Mr David Cunningham King is in Glasgow.
The Sevco High Command were expecting him next week,
However, he turned up unannounced and they were rather wrong-footed by his dramatic entrance.
This is classic King.
He likes to unsettle folk just before a negotiation.
The anti-King faction within the Sevco High Command is in something of a bind regarding the convicted criminal.
It is given that they want him to Do Walking Away.
The Take Over Panel ruling makes him toxic and they know it.
However, they also need him to pitch to The People.
Quite frankly there isn’t anyone in the Blue Room who can muster the same chutzpah.
If anyone can sell a money-raising wheeze to The People then it is King.
The acquisition of Charly Musonda on an 18-month loan deal from Chelsea is a massive coup for Celtic and Brendan Rodgers.
When this news broke yesterday Mr King was less than ecstatic.
He summoned his inter-galactic PR guru and told him to fix the back page on this.
He did.
This was the Barrie McKay to RB Leipzig story with added hallucinogens.
Young Master Murts was similarly briefed before the presser today.
Of course, there was no likelihood of any awkward questions on the Morelos fairy story.
You need journalists for that, not obedient stenographers.
The prosaic truth is that since the window opened Señor Alfredo José Morelos Aviléz has been offered to any club in England wishing to part with £5m.
However, “no reasonable offer” would be rejected if most of the cash was paid up front.
That is what the clubs in England were told by Sevco’s representatives.
If nothing happens on the front then the high-Level narrative will be:
“We held firm. We are not a selling club. We are financially strong.”
The only thing that would destabilise this spin would be the intervention of a journalist.
So safe enough then…
This transfer window for Sevco was meant to be all about getting guys out of the door and off the wage bill.
That was especially the case for Pedro’s high earners.
At the time of writing, they have loaned out Carlos Alberto Peña Rodríguez and saved £10k per week on his bloated salary and Danny Wilson has been released to the MLS.
So instead of lowering the wage bill they have actually increased it.
It is worth noting that the loan fee for Musonda (£1.5m) would have been enough to acquire the services of Jamie Murphy without the embarrassing climbdown by Sevco.
Of course, the basket of assets doesn’t have that kind of money, but they have to pretend to The People that they do.
The Sevco High Command wanted a sit-down with their chairman because he hadn’t come up with the cash that he had promised.
King’s latest excuse is that his current legal difficulties with the Take Over Panel and the Court of Session are preventing him from making good on his promise to cover the operating costs.
As for The People, well Dave is going to rouse them to a Churchillian frenzy and get them to contribute what he was supposed to in the first place.
Dave’s grand plan for Sevco since the Off Licence Putsch has always been about OPM.
He isn’t fussed who coughs up to fund his Ibrox venture as long as it isn’t him.
A constant in this Sevco saga is the mind-altering credulity of The People.
Without them, very little of this unedifying shambles would have happened.
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A cursory search of the initial Chinese team mentioned showed they had their full compliment of foreign players ,non of which were up for transfer. Their most expensive player by some considerable margin cost £4.5M ,their average player value is approx. £600K.
The second team mentioned is newly promoted , again with its full compliment of foreign players and again average player value under £1M.
The whole thing is just a total crock of Dodo shit .
I long since gave up on the media here ,and stopped my subscription to the channel jim white pedals, but to see that channel featuring this as some sort of exclusive ,is a new low even for them. jim white and charlie nicholas as back up ,there,s a fkn win double.
And as Phil predicted they have “proved” their not a selling club , and are also so financially sound they don’t need the £7M now ,when they can get £10M in the summer (as per last nights Clyde 1 phone in ).
Sizeable zombie hordes are wearing this as well, FFS ,again , even for them. be lucky John
Is it just me or does the whole Morales PR Scam show what little care or respect Sevco shows to its players and also to their families? Some feel good story dreamed up to satisfy the gullible chlorophobes isn’t without its victims for want of a better word. Mr 8m Morales could be thinking he and his family could be secure for life on the kinda deal that was bandied about in the Press. So now he will be unsettled as will his family. Personally I don’t give a flying f..k about any Sevco player. You take their money (albeit in instalments) you take your chances. Irrespective I just don’t think it’s any way to treat your “employees”. Just indicative of the unholy Sevco, media alliance
I count a few Hispanic males and females in my friends and associates column. Trust me, they would be suing to be allowed to collect ten times their salaries at $8 an hour. Having read Phil’s report on the Banner Headliner the desperation was dripping from the ink spots.
Well if anybody was in any doubt as to the extent and the depth this division are supported across the media , then this surely clears it up for good.
The Chinese connection, or not, is hot news for Level 5’s delivery boys.
Murty tonight is quoted as saying that Morelos is a little confused and unsettled by all the chit chat.
