a move for City, it is only now that he has made his interest official.
The offer is believed to cover the club's shares, the repayment of loans in the region of £24million to major shareholders Wardle and David Makin and debt to other parties.
It has also been speculated that Ranson would be ready to hand manager Stuart Pearce a £20million transfer kitty were he to assume control.
An American consortium is also weighing up whether to launch a takeover of their own, according to reports.
It is expected that Ranson will make a statement to the Stock Exchange on Tuesday to clarify his position.

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What do you think? I think Man City deserve it after all the things we have been through

[Jordie]

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What do you think? I think Man City deserve it after all the things we have been through

they'd be a much better side if they had a player that can score them 20 goals a season, they've only got players with a few here and there

and what has man city been thru?:S

[sl4rtzzzz]

i agree with jordie man city were safe flipping ages ago lol

[Swp.]

i think its bad if im to be truthful you got the likes of

liverpool , chelsea , arsenal not to sure about arsenal but liverpool & chelsea.

who have been given loads money and they just buying premiership and cups like that and they buy loads players who aint english

arsenal being the worst with a MASSIVE 1 english player

but u go to teams like brentford,yeovil,luton,sunderland,watford any team
who have to try get to the prem without money and loads english players

when they get to them prem they will jsut go down as they have no money to get prem players

[Scriptermone]

i think its bad if im to be truthful you got the likes of

liverpool , chelsea , arsenal not to sure about arsenal but liverpool & chelsea.

who have been given loads money and they just buying premiership and cups like that and they buy loads players who aint english

arsenal being the worst with a MASSIVE 1 english player

but u go to teams like brentford,yeovil,luton,sunderland,watford any team
who have to try get to the prem without money and loads english players

when they get to them prem they will jsut go down as they have no money to get prem players

rofl? ALOT of chelseas team is english.

Lampard, Terry, Shaun wright-phillips, Ashley cole, Joe cole, Wayne bridge.

[Swp.]

rofl? ALOT of chelseas team is english.

Lampard, Terry, Shaun wright-phillips, Ashley cole, Joe cole, Wayne bridge.

yh maybe but they buying the prem and other cups
correct me if im wrong but chelsea where sold for some low amount of money to the new owner
because you was in so much money problems

[Jordie]

i think its bad if im to be truthful you got the likes of

liverpool , chelsea , arsenal not to sure about arsenal but liverpool & chelsea.

who have been given loads money and they just buying premiership and cups like that and they buy loads players who aint english

arsenal being the worst with a MASSIVE 1 english player

but u go to teams like brentford,yeovil,luton,sunderland,watford any team
who have to try get to the prem without money and loads english players

when they get to them prem they will jsut go down as they have no money to get prem players

arsenal might not have many english players in their side but my god they play the best football in this country by far, it just shows that foreigners in a way are much better footballers than the english hence why we havent won a world cup since 1966:rolleyes:

[Ed.]

hmmm will be quite good to see a new team come to the top of the table

[Jordie]

hmmm will be quite good to see a new team come to the top of the table

lol this doesnt meant another chelsea

the 90 million pound is for buying the club, you dont know how much they want to put into transfers just yet

[sl4rtzzzz]

@jordie

i heard 20million