Owners

[DBAH0]

 

[Zidane98]

Problem with Chinese owners / billionaires is if they have a falling out with Xi Jinping their fortune tends to evaporate pretty quickly.

 

[chef]

 

[SM]

'Proper' football club?

 

[Bojan KantKick]

 

[Bostonian]

'Proper' football club?

Another one of those wanky terms like "big club".

 

[RossFC]

FSG planning to buy a 2nd club (with Michael Edwards' input).

 

[Bradesmaen]

FSG planning to buy a 2nd club (with Michael Edwards' input).

Southampton? Reduced transfer fees.

 

[chef]

 

[Art Vandelay_]

If I owned Wycombe I'd lease it back to them then I'd be a smart arse and schedule maintenance and safety checks the week they played Reading so they can't train all week.

 

[Bradesmaen]

If I owned Wycombe I'd lease it back to them then I'd be a smart arse and schedule maintenance and safety checks the week they played Reading so they can't train all week.

Wycombe's owner is American and that is a very American thing to do...

 

[moomba]

For me, this is the sort of thing that football should be looking to regulate against.

 

[Jatz]

For me, this is the sort of thing that football should be looking to regulate against.

From the owners point of view?

Wycombe have done nothing wrong here.

 

[Bradesmaen]

From the owners point of view?

Wycombe have done nothing wrong here.

Think he's referring to the Reading owner.

 

[Jatz]

Yeah thought so. Just asset stripping.

 

[moomba]

From the owners point of view?

Wycombe have done nothing wrong here.

No more from Reading point of view. What's happened there (from my limited knowledge) seems awful, and all these rules purportedly designed to safeguard clubs don't seem to be doing much of that with Reading.

 

[big_e]

For what it's worth, Wycombe had to sell their training ground about ten years ago and have been leasing it ever since. I know the current owners of the club have talked about wanting to do something about the poor state of Marlow Road for a while, so given they were approached about a pretty new facility just down the road, I'm not surprised they jumped at it, especially if the reports about it being sold below market value are true.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

 

[moomba]

 

[moomba]

 

[moomba]

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Jail really doesn't apply to billionaires.

Lewis punishment for insider trading is a 3 year probation period and $5m fine.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

 

[Bradesmaen]