Never get Newco unsettling a player or a manager of another team as they are far too classy for that type of behaviour, would we?
What goes around, comes around Murty.
So that’s it, no one has been sold or freed.
But hey that Chinese market is open for another month so expect plenty of gibberish from our media as they talk up the virtues of Alfredo.
Who knows, they may even stumble across a Chinese team who have not taken up their quota of non Chinese nationals.
The Fat Controller’s billings must be through the roof as he greases the wheels of the Scottish media.
It’s not easy keeping all those plates spinning.
Just heard Jim White on Sky now quoting the latest Chinese bid at £8m but Newco have not blinked. Perhaps the Chairman is hoping to squeeze the Chinese for another few million which might be enough to make his wee Court Of Session problem go away!
Hi.Phil,
A wee bit off topic,but I was in a supermarket next to the stadium John Brown played for.To my surprise a noticed a copy of Minority Reporter.I picked it up and true to form,many of the pages were destroyed.We know of course who destroys books.There was a lot of it in Germany in the 1930’s.In this case the followers of a certain Bridgeton Fascist and KKK member,whose theme song is the equivalent the Nazi anthem Horst Wessel.
I’m afraid The People have a visceral aversion to the truth.
Dave King is here to steady the ship after all these “misleading” stories by the Bampots about impending administration! Nobody’s going anywhere till he has bled the gullibilies dry! The article from Chris Jack covering Club 1690’s desperate pleas to the Peepul to put their hands in their pockets (even a fiver would help- oh man alive such mirth) and then get their families &friends to do the same was just comedy gold! This from a club/company/whatever who “have no financial worries” and who can turn down a £7m bid for one of their players! Well wait till the next payroll run, leccy bill, catering bill or facepainters bill becomes due and you’re out again with the begging bowl to the RRM on the board for another loan and see how that works out for you. Davy boy has absolutely no intention of honouring his promises, made in the clubs financial statement, to give away £7m smackeroonies of his own money to the cause. He will do his level best though, to get everyone else, including the fans, to cough up! Looking at all this you have to wonder how they can avoid administration – brown paper bags of used notes anyone?
Dave King was the only person to spend money in the Minty Moonbeam years and he wants his 20 million pounds worth. Like The Black Knight, DCK has fallen on hard times. If he thinks Sevco are that close to big European money he will hang on for dear life. Of course The Spangled Banner in the Works could pay him off. if he has a mind. There is one way to heal this toxic fraudulent club but I will never reveal it anywhere. They should have been shut down and only The Primrose Pledge is keeping the Zombie staggering around the game.
Given the propensity for Jack to talk up everything Newco, using the ET as his vehicle, one can only presume that 50% of his wages are paid by the Ibrox club.
You have to hand it to the boy when it comes to bigging up even a modicum of good news whilst deftly sidestepping anything that could be construed as negative.
Odd that Murts states emphatically in today’s pressser that More-or-Less-Useless is definitely in tomorrow’s squad to play Fraserburgh’s chippies and sparkies after a mid-week shift on a slopey non-league pitch. Surely a reckless school boy error from the new Sepp-Jurg-Jose wunderkind when a higher bid may arrive any moment from the mystery Chinese gentlemen – or perhaps they won’t mind an injury or two – given their eagerness to bag such a superstar.
Or does Murts know the bid is total unicorn shite from start to finish – so business as usual on the pitch.
Couldn’t have been entirely unannouced as Murts stated yesterday he was due to meet GASL today.
Was that a wee parting dig from Wilson, the bit about visions of the future?
Money may be running out at Ibrox, but so are games if they are seriously hoping for 55.
With 14 games left and 46 pts earned, Sevco can reach 88 pts if they win all 14 remaining games.
To win on points rather than goal difference, Celtic need 29 pts from 13 games to reach 89 pts. That could be 10 wins vs Sevco’s 14. Wins. And of course, one is a head to head.
Or Celtic can be Champions on 9 wins and 2 draws to Sevco’s 14 wins.
And if Celtic choke horribly while Sevco soar spectacularly, there is always the enigmatic Aberdeen to consider as hun heart breakers. They are neck and neck with Sevco so far, so can’t be discounted despite their tragic performances vs Sevco. All in all, you’d need to have a very particular view of the world to consider 55 as little more than a very unlikely statistical improbability.
Whit? You’re actually sitting there working out what it would take for Sevco to win the league? Ffs. You didn’t need the big post mate, just needed to write when pigs fly….
The Dandies couldn’t beat Sevco with 11 baseball bats and a full team. They have capitulated all season.
To be fair, the 7 million was in dembelle dollars.
An offer of 7m yuan is roughly £670 000- which sounds nearer the mark..Maybe DR don’t have a currency convertor.
Any truth in the rumors that an unnamed club in a faraway country have bid 18million for Callum macgregor. Over 1 8MILLION times what Celtic paid for him ?
