Former Watford owner Laurence Bassini submits bid for Portsmouth
11:41am Tuesday 18th September 2012 in Latest Sport
Picture: Pippa Douglas
Former Watford owner Laurence Bassini has submitted a bid to buy Portsmouth, it has been reported.
Bassini left Watford this summer and The News in Portsmouth has today reported that the Stanmore businessman submitted an offer for the financially-stricken club yesterday.
The newspaper does add, however, that Balram Chainrai’s Portpin and the Pompey Supporters’ Trust offers are ahead of Bassini's.
Both Chainrai and the Trust have been given an extension until Friday to complete their bids by administrators PKF.
Comments(37)
akureyri
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12:09pm Tue 18 Sep 12
jasonwatford wrote:Cruel, but true if the Portpin or PST offers fail and LB takes control.
Go bust pompey....pompey go bust
endean2
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12:23pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Holly68
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12:41pm Tue 18 Sep 12
JohnnyHornet
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12:41pm Tue 18 Sep 12
endean2 wrote:Might let him go to L*t*n though.
I would not wish that man on my worst enemy,fit and proper person, you must be joking!!!
Boxhorn
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12:44pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Boosey
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12:57pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Chris the Vic
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1:03pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Holly68
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1:14pm Tue 18 Sep 12
blokey
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1:23pm Tue 18 Sep 12
My guess is that Pompey are another prime candidate to buy cheap & sell-on within a year or two once their problems are lessened.
Of course that doesn't mean he knows how to run a club
RebelIan
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1:51pm Tue 18 Sep 12
aefevans
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2:03pm Tue 18 Sep 12
RebelIan wrote:Maybe he got bored with her and decided to sell her to a bunch of Italians.
Someone needs to tell him that Pompey play on Saturdays too. What will his daughter think?
watford9140
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2:20pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Boosey wrote:lol
He should invest into a gay night club, rumour is, they like a big ****!
mooneysmagic
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2:42pm Tue 18 Sep 12
RebelIan wrote:No problem, he can just give his daughter a bucket and spade and leave her on the beach.
Someone needs to tell him that Pompey play on Saturdays too. What will his daughter think?
Holly68
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2:45pm Tue 18 Sep 12
blokey wrote:I don't think he got £15M ! A lot less than that
Not such an idiot, since he got £15m for the club, having spent £400k buying it & more or less nothing running it, due to player sale receipts. Decent bit of business
My guess is that Pompey are another prime candidate to buy cheap & sell-on within a year or two once their problems are lessened.
Of course that doesn't mean he knows how to run a club
Hornet Cornet
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2:52pm Tue 18 Sep 12
lutondown
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3:21pm Tue 18 Sep 12
RebelIan wrote:Thinking exactly the same, the guys a Shylock, and Chris the Library still thinks he's great.
Someone needs to tell him that Pompey play on Saturdays too. What will his daughter think?
Ah well Pompey, great old club, vociferous fans you will not like this fool
Hornets number 12 fan
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3:22pm Tue 18 Sep 12
stevyweavy
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3:59pm Tue 18 Sep 12
lutondown
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4:08pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Hornets number 12 fan wrote:I hear the cleaner at Pompey is even meaner than the one who guarded the safe at WFC. Anyway Pompeys safe only has an IOU from Harry in it!
Never Fear Super BAZ is here! OMG! Watch it Portsmouth he's after your safe!!!! lmao
Can just see Spas walking around Portsmouth in a few months chanting pay up Pompey, Pompey pay up. Not wearing his shirt, ringing a bell and what hair he has sprouting wildly in all directions.
I take it the daughters been given up on Saturdays, or is he bored with fatherhood too!
Fickle and feckless, is being kind
Hornet Cornet
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4:35pm Tue 18 Sep 12
He is too dense to be a Monkey
He aint skinny, he’s chunky,
He’s ‘a bit unwell’, he ain’t spunky.
He lives in a council house,
Bent Baz has got a male spouse,
He probably lives in Luton South,
He ain’t ever going to own Portsmouth.
We would class Baz as a drongo,
His ego’s even bigger than the Congo,
He looks like a Luton Mongo-o,
He loves drinking his Um Bongo.
I Thank you
HC
Dr Johnny Fever
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5:02pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Hornet Cornet wrote:Don't give the day job.
Bent Baz is a Donkey He is too dense to be a Monkey He aint skinny, he’s chunky, He’s ‘a bit unwell’, he ain’t spunky. He lives in a council house, Bent Baz has got a male spouse, He probably lives in Luton South, He ain’t ever going to own Portsmouth. We would class Baz as a drongo, His ego’s even bigger than the Congo, He looks like a Luton Mongo-o, He loves drinking his Um Bongo. I Thank you HC
Dr Johnny Fever
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5:03pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Dr Johnny Fever wrote:That should read, "Don't give up the day job."
