Thames Sports Investment

[paultheroyal]

I have just gone for a lie down!

[Arnie_Pie]

Fook me if this is true, we will be laughing, for a couple of seasons anyway, before it all goes tits. SJM as he has stated, must remain at the helm.

[Rex]

Either way Y25/26 will be fcuked when the big berthas come in as stewards.

Tear gas and molotovs and hairy shot putters.

[Gav]

Genuinely excited by this..... My only concern is how long McD will remain at the club..... Last thing we want is some jobless ex-PL 'big name' coming in......

Agreed, nothing changes with the management team as far as I'm concerned. They've been exemplary... IF this all goes through and money starts flowing, let's not be one of those douchebag clubs. Please.

[RoyalJames101]

Either way Y25/26 will be fcuked when the big berthas come in as stewards.

Tear gas and molotovs and hairy shot putters.

LOL

[paultheroyal]

Just done a bit of a search of TSI, can't find much but apprently the CEO is this guy

[leon]

fantastic work Mr Mad

[royal67]

Genuinely excited by this..... My only concern is how long McD will remain at the club..... Last thing we want is some jobless ex-PL 'big name' coming in......

If Madejski is still chairman then surely its his decision!?

Not if this guy is buying 51% of the club.......

[firstdivision]

Google turned up this article. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/238534 ... viour.html

[Tinrib]

Boris Zingarevich - 75th Richest man in Russia (2004 net worth $330m) according to Forbes -

Boris Zingarevich

Director
Ener1, Inc.
New York , NY
Sector: INDUSTRIAL GOODS / Industrial Electrical Equipment

51 Years Old
Boris Zingarevich has served as a director of Ener1, Inc. since June 2010. Mr. Zingarevich co-founded Ilim Pulp Enterprises in 1992, building it into the largest vertically integrated forest products company in Russia. He brings more than 30 years of experience overseeing the international operations and corporate strategies of businesses with complex manufacturing and delivery practices. Mr. Zingarevich has served on the board of Ilim Group, a joint venture between Ilim Pulp and Memphis based International Paper (NYSE:IP), since it was formed in 2007. With $2 billion in annual sales, Ilim Group is a strong international industry player with an emphasis on the Chinese market. It is the largest such enterprise in Europe and the sixth largest in the world in forest reserves and timber-harvest rates. In 2007, Mr. Zingarevich founded Ilim Timber Industry, which is based on former assets of Ilim Pulp that were not included in the joint venture with International Paper, and has served since then as chairman of the board. Ilim Timber is a leading global manufacturer of dimensional lumber and plywood. In 2010, the company acquired the two largest sawmills in Germany from the Klausner Group and entered the ranks of the top five milling companies in Europe according to production volume. Mr. Zingarevich first invested in Ener1, Inc. in 2002. Since then he has become the company?s principal shareholder, assisting with the capital formation of the business and reviewing capital investment in both the United States and South Korea. He has worked closely with the company to assist in its global expansion. Mr. Zingarevich has a degree in engineering from Leningrad State Technological University. He is vice president of the Russian National Association of Pulp and Paper Manufacturers.

[Bandini]

Fook me if this is true, we will be laughing, for a couple of seasons anyway, before it all goes tits. SJM as he has stated, must remain at the helm.

Disagree. I think it will go tits up much quicker than that.

[paultheroyal]

Banner for Leicester match!

[RoyalJames101]

This is fvucking surreal.

[winchester_royal]

Fook me if this is true, we will be laughing, for a couple of seasons anyway, before it all goes tits. SJM as he has stated, must remain at the helm.

Disagree. I think it will go tits up much quicker than that.

Scrooge.

[TFF]

Boris Zingarevich - 75th Richest man in Russia (2004 net worth $330m) according to Forbes -

That's not a billionaire.

Madejski out!



Oh

[Scylla]

Boris Zingarevich - 75th Richest man in Russia (2004 net worth $330m) according to Forbes -

Boris Zingarevich

Director
Ener1, Inc.
New York , NY
Sector: INDUSTRIAL GOODS / Industrial Electrical Equipment

51 Years Old
Boris Zingarevich has served as a director of Ener1, Inc. since June 2010. Mr. Zingarevich co-founded Ilim Pulp Enterprises in 1992, building it into the largest vertically integrated forest products company in Russia. He brings more than 30 years of experience overseeing the international operations and corporate strategies of businesses with complex manufacturing and delivery practices. Mr. Zingarevich has served on the board of Ilim Group, a joint venture between Ilim Pulp and Memphis based International Paper (NYSE:IP), since it was formed in 2007. With $2 billion in annual sales, Ilim Group is a strong international industry player with an emphasis on the Chinese market. It is the largest such enterprise in Europe and the sixth largest in the world in forest reserves and timber-harvest rates. In 2007, Mr. Zingarevich founded Ilim Timber Industry, which is based on former assets of Ilim Pulp that were not included in the joint venture with International Paper, and has served since then as chairman of the board. Ilim Timber is a leading global manufacturer of dimensional lumber and plywood. In 2010, the company acquired the two largest sawmills in Germany from the Klausner Group and entered the ranks of the top five milling companies in Europe according to production volume. Mr. Zingarevich first invested in Ener1, Inc. in 2002. Since then he has become the company?s principal shareholder, assisting with the capital formation of the business and reviewing capital investment in both the United States and South Korea. He has worked closely with the company to assist in its global expansion. Mr. Zingarevich has a degree in engineering from Leningrad State Technological University. He is vice president of the Russian National Association of Pulp and Paper Manufacturers.

Good of Forbes not to use the M word in that piece.

[royal67]

Genuinely excited by this..... My only concern is how long McD will remain at the club..... Last thing we want is some jobless ex-PL 'big name' coming in......

SJM will still be the chairman, so I doubt we will see any major overhauls. SJM makes it seem like an investment and not a takeover.

Largely irrelevant, the Russian will be the majority shareholder.....

[urz13]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2089667/Reading-40m-takeover-Russian-tycoon.html?

Son of a Russian billionaire apparently

Reading manager Brian McDermott flew to Milan to meet the club's prospective owners earlier in the week to discuss team rebuilding.

[Arnie_Pie]

Fook me if this is true, we will be laughing, for a couple of seasons anyway, before it all goes tits. SJM as he has stated, must remain at the helm.

Disagree. I think it will go tits up much quicker than that.

I was trying to be positive.

I like our little tin-pot put together team and the fact we can rub shoulder with the big boys sometimes. Makes me feel proud. Money flooding in will screw us over one way or the other.

[Rex]

We'd better get rid of Molly Malone and adopt some Russian folk songs.

Along the Petersburg Road,
along the small lane
to the Tverskoi-Yamskoi Quarter
with a little bell ...

He writes to his dear one,
to me, a note,
a small note to me,
a sad message:

"Don't sit, Dunya,
so long in the evening,
and don't burn the candles
of the clear wax!

errr Reading Fc how mighty we'll be (clap clap)