This Morelos thingy is an absolute hoot. Jabba, the Sevco hierarchy, and stenographic purveyors of this pish, are clearly contemptuous of their demographic. It ain’t us I can tell you with Uber confidence.
Scottish media , shirt sleeves rolled up, all queuing to get their daily fix of Sevco fantasy from the Jabbashitter, to pass on to their readership with intellectual levels considerably less than an amoeba.
Great post by the way.
Gary Ralston on CSSB said he did a bit of investigating and it’s all true. I tried to get through to the SSB desk monkey as i wanted to ask Gary a few questions… 1, how far his investigative journalism took him, ie, Who he spoke with at Sevco, 2, did they name the club involved, 3, did he see a fax confirming the offer or follow up by phoning said club.
never got through.
Phil, ould you Replace Ralston for Hannah.
It was Roger Hannah Ralston’s not on CSSB
Phil, i am hearing from someone who works at albeit dundee utd. That we have made 2 offers for the Dundee defender however way below Dundees valuation.
Are we turning into them?
Can you confirm?
Murty said he is not aware of any economic issues, the bbc as stating there is no economic issues. There is a massive difference!!
I see Morelos worth has dropped a good £3m in the space of a week. The Daily Rectum had him at £10m last week. I wonder if his agent was asking for a re-appraisal of his wage structure aligning it with his newfound value. I’m pretty sure the first person to turn up with a£1m cash would walk away with Morelos contract…..(probably thinking he’d been fleeced)…
The club stated they wanted £10m, the Chinese club offered £7m. That’s not a devaluation. Celtic offered £500k for Jack Hendry, Dundee valued him higher and now say Celtic have paid a club record, which would be more than the £1.2m they received selling Rab Douglas to Celtic.
£900,000 according to transfermarkt.
Roger Hannahs defence of this fantasy was Traynor esque tonight. Hearing is believing
I have never thought of Mr Hannah as a journalist. He is a L5 lackey, an apologist for the young club playing out of ibrox. This Morelos feel good story will backfire spectacularly and those involved will still never learn. From one disaster to the next, the gift that keeps giving.
Now we know Jabba’s weight.
Wonton.
I thank you.
While the Washington Post, the New York Times and other leading investigative American newspapers eschew “Fake News”. When it comes to all things Ibrox the bootlicking Scottish media absorb it without shame to their profession and pass it off as an actual significant event.
The NYT and Washington Post eschew fake news? You gotta be kidding.
The entire Masonic Left media in the USA, plus Murdoch’s FOX are FAKE NEWS.
Strangely the media in Britain is always imagined to be Right Wing but the same people in the USA are left wingers. Watch The Donald and see how he is dealing with the Masons in the SWAMP. He is taking them all down, which is why the globalist media hate him and FYI the prophecies state that they WILL take him down as they will the three Presidents who follow him. The whole thing is a LODGE PODGE of corruption. Remember too, Scottish Rites Freemasonry is the big thing globally. That is why Scotland is also going down.
7 million turned down. Wow, absolutely zero chance of Administration
I love The People myself. It keeps me smiling to know how thick and easily duped they are. I’d blame the schools but nobody would listen.
@clydessb they are telling everyone it was a different Chinese team than the one reported in DR.
LIES LIES and more Lies.
I’m sure if this was a court case, the defendant would be found guilty if they can’t get their “facts” right.
Dear of dear…
It wasn’t a different Chinese team that was the issue, it was an alternate Universe….. 😀
James Black writes that Beijing Renhe are offering Alfredo Morelos 11 times his salary to move to the Chinese Super League, according to New Now. The same journal states that Murts thinks Morelos has had “his head turned” by the offer. Daily Express Journalist Bruce Archer is credited with the story. They retain the fakery by declaring that Sevco, don’t want to lose their star player.
David Cunningham King has reportedly blocked the 7.8 million pound bid for Alfredo Morelos, in another stenographer’s joke on the same rag. The Convicted Fraud said the transfer would, “compromise the second half of their season.” Which poorly edukatit Berr would deny such a staitmint?
Usual Sevcoist types on Radio Clydes very own ‘Rainjuurz Radio Show’ talking about how ballsy the mighty Gers are at rebuking the bold Chinese bids!
” Rainjuurz have no debt or pressing financial worries. Just look at their transfer activity and you can see that they are in good health and not needing to rush to sell Morelos.”
That was from one of the pundits!
I SH!T you not!
Financial prudence is not the same as financial difficulty. The end result is still the same whether buying now or at the pre-agreed price in the summer.
After reading and enjoying your posts for a long time Barnet, I’ve just noticed a mistake in your monicker. You might want to move the apostrophe one place to the left.
