DARE WE DREAM?

[ivoralljack]

Alan Nixon in the Sun reports that: "Swansea chiefs are prepared to sell at a reduced price of £38 million." He goes on to say that they will demand a £15 million bonus if the Swans make the Premier League within 5 years. Wol carry the story: Swans ownership situation as report claims Americans name selling price

Nixon says that the owners are open to approaches at a realistic price rather than face the further misery of cutbacks............ and sources say groups from around the globe have shown interest......... however it would take investment from the Americans to get back to the big time AND THAT IS NOT IN THEIR PLANNING [my caps]. So a proper offer and an extra payment if the next owners go up will clinch a deal.

What FANTASTIC news if this is true. Time will tell but I wonder if the owners are prepared to cut and run A) because of the impending court case B) because there's not much left to milk and C) there won't be if they're not prepared to invest. Of course, I appreciate that this is still at the gossip stage but Nixon is usually well-informed about such matters and he has to have had some sort of realistic information to go with the story. Let's hope we hear more positive news on this in the near future But if there is any merit in the story, let's hope that some genuine buyers will come forward whose interest is in the future of our club. One final thought; why oh why couldn't I have won that lottery jackpot of £169 million? We'd never have to worry about our future again!

 

[Yankee_Jack]

And so we tumble forward from one opportunistic blue sky ownership group to another.

We have one of the best academies in the Championship, if not the Prem and Championship, that has produced a series of blue chip young players (James, McB, Roberts, Roden, Byers, Grimes ....) all capable of making a mark at the senior level and the current fuckers want to cut and run ... mindless, spineless, naive ... what else is there to say. A modicum of spend now to augment this squad and Cooper getting his tactical shit together and we could go up this season.

Exactly how more realistic and committed will the next group be I wonder.

 

[Yankee_Jack]

For context: last year I saw an offer memorandum for Scunthorpe FC asking something around £12 million.

The club was bleeding cash and was projected to need significant annual cash injection to remain operating. The seller was a guy whose "wealth" was, by my estimate, derived from his marriage to a woman who was CEO of a profitable, sizable family business. I presume she'd had enough of the hobby.

 

[KVetch]

That's really cheap. Considering they spent £110. They must have made a profit somewhere. I hope there is a better owner though. Don't want to end up like Bolton or Bury.