Agree with Nefremo on this. Based on the stuff that's out there right now, I think the media are just speculating at this point more than anything else.
A business deal of this magnitude is always negotiated in secrecy. In fact, I think parties who are involved in these negotiations have to sign confidentiality documents and there can be severe financial penalty for violating such agreement. As such, I sincerely doubt parties that are directly involved in negotiating this deal are putting any information out there. If you read direct quotes from Sal Galatioto, for example, he gives one liner answers to almost every question he gets from media. Since directly involved parties are not putting anything out, I have to think media members are either getting information from outside parties (friend of a friend of a friend), or trying to make a big deal out of small details (Berlu's joke on Chinese). Either way, I wouldn't trust the quality of the reporting right now. I remember media outlets were reporting how Berlu was not going to give the Chinese exclusive negotiation rights one day, and the next morning, Berlu gave it to them.
This negotiation, at this point, should be fairly clear to all parties what needs to be done. Either the conditions can be met, and it is just a matter of taking the time to put everything in writing, or the conditions will not be met, and the parties will either find common ground to keep going or go their separate ways. In all honesty, I am ok with it either way. This rebuilding job is going to take a few years to complete no matter what happens with this deal. Even if Berlu doesn't sell, it's just a matter of time that his health deteriorates enough that he relinquishes the team to someone else one way or another.
I think there is a wild card in this entire scenario here, which is Berlu's fiancee. Considering that Berlu is turning 80 in a couple of months and is starting to have major physical problems, I wonder how she views this entire situation. Unlike Fininvest and Berlu's kids, who Berlu doesn't listen to, she has Berlu's ears and can be very convincing given their relationship. Does she want Berlu to keep on running the team? Or sell the team for a nice bucket of cash and focus on other things in life? Weird as it sounds, she might actually be a key player in all of this.
I know all of us Milan fans are looking at Inter and getting envious, but in all honesty, I am not impressed with Suning. It is not a very rich company, all things considered, and they have very little experience with soccer. They started owning their own team in China for like a couple of years and now wants to take on the big dog. This thing sounds a lot like Thohir to me, or maybe i am just overly pessimistic about them.
A business deal of this magnitude is always negotiated in secrecy. In fact, I think parties who are involved in these negotiations have to sign confidentiality documents and there can be severe financial penalty for violating such agreement. As such, I sincerely doubt parties that are directly involved in negotiating this deal are putting any information out there. If you read direct quotes from Sal Galatioto, for example, he gives one liner answers to almost every question he gets from media. Since directly involved parties are not putting anything out, I have to think media members are either getting information from outside parties (friend of a friend of a friend), or trying to make a big deal out of small details (Berlu's joke on Chinese). Either way, I wouldn't trust the quality of the reporting right now. I remember media outlets were reporting how Berlu was not going to give the Chinese exclusive negotiation rights one day, and the next morning, Berlu gave it to them.
This negotiation, at this point, should be fairly clear to all parties what needs to be done. Either the conditions can be met, and it is just a matter of taking the time to put everything in writing, or the conditions will not be met, and the parties will either find common ground to keep going or go their separate ways. In all honesty, I am ok with it either way. This rebuilding job is going to take a few years to complete no matter what happens with this deal. Even if Berlu doesn't sell, it's just a matter of time that his health deteriorates enough that he relinquishes the team to someone else one way or another.
I think there is a wild card in this entire scenario here, which is Berlu's fiancee. Considering that Berlu is turning 80 in a couple of months and is starting to have major physical problems, I wonder how she views this entire situation. Unlike Fininvest and Berlu's kids, who Berlu doesn't listen to, she has Berlu's ears and can be very convincing given their relationship. Does she want Berlu to keep on running the team? Or sell the team for a nice bucket of cash and focus on other things in life? Weird as it sounds, she might actually be a key player in all of this.
I know all of us Milan fans are looking at Inter and getting envious, but in all honesty, I am not impressed with Suning. It is not a very rich company, all things considered, and they have very little experience with soccer. They started owning their own team in China for like a couple of years and now wants to take on the big dog. This thing sounds a lot like Thohir to me, or maybe i am just overly pessimistic about them.