Ah now where is good old Chris Mc laugh a lot. This is where he could practise his “sports journalism” and ask the questions for ex is the Chinese club not got its quota of foreign players. ?
Is this not just pie in the sky ?
Are there moonbeams over sunny govan?
The GASL is back to fleece the gullibillies again he got a free advert in the herald from master Union Jack telling them a small increase in donations would close the GAP, for the price of a couple of pints on matchday you could increase your donation to club 1872.
Sheep don’t get fleeced this many times in a year.
Keep up the good work Phil
HH
I am sure the voice that is club 1872 would have been screaming sell him. Ha Ha what a buzz this mob are. They would have better keeping quiet instead of trying to take the limelight considering most people do not read the papers anyway as they are full of shoite.
Or to put it another way, how bloody stupid are Chinese football managers and DoFs to offer £7m for More-or-Less-Useless. Have they never heard of Transfermarkt.com which has him down for £1.0m. So much for Chinese inscrutibility and their reputation for genetic business acumen.
I’m gonna look their phone number up on the web and ask 10% commission to save them £6m. Eezzee money.
Or maybe I’ll just have to explain what’s going on because they have never heard of More-or-Less-Useless and have never had a phone call from the UK about him before – not even from a newspaper – and we’ll have a good laugh about Scotland’s biggest club and those silly free press chappies and freedon o speech and other alien things.
Murty will know nothing about the real state of finances so his no financial need to sell quote was straight from the Level 5 playbook.
Someone’s already dissed the story with news that the Chinese team already has a full compliment of foreign players.
If this latest squirrel all turns to mush it’s high time the journos and media responsible are hung out to dry.
what’s really sad is SEVCO can say anything ,no matter how ridiculous, and it will be printed and worse reported on the BBC as FACT, Scotland is one sorry country
And some thought sniffing glue went out of fashion in Scotland, obviously its still all the rage around Blythswood square, mighty strong hallucinations being reported, some are even seeing chinese money men waving large wedges of cash..
Where are they getting the money from to keep going? If king isn’t ponying up who is?
You must be a new visitor.
My regular readers are well informed on this matter.
The site is searchable.
Not a new visitor but how blatant it is can still catch me off guard sometimes. With Jabba still pulling the strings what is the point of that rag any more?
Then if you re-read my output over the past few months you will have answers to your questions.
Of course this bullshit is hilarious but it’s also a bit disgusting. Complete lies are being fed to a national newspaper which are then printed anyway. Then reported on by the national broadcaster. When did journalists stop asking questions? Is getting to the truth not the whole point? If they don’t know this is garbage then they’re the only ones.
why would Murty need to mention the Club finances in relation to the Morelos ‘bid’. Surely that is a subject for the board and financial whiz kids to discuss behind the scenes.
Smoke and Mirrors are easily brushed aside these days by the internet.
Will Dave be jetting into Fraserburgh to support the team owned by the holding company he chairs, or will be prefer Chelsea v Bournemouth and a 5-star London hotel, convenient for a limo to Heathrow T5.
Keep paying those Club1690 dues peepul – your holding company chairman, I mean your club, needs your continuing financial support.
The answer was Fraserburgh
Top quality piece once again, Phil. Never expect anything less. HH
given that the salary expenditure has increased this month…do they have enough funds to see the second half of the season out or at least until the ST sales are released?
Yes
And word on who put their hand in their pocket to cover January’s (increased) wages?
Allistair johnson.
I dont read the papers anymore. This is a particularly sad thing as i grew up in the trade of selling newspapers.
Indeed i entered the trade of selling them for a few years.
Its handy to know what shite the record, herald/evening times print. Otherwise i would never have known.
Its scary but unsursprising that the Musonda deal didnt get top billing on the backpage.
If nobody takes a couple players off their hands. Surely it wil mean the figure needed to see the season out will be higher.
Do you think they are preparing ground for a pre pack admin, into it while many eyes are on World Cup and out of it not long after the final?
Will they obtain their Uefa license first and get in and out of admin in time? And obviousky the SFA will cover for them?
Do you mean you were a paperboy?
That certainly makes Mr King sound very insecure about… well, pretty much anything that Celtic do.
The ‘£7m Morelos’ story* is absolutely fantastic! All concerned certainly have some cheek.
I always wonder how these stories come about and in my latest I may have found out (if I may…) https://theclumpany.wordpress.com/2018/01/30/the-bidding-war/
The problem with King, and the problems that accompany him, is that will not walk away without some very nice parting gifts in the form of overly generous compensation for the shares he holds. If the anti-King faction think that wishing him away will get them anywhere, well, then, that is just plain wishful thinking and will get them fleeced…..
He wants his 20 million back or he takes servo down with him. Simples.
Prosaic or Prozac Truth – a Typo ?
I know which one I think !
No typo.