{"id":530726,"date":"2023-10-11T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=530726"},"modified":"2023-10-11T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T06:00:00","slug":"kieran-maguire-west-brom-will-complete-takeover-before-january-on-one-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/kieran-maguire-west-brom-will-complete-takeover-before-january-on-one-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"Kieran Maguire: West Brom will complete takeover before January on one condition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

West Brom can complete a takeover before their January deadline provided the bidder has a valid background.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is the opinion of finance expert Kieran Maguire, who spoke exclusively to Football Insider <\/strong>about the Baggies’ pursuit of a takeover deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albion owner Guochuan Lai is looking to sell the club this season amid financial struggles behind the scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As revealed by Football Insider, <\/strong>the West Brom takeover process is set to accelerate after Lai dropped his asking price to \u00a335million<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baggies chiefs have held talks with parties from the US and Middle East about a potential takeover, with the club eager to find a suitable bidder before January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As reported by The Telegraph<\/a>, West Brom are at risk of a January firesale if a takeover is not completed before the start of the transfer window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maguire believes a January takeover is “challenging but not impossible” provided that the bidder can easily pass the EFL’s background checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s feasible to get a deal done by January but it will depend upon the background of the prospective owner<\/em>,” Maguire told Football Insider’s <\/strong>Sean Fisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We’ve seen the deals at clubs such as Coventry go through actually very quickly.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Birmingham City too – their deal went through very quickly and both of those clubs are geographically not far apart from West Bromwich Albion<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“When the EFL has reservations about the source of funds of the owner and whether they have a genuine business plan that can be fully funded for the next two year<\/em>s – that’s when you tend to see things starting to drag.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“So if it’s a good owner with cash in the bank employing professionals, then January is a challenging date but not an impossible one.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other news, Kieran Maguire tells Guochuan Lai to ‘get out’ of West Brom after ‘\u00a3165m’ takeover news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

West Brom can complete a takeover before their January deadline provided the bidder has a valid background. That is the opinion of finance expert Kieran Maguire, who spoke exclusively to Football Insider about the Baggies’ pursuit of a takeover deal. Albion owner Guochuan Lai is looking to sell the club this season amid financial struggles …<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":339724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverart":"\"\"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","_grv_disable_ads":false,"grv_featured_categories":""},"categories":[18923,2235],"tags":[182,2097],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530726"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":530747,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530726\/revisions\/530747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}