Belokon in the Daily Mail

[scunner]

I thought the prison sentence was in Kyrgyzstan? Doesn't he live in Riga?

Quality journalism?

 

[Ormerod89]

Shame when they have someone like Jack Gaughan sat a few desks away that they can’t get the facts correct.

 

[Upwards]

One day that newspaper will print something that is true.

 

[hills98]

Yeah about what you’d expect from the Mail. Lazy sensationalist and plain old wrong. If the EU recognised his conviction he wouldn’t have to go back to Latvia to be jailed would he! That’s kind of the point of the EU, you can’t hide from a french conviction in Germany!!

 

[hills98]

That said, I’m not saying he wasn’t money laundering, I believe he has been known to associate with some sleezy characters in the past

 

[Lala]

That said, I’m not saying he wasn’t money laundering, I believe he has been known to associate with some sleezy characters in the past

Had his fingers in many pies it seems.
We’ve certainly upgraded on every level with Mr Sadler.

 

[gjr69]

People are generally judged by the company they keep, he did good things for BFC but he came to the club as a friend of owen oyston.

 

[GrahamwantshisOates]

“20 years if he returns to Latvia”

Must be very comfortable sentence for him living in Riga!

 

[Bennys_was_a_mob]

I read it earlier and commented about the untruths and shameful article.

 

[bleach51]

I stopped reading the Mail on Line some time ago as It was pathetically biased, often totally inaccurate and driven by headline sensationalism ( to catch your attention) when the follow up text often portrayed a different story and the paper itself apart from the Saturday supplement is much the same.

 

[Stony Hill]

One day that newspaper will print something that is true.

I’m sure they always get the date right.

 

[kuriousoranj]

People are generally judged by the company they keep, he did good things for BFC but he came to the club as a friend of owen oyston.

I'm not sure he knew anything about OO when they first met at a party..he does now!

 

[AngelBFC]

I thi

People are generally judged by the company they keep, he did good things for BFC but he came to the club as a friend of owen oyston.

I thought he came to sell his beer
And Oyston persuaded him to invest

 

[AngelBFC]

Bottom line is he got rid of the Oystons . He’s a saint in my eyes .

 

[BigHandsOliverKahn]

When communism collapsed in Russia, the individuals who got super rich were generally ones who had bad guys on their side.

 

[Dark_Side_of_the_Lune]

Funny how when I read something in a paper on a subject which I actually know something about, then I find it full of errors, misplaced assumptions and the outcome of generalism. Makes me doubt all the rest.

 

[AndrewDuncanSmith]

Valeri Belokon will have his lawyers look at this article to see if he has sufficent grounds to
take the Mail to law.

 

[Sooty59]

Funny how when I read something in a paper on a subject which I actually know something about, then I find it full of errors, misplaced assumptions and the outcome of generalism. Makes me doubt all the rest.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[pooljimbo]

Regardless of being true or not, the article reads like it’s been written by a twelve year old.

 

[Bennys_was_a_mob]

Regardless of being true or not, the article reads like it’s been written by a twelve year old.

That's today's poorly educated agenda driven woke journalism for you

 

[TKL_Seasider]

That's today's poorly educated agenda driven woke journalism for you

The Mail is woke now? Interesting.

Actually the problem is that the Mail Online hires a bunch of underpaid graduates to vomit stories onto the web based on a quick bit of Googling and zero basic fact-checking, never mind anything resembling editing.

Hopefully Mr B takes them to the cleaners, or at least sends a very frightening letter from our friends at Clifford Chance.

 

[gjr69]

I thi

I thought he came to sell his beer
And Oyston persuaded him to invest

I am fairly sure they were acquaintances(do these types of people have friends?) before they became business partners, but I could be wrong.

 

[Excalibur]

.... Don't believe anything you read and only half of what you see...

 

[GrahamwantshisOates]

Just read the comments.Someone is defending the report.
Can‘t be bothered to register as I will receive many unwanted mail and cold callers.

 

[Macseasider]

Wasn't the decision overturned in part on appeal in Paris?

 

[TangerineBayern]

I stopped reading the Mail on Line some time ago as It was pathetically biased, often totally inaccurate and driven by headline sensationalism ( to catch your attention) when the follow up text often portrayed a different story and the paper itself apart from the Saturday supplement is much the same.

Are you implying Beach that the Mail contains contradicting articles on the same subject

 

[tangerine_neil]

He probably thought he didn’t need to challenge his grossly biased conviction, but he really should for his own reputation. Time to clear your name VB. I’ll always have nothing but fond memories of what he did for BFC

 

[Thegoalmachine]

People are generally judged by the company they keep, he did good things for BFC but he came to the club as a friend of owen oyston.

Ive seen you hanging around with a few suspect types

 

[gjr69]

Ive seen you hanging around with a few suspect types

You're not wrong lad!

 

[Charlie Gracie]

People are generally judged by the company they keep, he did good things for BFC but he came to the club as a friend of owen oyston.

He came to the club as a business associate of OO not a friend...Big difference…

 

[Hazi]

Belekon got into business with an Oyston that makes his character dubious to say the least, helpful in getting rid of them for sure but was paid 31 million of BFC funds in the process. Glad he has gone. Decent human beings at the helm now.

 

[GrahamwantshisOates]

Belekon got into business with an Oyston that makes his character dubious to say the least, helpful in getting rid of them for sure but was paid 31 million of BFC funds in the process. Glad he has gone. Decent human beings at the helm now.

I don’t think Belekon realised how bad they were until they came cap in hand to him to buy players after the huge windfall from Premiership,

 

[bleach51]

Are you implying Beach that the Mail contains contradicting articles on the same subject

B(l) each says judge for yourself...but don’t take that as a recommendation to visit their crap website.

 

[seasiderjohn]

Regardless of being true or not, the article reads like it’s been written by a twelve year old.

mental age of a 12 year old possibly

 

[Tangerinenick]

Legend.

 

[dodgy_surname]

He didn’t upset me️

 

[BFC1980]

The Mail is woke now? Interesting.

Actually the problem is that the Mail Online hires a bunch of underpaid graduates to vomit stories onto the web based on a quick bit of Googling and zero basic fact-checking, never mind anything resembling editing.

Hopefully Mr B takes them to the cleaners, or at least sends a very frightening letter from our friends at Clifford Chance.

Maybe one of the junior Oystons is there on work experience.

 

[Critchknows]

Ultimately with VB it was a case of the enemy of my enemy is my friend. I'm sure he's not a saint but by dealing with them who shall not be named he helped us out a lot and rid us of them as a by product which is fine by me. As they say one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.

 

[Stony Hill]

Ultimately with VB it was a case of the enemy of my enemy is my friend. I'm sure he's not a saint but by dealing with them who shall not be named he helped us out a lot and rid us of them as a by product which is fine by me. As they say one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.

Pretty much agree with you.

 

[Cuthbert]

I'm not sure he knew anything about OO when they first met at a party..he does now!

He knew enough. He trusted Owen with his money. OO thought he had fleeced him and was happy to say so.

 

[todayistheday]

Wasnt it that Harold Elletson who introduced Belks to the Oysts. Seems he had M16,spy,Russian interests. Maybe all three are spies or type of James Bond 007 characters. How hilarious that would be.