Saints in takeover talks with Chinese group

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Accounting for a players cost is relatively straight forward. The cost will be accounted for initially as an asset and that asset will be depreciated or amortized down across the length of the players contract(s)

...which creates my favourite accounting fiction: Academy graduates are considered to be worthless on paper. You didn't pay anything for them, so how valuable could they really be?
 
...which creates my favourite accounting fiction: Academy graduates are considered to be worthless on paper. You didn't pay anything for them, so how valuable could they really be?

I always ask any Finance Director I work with why there system is so daft... they list people as a cost and equipment as assets!
 
People may be the best asset in that sense, but have to be regarded differently in an accounting sense. People cost money every year and you can't sell them (apart from in team sports), whereas a machine/building once bought remains a depreciating asset....as it has some value...until it hasn't.


But I'm sure you know that:emoticon-0111-blush
 
Spot on. Why worry about stuff we have no control over and although I love Saints, it doesn't directly affect me of the health of my family.

Also, there are worse things to worry about than a Chinese Billionaire buying 80% of the Saints, whilst our current loved Billionaire maintains 20% to ensure it is a smooth takeover.
It affects my health during the 90 minutes
 
What I don't understand is IF he is worth a fair wedge, Why were they struggling to put together the money that was wanted.. allegedly.
Because he doesn't like parting with money.? After all, why does Katharina want to sell 80% of her ownership, when she could easily afford taking Saints to the Champions League. Simply because she'd prefer to do other things with her money. Like save it and let others spend theirs.
 
Because he doesn't like parting with money.? After all, why does Katharina want to sell 80% of her ownership, when she could easily afford taking Saints to the Champions League. Simply because she'd prefer to do other things with her money. Like save it and let others spend theirs.

But you need to spend money to make money.
 
http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/3ZRUVs8i1R6EuRugbkfuyA

Translation below, interesting translation of Van Dijk, after recent events


According to the "Thaiba Daily" reported that after several months of investigation, the Premier League has allowed Chinese to 1.9 million pounds to buy the Southampton Club.
The acquisition of the Southampton Club is named Rheinland Sports, chairman of the board for Gao Jisheng. At present, Rheinland Sports has passed the Premiership club owner and management test, the announcement is expected to be made next week. Southampton and Rheinland Sports have been told that their proposed deal is allowed to continue.
Southampton boss Katharina Liebherr and Rheinland Sports to discuss the sale of the club has been almost 12 months time, in March this year, Rhine Sports for Southampton offers 190 million pounds offer the acquisition of all the shares of the club, Daily "has been reported.
Subsequently, the Premier League lawyers surveyed the company's funding sources and adequacy, the company's business plans and the structure of the deal, as well as the potential owners and the board of candidates for appropriate testing. The Premier League believes that all aspects of the acquisition of Rhine are fulfilled.
Rhine plans to take over the saints in stages, before it will acquire the club before starting full control. In the acquisition negotiations, Rhine promised not to sell any players this summer, including the pursuit of many wealthy Van Dick.
 
What I don't understand is IF he is worth a fair wedge, Why were they struggling to put together the money that was wanted.. allegedly.

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This is the chap quoted as breaking the news Thursday and his twitter bio says he runs a finance business which works closely with China.

As per his tweet. It's not the lack of money. More about getting approval from China to invest money abroad

NDRC - National Development and Reform Commission -
http://en.ndrc.gov.cn/mfndrc/

MOFCOM - Ministry of Commerce -
http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/

SAFE - State Administrator of Foreign Exchange -
http://www.safe.gov.cn/wps/portal/english/Home
 
Perhaps in part because of the possibility of relegation, club values don't make a tonne of sense to me...by rights, they should be much higher than they are.

As an example, the Miami Marlins in Major League Baseball had revenues that equate to about 162m GBP last year; that's probably pretty close to our revenues, maybe even a shade below. They lost money.

The team is valued at about 750m GBP, and there was talk of bids that would exceed $1b GBP.
It doesn't make sense to me even further now!