I have always maintained that if I won the Euro's the first thing I would do (Taking obvious things into account such as family) was to finish off CP and do enough to make our books balance for full cap.

I put myself there, and anyway, I've got a rep to keep.



Perhaps, but you're a fan that's been going for twenty odd years. No ones seen this bloke inside CP since he played for the colts.

I might be wrong about this but before Hudgell got involved I seem to remember he was was around on the scene getting more and more involved all the time. He didn't just turn up one windy day in a manky old hoody with a magic money box.

I see your point.
It is still possible however that he has chosen to give HKR monies.
In much the same way that a foreign investor is looking to give Salford some cash which he may never see again.

EDIT :- Also someone on the other forum makes a very good point.
What would happen if after the end of this month the club announce it is off and then £5M arrives in HKR's account would they just transfer it back and say 'no thanks'?

Interesting times as someone else has already stated.

Why are people now talking about this guys dress sense & being a tramp ?

Is he related to Billy the tramp ?

So far, Rovers have stated that nothing has been agreed with Mr Larvin (and talks are obviously on going). Rovers have previously stated that they want to see the necessary proof of funds, before commenting further -this doesn't mean that this 'proof' will be in the form of the 'physical' funds been transferred to their account.

The latest statement (obviously) - rather implies that it's a bit of a stalemate at the moment, therefore a deadline has now been set to 'resolve' the issue(s). What these are, we clearly can only begin to imagine and certainly not discuss.

From Rovers perspective, we/they have to give Mr Larvin every opportunity to produce the necessary been asked. But with a deadline now been set, (all 6 working days of it) - you kinda' get the feeling the deal on offer has hit a bump and it's been like that now for some time. A club in our position wouldn't just walk away from 'talks' about an investment this size, unless it had serious doubts/concerns over it.

Only one party has mentioned any transfer of funds. Rovers have just said they are waiting for [iproof[/i of funds - which I take to mean evidence that he has the money and is able to give it to the club. It would be unusual to say the least for someone to actually transfer £5M into a bank account without some sort of contract being in place first.

I think I said basically this on page 1, it's OK, I ignore you most of the time too.

TBH I forgot what you said


My point is slightly different in that if it does arrive do we send it back?
Unless I misunderstood your point.

It's all one and the same really.

It can't be difficult to prove you have money and that a transfer to a UK bank has been initiated.

Fair enough.

i think pac has been sat in on the negotiation meetings



he seems to know a lot about the deal and larvin




sandra has also been in the meetings but only to fetch teas and coffees

How much money would you really need to have to blow £15m of it? Personally, Even if I won £150m on the euromillions I wouldn't sink £15m into Hull and I've been going regularly for 35 years, a passholder for many of them.

Now he may have the cash and be a total eccentric but if you have £15m+ then surely you can prove it pretty easily. He claims to have made his money on the financial markets - there must be documentary evidence of this wealth and it's likely that such funds would be pretty liquid and easily accessible.

I still have a sneaky feeling that maybe it is genuine and if it's spent wisely and invested for the future then good luck to rovers. It does no one in the game any good for clubs to be in financial difficulties.

Has anyone seen his shoes? He may shop at primark for the rest of his gear but a wise man once told me that if you have serious money then the one things you do is buy good hand made shoes.

Whatever the outcome I do feel the club has handled the situation really well,its not often anyone threatens to put a lot of money into any club. NH andRC have made sensible dialogue regarding the situation and credit to them for that.
For what its worth a strange situation and i agree with several other posters,what could TL gain by saying he had the money if in fact he hasn't.? Fingers crossed but not holding my breath.!

I'm only interested in this debate as an outsider, but would agree with Gary that Rovers have handled this very well. How foolish would they have looked if they'd been jumping up and down and telling everyone that the money was theirs. Well done to all concerned.

Not some-thing I would do normally (posting on Rovers Forum) but I agree with you. Well done to NH and company for not jumping its the last thing Rovers or any RL club needs unless it is really kosher. Some of us remember Tim Wilby so well - Anorak and tatty shoes !!

By the way if he comes good good luck to you.

Thanks basher,with a sensible post like that instead of saying you do not normally post on our board would you kindly reconsider and post more often,you quash my negative thoughts of usual hull fans.

Looking in from outside the thing that sticks in my mind is that after 3 months of talks, KR are still waiting for "proof of funds".

I think that setting a deadline is a good thing, all this talk about may or may not happen doesnt help anyone.

Roll on the new season we are nearly there.

Right us Mods do sleep so I'm locking this one for now as some still seem to think they can type what they want it will probably get re-opened tommorrow.
That doesn't mean you can post whatever you like on other threads either BTW.

Neither would I. But I would gladly put it into Rovers



The way I look at it is that the remaining £140 million would soon be back at the original amount if carefully managed and it would help my club immensely.

£96,000 worth of interest per week would mean you would
not need to dip into your original winnings.

You could put the £140 million into Rovers. Pay 20% corporation tax instead of 50% if you
had it in the bank. Offset any losses made by Rovers out of the interest generated from
the £140 million.

Alliteratively you could move to Monaco and pay 0 tax

Can i just make what i think is a fairly valid point here, rovers have said that they have been in talks for 3 months with mr larvin don't we all think that after even a month rovers would have asked to see the evidence of monies whether it be in various accounts they must know there is money in there other wise they would have said bog off and stop wasting our time

Then why say you're still waiting for proof?

Im not saying that i think prob the proof they mean is it going into the account i wudnt have talks with sum one for 3 months withoutiany kind of proof there would you and especially if other potentials are out there

Proof of funds is not seeing the money in Rovers' bank account.

You weren't a financial adviser in the navy then?