Saints are starting to accept that Lander Holdings are not going to proceed with the deal to buy an 80 % stake in the club and are now looking at other potential investments.

The deal with Lander Holdings is looking dead in the water with the Chinese company failing to come up with the cash, the deal has been concluded for several weeks with all that is now needed is the cash to be paid and the final signatures on the document, Saints were ready to move forward with the ball firmly in the Chinese court but Lander Holdings have not proceeded with their part of the bargain.

Last week Lander boss Gao Jisheng was quoted by Reuters as saying of the potential deal:

“It is not clear at the moment. The seller is having second thoughts about selling the club.”

But according to the Daily Echo that is not the case and Katharina Liebherr's position remains unchanged in that she was ready to complete the transaction, although it may be fair to say that Lander's failure to complete may be leading her to believe this is not the right deal for the club.

But one thing she is sure about is that if Saints are to continue to move forward then she is not the person with the cash to do it, having established Saints as a top ten Premier League club it now needs someone with more financial clout than Kat to take us to the next level and whilst she retains an emotional attachment to the club and is not yet ready to relinquish all he shares, she wants to see it become a true monument to her late father who saved us in our our of need.

Saints are now coming to the conclusion that the Lander deal will now not happen and are considering other options and are believed to have already been sounded out by potential investors.

However finding the right one or more to the point the right one with the right money to invest is going to be tricky and therefore it is unlikely that Saints will say too much publicly as the Lander deal could still happen so they are playing their cards close to their chest.

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SaintPaulVW added 13:34 - Jul 25 I just struggle to see how we are any better off if we are sold to a company that appears to be having difficulties in raising the funds to pay for the club. How are they then going to be able to raise funds to invest in the club? Can only presume this is being contemplated on the back of increasing the commercial revenue from China.
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Jesus_02 added 14:29 - Jul 25 Maybe they are waiting a year for the price to drop. Saints have very much seemed to have lost momentum, I hate to say it but because of various factors i think we are going to struggle My reasons include: . Investment by developments in clubs around us VVD saga effecting team stability Accumulation of average midfielders Lack of competition in goal , coupled with FFs lack of confidence Rather wobbly goal threat

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SaintBrock added 14:31 - Jul 25 The period of exclusivity with Lander has long passed and there has been no confirmed interest in us from any other source. Maybe everyone else has been put off by our star player's open defiance of management and his stated intent not to play for Saints again. Not a great advert to entice someone to cough up £200m is it? My guess is that there will be no sale now and no significant transfers in or out. WE might as a result be in for a very difficult season.

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StRipper added 23:26 - Jul 25 Well, if they have faith that the squad is good enough under the right management, then so be it. No idea where the goals are going to come from without a Pelle replacement. I think winning the League Cup over United though would have got the interest needed to complete a peak value sale.
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dirk_doone added 08:29 - Jul 26 You have to ask why they have spent so many months trying to flog the club to Lander when everybody knew from the start that they had very little money by Premier League standards and that after the purchase they would have none left to invest in the team and would probably be forced to sell players to recoup their losses. So, why?
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