Ipswich Investment

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Portman Road must need some serious investment, wouldn't be suprised if they where planning a new ground
I'd imagine their "40%" includes options or rights on the stadium and training ground. Not a chance a small Championship club (in terms of stature) is valued at £260m
 
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Ipswich may not even go up this season.

They have a squad of mainly L1 players.

They have a small dilapidated stadium that they don't fill.

How can they be worth £260m when Premier League Newcastle were sold for around the same amount-ish?

Newcastle have twice their support.

I smell some financial shenanigans.
Totally agree mate this has a bit of a FFP hint to it
 
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Am not. I know people who live in Ipswich and commute to London for work. An hour on the train. That in it's self with add value to the club.
It takes about the same time to get from Durham to Leeds by train as it does to get from Ipswich to London Liverpool Street. You wouldn't say that Leeds was a Durham club. I know people who commute to London from Birmingham and Stoke- commuting distance has no bearing. Psychologically, Ipswich is very separate from London and there is no way that people in London or Ipswich, or the areas in between, would consider Ipswich to be a London club.

In terms of attracting players though, it's location might give Ipswich a slight advantage over clubs further afield if players want to live close to London. A lot of West Ham players live in parts of Essex that you can reach Ipswich from in just over an hour (if the traffic is OK on the A12).
 
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It takes about the same time to get from Durham to Leeds by train as it does to get from Ipswich to London Liverpool Street. You wouldn't say that Leeds was a Durham club. I know people who commute to London from Birmingham and Stoke- commuting distance has no bearing. Psychologically, Ipswich is very separate from London and there is no way that people in London or Ipswich, or the areas in between, would consider Ipswich to be a London club.

In terms of attracting players though, it's location might give Ipswich a slight advantage over clubs further afield if players want to live close to London. A lot of West Ham players live in parts of Essex that you can reach Ipswich from in just over an hour (if the traffic is OK on the A12).

Was just thinking out loud to why the valuation is higher than expected d