Hornet Cornet wrote: Bent Baz is a Donkey He is too dense to be a Monkey He aint skinny, he’s chunky, He’s ‘a bit unwell’, he ain’t spunky. He lives in a council house, Bent Baz has got a male spouse, He probably lives in Luton South, He ain’t ever going to own Portsmouth. We would class Baz as a drongo, His ego’s even bigger than the Congo, He looks like a Luton Mongo-o, He loves drinking his Um Bongo. I Thank you HCDon't give the day job.
lutondown
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6:11pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Dr Johnny Fever wrote:The cornet giving up his ice cream round to become the Championships poet laureate? No way, his poetry transcends ordinary understanding And is only for those of an equally Flakey nature!
Dr Johnny Fever wrote:That should read, "Don't give up the day job."
Hornet Cornet wrote: Bent Baz is a Donkey He is too dense to be a Monkey He aint skinny, he’s chunky, He’s ‘a bit unwell’, he ain’t spunky. He lives in a council house, Bent Baz has got a male spouse, He probably lives in Luton South, He ain’t ever going to own Portsmouth. We would class Baz as a drongo, His ego’s even bigger than the Congo, He looks like a Luton Mongo-o, He loves drinking his Um Bongo. I Thank you HCDon't give the day job.
londomollari
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7:16pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Since I have no particular antipathy towards Portsmouth---should any stray Portsmouth fan be reading this---Don't touch this guy unless wearing gardening gloves---then wash your hands in strong antiseptic. Make sure the Portsmouth office safe is bolted to the floor, and the key is guarded by a ten foot tall Troll. Keep all deeds to Portsmouth pubs locked in an inpenetrable vault.
And do everyone a favour. Lock him up somewhere and throw away the key
Roy Stockdill
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11:13pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Are we all mugs and totally stupid, or what? What sort of world do we live in when men like Bassini can do what they like and get away with it? Do I have to remind everyone that he changed his name in order to escape censure when he bought Watford and then sold the club? Did he really get the money from the sale that he claims he did? Has anyone seen the accounts?
Good luck to Portsmouth. Personally, I wouldn't let this man near my Post Office account and I don't even have one!
Andrew1963
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11:16pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Holly68 wrote:Apparently £10 million.
I wonder just how much money he did take ooooops I meant make out of Watford ?
Roy Stockdill
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11:45pm Tue 18 Sep 12
Does anyone know how much Bassini (who changed his name from Bazini) sold the club for?
I personally wouldn't let this man near my kids' piggy bank!
Chris the Vic
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12:21am Wed 19 Sep 12
Now until I see proof of what you claim should I trust the judgement of PKF and other professionals or you and your cronies?
lutondown
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5:17am Wed 19 Sep 12
Chris the Vic wrote:You really ought to get some sleep Christopher, it really does cloud your judgement.
Lutondown I do not know how bad or good Bas was But neither do you. At present the club have said nothing about fraudulent behaviour and people like PKF allow him to put in a bid and spend time with him.
Now until I see proof of what you claim should I trust the judgement of PKF and other professionals or you and your cronies?
And yes I know he was bad. He lied, enough for me.
Hatfieldhorn
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9:09am Wed 19 Sep 12
Don,t know if he,ll get the club but one way or another I don,t think we,ve heard the last of "The Famous Bassini" and he,s company of clowns.
Roy Stockdill
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10:16am Wed 19 Sep 12
Now, after a string of dodgy owners, they are in deep mire. If Bassini gets the club he will probably bring Harry Redknapp (and his dog with the overseas bank account) back as manager!
Notwithstanding last night's wonderful Real Madrid v Man City game, do people now understand why I say that football in this country is teetering on the brink of total catastrophe? Virtually all the top clubs have foreign owners and monumental debts to finance. It is surely only a matter of time before the whole edifice and house of cards comes crashing down.
Who would YOU trust - a banker or a football club owner?
Chris the Vic
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11:14am Wed 19 Sep 12
Roy if he brings in Harry R they will have a good proven manager
Roy Stockdill
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12:49pm Wed 19 Sep 12
Not challenged in any way, indeed he is a brilliant manager and probably should have got the England job. But the court case, even though he got off, showed there is a dodgy side to him. Remember the bank account in the name of his dog and how he said he couldn't handle money?
You surely cannot deny that football is full of dodgy characters who wouldn't stand up to close public scrutiny?
lutondown
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1:38pm Wed 19 Sep 12
Roy Stockdill wrote:For once I agree with you Roy ( only on football mind, have agreed lots on political threads).
>Roy if he brings in Harry R they will have a good proven manager<
Not challenged in any way, indeed he is a brilliant manager and probably should have got the England job. But the court case, even though he got off, showed there is a dodgy side to him. Remember the bank account in the name of his dog and how he said he couldn't handle money?
You surely cannot deny that football is full of dodgy characters who wouldn't stand up to close public scrutiny?
Harry Rednapp has a large part to play in Pompeys demise, bringing players and paying them unsustainable salaries.
He couldn't do that at Spurs where Daniel Levy has an iron grip on finances.
He is of the Venables, Mullary school of Arthur Daley characters. Good fun but dubious.
Roy Stockdill
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2:41pm Wed 19 Sep 12
Add to that list Malcolm Allison, Tommy Docherty, Don Revie and Brian Clough!
bertslater
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7:38am Thu 20 Sep 12
No one deserves bassini. I wonder if the full story at watford will ever come out
jasonwatford says...
11:59am Tue 18 Sep 12