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Is this true?

Took this off another site and apparently it was Graham Taylor eho mentioned this story,,here goes....

ROVERS THE TRUTH

"I am very well connected with BRFC and have sat on this info for long
enough..you want to know whats going on at Ewood..here it is.

Steve KEAN (Minor 2nd team coach) is connected to a number of pretty
serious Glasgow criminals who had a vast amount of money which required
laundering.
(2-3million)

As an employee of the club KEAN was aware that ROVERS had been for sale
for quite some time with very little serious interest from anyone, he
knew the price and the money which would be required to purchase it. He
approached his Management Company KETARO (owned by ANDERSON) and put to
him a business plan for the purchase of the club, this plan would give
ANDERSON unofficial control of the club and enable him to 'legally'
perform the sort of transaction with existing and future players on his
books that got West Ham into trouble with the TEVEZ / MASSCARNO saga.
(the buying and selling of players being the only way to make money from
a Premier League club)

The consortium that KEAN suggested involved himself (representing the
the gangster money) being a shareholder and part owner in the little
scheme, KENTRO unable to purchase a Premier League club to to league
conflict rules, scouted around emerging markets (India / China / Brazil)
for a company to come in as the official new 'owners' capable of
satisfying the fit and proper test laid down by the league. VENKYS loved
the idea as they were keen to attack the European market and expand
beyond India. The cost to VENKYS for taking part in the venture was half
the purchase price of 43million.
(This 20 million was set aside anyway for marketing costs in breaking
into the European market so net coast to VENKYS being NIL) The remainder
of the cost was met by ANDERSON and a number of others in his syndicate
(including
KEAN) The scheme was sold to all involve as being 'win win' as the
purchase price was assured of being returned to all members of the
syndicate by TV money and in worst case relegation parachute payment
which totaled coincidentally approx 43 million)

KEAN had one condition for his involvement, the removal of BIG SAM and
his promotion to Club Manager. The removal of the established management
infrastructure was essential in helping the group keep the deal secret,
hence JOHN W and the rest were thanked for their services and shown the
door. The recent mortgage in Aug 2011 for 43million is assured against
the TV money for this year and any subsequent parachute payment from
relegation whether that come this year or in the future. This money has
been returned to all members of the syndicate to cover their initial
stake (hence the secrecy), thus any money made from here on in by way of
transfers, TV money, sale of the club being total profit to the group.
The Indians are basically passengers on this train and as now they have
their money back they are totally uninterested in the future of the
club, for them it remains what it always has been, a marketing tool.
ANDERSON is keen to continue to use the club as a feeder for his younger
less established players, he makes money by legitamatly charging
massively inflated agent fees for all players coming in and out, and in
the event of a player making a big breakthrough gains millions for the
syndicate in the sell on fee. KEAN..well he's just living the dream, he
would never have made a Premier League manager as long as he lived, the
best he could aspire to was being someones No 2 and that dream was
5-10years away. The new deal recently signed by KEAN is in recognition
and reward from all concerned as the others have all done very well out
of the deal to date (he obviously had to be rewarded as well) He is the
Manager and he's going nowhere, not because he's un-sackable but because
he's delivered what he said and not withstanding HE OWNS PART OF THE
CLUB.
(albeit via his gangster friends in Glasgow) All of his little trips to
INDIA are not about him answering to the INDIANS is about him telling
them what to do, when to speak and what to say, all stuff that needs to
be said in person at risk of emails or phone calls being recorded. The
whole thing would take a financial investigator years to uncover and is
more or less impossible to trace as the paper trail all runs though
VENKYS in INDIA. They have the club pretty much sawn up. The recent
interest from the Middle East is of no interest to the syndicate as they
only stand to gain a little over what they paid, the rewards from
keeping the club are much more to them than that..If this deal ever came
out..people will be going to jail..so don't expect it to anytime
soon."

Maybe you have heard a simular story before?

comment by Damian (U9247)

posted on 10/1/12

I would bet on some of it being true, the waters at Ewood are as murky as they come with no sense or reason as to what is going on with this lot.

posted on 10/1/12

I would think money launderers would look for companies out of the limelight that do not have Inland Revenue and Barclays watching over their shoulder and multi million pound prima donnas prancing around the field every couple of weeks.

However Pie has probably hit the nail on the head but frankly it ain't news any more to us.

We are in the process of loss mitigation- sooner we are rid the better.

posted on 10/1/12

Easiest way to launder money is pubs, clubs, illegal workers et al.

posted on 10/1/12

It would be easier to buy Burnley and do all the houses up!

posted on 10/1/12

This has been around for a couple of months now i found it here
http://stevekeanconspiracytheory.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-am-very-well-connected-with-brfc-and.html
I don't believe a word of it

posted on 10/1/12

Skin, I'm under the impression that some of it is true to a degree, the rest has been given the soap opera treatment.

As far as I'm aware, Kentaro worked advising Venkys to buy the club recognising it was a great deal (£43m when the squad is worth more than that is risk free). Obviously Kentaro can't own their own club.

Obviously Kentaro will have engineered Kean's appointment and will be the ones identifying targets. The agency fees have since gone thru the roof.

There will be more player sales, lower wages, relegation, parachute payments, and pay rises for Kean's ability to take us to the Championship...

comment by RTM08 (U5878)

posted on 10/1/12

Obviously Kentaro will have engineered Kean's appointment and will be the ones identifying targets. The agency fees have since gone thru the roof.

There will be more player sales, lower wages, relegation, parachute payments, and pay rises for Kean's ability to take us to the Championship...
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Have you not heard Pie? Anderson told us all the truth, that he hasn't taken a penny from the club and that it's the fans "ulterior motive" that is dragging the club down.

posted on 10/1/12

I do wish that interviewer had had some spine and asked Anderson what he felt that the 'organised group's' motives were exactly for 'not wanting Venky's to succeed. Could have made him look like a right Charlie if he ahd wnated to do anything other than a sycophantic interview.

posted on 10/1/12

Indeed, the towns pride for 135 years and WE want it destroyed in 12 months!

posted on 11/1/12

I do wish that interviewer had had some spine and asked Anderson what he felt that the 'organised group's' motives were exactly for 'not wanting Venky's to succeed. Could have made him look like a right Charlie if he ahd wnated to do anything other than a sycophantic interview.
++++++++++++++
What interviewer that was 20 minutes
free air time for JA

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