rooster59 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Thai businessman buys English football team Oxford United Thai businessman Sumrith 'Tiger' Thanakarnjanasuth has become the new majority shareholder and chairman of English football team Oxford United. The takeover ends Darryl Eales's tenure as chairman, although he will remain on the club’s board. "My ambition has always been to help the club achieve sustainable success. We have made significant progress on and off the pitch, and I believe a partner with similar ambition but greater resources will accelerate the prospect of achieving this objective, Eales told the club’s website. "Tiger has the financial resources, high level connections in football, including with the EFL, and, critically, the passion and drive which can deliver on the club's ambitions." Tiger said: “First of all I want to say how exciting it is to become part of Oxford United. I have been to games recently and seen the passion of the fans and the ambitious way that the whole club is set up, not just the first team but also the Academy, the Community programme and the back office structure. Darryl has such enthusiasm for the club and that really made it an easy decision to join forces and try to keep the U's moving in the right direction.” “I am only sorry that I am unavoidably out of the country for this announcement, but I am looking forward to coming to the Northampton game on Saturday and to saying hello to the fans properly at a later date. I would just like to say to the fans now that my ambitions match, and may even exceed, theirs. "I know many fans are anxious to know our plans for the Head Coach position. In the past few weeks, a lot of progress has been made and I have been kept fully informed. Now that I have been formally appointed as chairman, I will be looking to complete this process quickly so that we can provide further stability for the rest of the season." This isn’t Thanakarnjanasuth’s first involvement in English football. He was previously part of a consortium which took over Reading FC in 2014 but sold off 75 percent of the club three years later saying it was “too expensive to run”. Thanakarnjanasuth’s business interests are in real estate and manufacturing garments for brands such as Calvin Klein, Adidas and Tommy Hilfiger. One of Thanakarnjanasuth’s first tasks will be to appoint a new first team manager, with Oxford having sacked their previous manager Pep Clotet more than one month ago. Former Wales international and Newcastle United, Liverpool and Manchester City forward Craig Bellamy is expected to be appointed manager early next week, BBC Sport and Sky Sports reported. Former England and Arsenal defender Sol Campbell revealed last week he had been turned down for the role. -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-02-24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nong Khai Man Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 O.K They'll be CHAMPIONS Next Season.....aka Leicester City ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 28 minutes ago, rooster59 said: This isn’t Thanakarnjanasuth’s first involvement in English football. He was previously part of a consortium which took over Reading FC in 2014 but sold off 75 percent of the club three years later saying it was “too expensive to run”. Not a great portend. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Good luck to him. Anyone can make it into the Premiership these days if they get things right both on and off the pitch. Bournemouth have proved that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saakura Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 (edited) What business does he own in Thailand? I mean the name of his group or company. Edited February 24, 2018 by saakura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Dude Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 7 minutes ago, saakura said: What business does he own in Thailand? I mean the name of his group or company. Haha...you would probably need the SFO to dig through that for 6 months to find out the truth about what he owns. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LuckyNo4 Posted February 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2018 Pisses me off that Thais can come to my country and buy what they like and become majority shareholders in businesses, but we cannot in their country. RECIPROCATE! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BobBKK Posted February 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2018 Does this mean a farang can buy a Thai club? I mean Thais pride themselves on fairness right? 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanemax Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 1 minute ago, BobBKK said: Does this mean a farang can buy a Thai club? I mean Thais pride themselves on fairness right? No, each Country has different rules . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve187 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 1 hour ago, LuckyNo4 said: Pisses me off that Thais can come to my country and buy what they like and become majority shareholders in businesses, but we cannot in their country. RECIPROCATE! who's got it right, Thailand or the UK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyman58 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 4 hours ago, saakura said: What business does he own in Thailand? I mean the name of his group or company. The one that pays no tax and the junta looks after him. You never here the rich guys in Thailand complain about the Junta Wonder why? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmarleesco Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Well, if Reading was too expensive to run, why would Oxford, just up the road, be any different? Presumably, the players will now be advertising Adidas garb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Head Soup Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Well he must have past the fit and proper persons test. No sweatshops to see here, move along now please. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 9 hours ago, BobBKK said: Does this mean a farang can buy a Thai club? I mean Thais pride themselves on fairness right? Why would you want to buy a Thai football club? 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 11 hours ago, LuckyNo4 said: Pisses me off that Thais can come to my country and buy what they like and become majority shareholders in businesses, but we cannot in their country. RECIPROCATE! Pretty much anyone from anywhere can come to the UK and buy anything they like. Thailand is more selective and has laws in place to back this up. Two different countries, two different approaches. Do you expect every other country in the world to be just like the UK? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 13 hours ago, LuckyNo4 said: Pisses me off that Thais can come to my country and buy what they like and become majority shareholders in businesses, but we cannot in their country. RECIPROCATE! You said it mate but there are those who have sold their soles just to live here, it will not last the distance, hope the FA did it's due diligence on where the money came from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Head Soup Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 5 minutes ago, wakeupplease said: You said it mate but there are those who have sold their soles just to live here Souls surely? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 4 minutes ago, Fish Head Soup said: Souls surely? Depends on what you where thinking, you are correct in the main thinking, i was right in thinking the way I was? Well done for spotting the correct way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davmaac Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 On 24/02/2018 at 6:55 AM, LuckyNo4 said: Pisses me off that Thais can come to my country and buy what they like and become majority shareholders in businesses, but we cannot in their country. RECIPROCATE! I know a Thai guy that is piss ed of that Thai men who visit England cannot get short time with English female bar staff. RECIPROCATE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George FmplesdaCosteedback Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 It would be great to see reciprocal agreements, but if they don't the UK should make their rules apply to those that don't in the UK. Quid pro quo... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phutoie2 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 8 hours ago, Davmaac said: I know a Thai guy that is piss ed of that Thai men who visit England cannot get short time with English female bar staff. RECIPROCATE? Well tell your Thai friend (porky alert) there are plenty of ways to pay for sex in UK. One of our oldest professions. We don't need no beer bars full of farmers offspring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBKK Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 2 hours ago, phutoie2 said: Well tell your Thai friend (porky alert) there are plenty of ways to pay for sex in UK. One of our oldest professions. We don't need no beer bars full of farmers offspring. True we just get married. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyNo4 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 On 25/02/2018 at 1:31 AM, champers said: Pretty much anyone from anywhere can come to the UK and buy anything they like. Thailand is more selective and has laws in place to back this up. Two different countries, two different approaches. Do you expect every other country in the world to be just like the UK? Gimme a break, its got nothing to do with wanting every country in the world to be like the UK. Its to do with business fairness and reciprocation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyNo4 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 On 25/02/2018 at 3:32 AM, wakeupplease said: You said it mate but there are those who have sold their soles just to live here, it will not last the distance, hope the FA did it's due diligence on where the money came from I've lived here in Bangkok for 20 years, wife 2 kids the lot. Its not been easy by any means but i would love to be able to run a business as a majority shareholder, buy property and land free from restrictions and do pretty much the same as what thais can in my own country. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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