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Prince Knut said:
I think the Yanks like the Glazers and John Henry do it for the brand (United, Liverpool, and Arsenal are huge international brands that are even off the scale in the US now). They can borrow money to pay their own wages and fund their lifestyles and homes, etc, at very low interest rates with assets like these in place. I don't think FSG, for instance, has ever shown the same ambition to win things that Arab owners (and Abramovich) have, but they need the club to be successful enough to maintain the brand. A bit like a Mike Ashleigh strategy with go-faster stripes.

Tbf to the Glazers, United have never lacked funds for transfers, But tbf to John Henry he's never leeched billions out of the club like the Glazers have done at United over the decades.
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Pretty fair points all round ...
 
Solid Air 2 said:
Our owners have made a fortune in asset value bought for 200m club now valued in the billions and they have pumped in zero extra money to get that return
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Don't forget that they pumped over £220m of their own money into building 2 new stands though, just as they said they would do when they promised to build a new stadium for that price as the condition of them getting the club at around half price in a distressed sale. They never mentioned they'd charge that back to the club though, did they? :emoticon-0112-wonde
 
Peej said:
you know where the land is situated right? You wouldn’t be buying the club for a patch of land that you could drop 50 houses onto, no real demand for luxury apartments in the style of Highbury.

it’s obvious it’s for the new stadium, and he is buying a club on its arse, with what he must see as loads of growth opportunities.
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Yeah, buy low sell high. Was just asking what’s happening with the current site.
 
Prince Knut said:
I think the Yanks like the Glazers and John Henry do it for the brand (United, Liverpool, and Arsenal are huge international brands that are even off the scale in the US now). They can borrow money to pay their own wages and fund their lifestyles and homes, etc, at very low interest rates with assets like these in place. I don't think FSG, for instance, has ever shown the same ambition to win things that Arab owners (and Abramovich) have, but they need the club to be successful enough to maintain the brand. A bit like a Mike Ashleigh strategy with go-faster stripes.

Tbf to the Glazers, United have never lacked funds for transfers, But tbf to John Henry he's never leeched billions out of the club like the Glazers have done at United over the decades.
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Abramovich bought Chelsea to reduce his chances of being murdered by Putin’s boys. Nearly bought Spurs. Imagine how different the board would be if they’d swapped the last twenty years.
 
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Horny 4 Hamas said:
Out of interest, has the Goodison site been sold yet? Assumed it’ll be housing because everything is housing. These blokes aren’t mugs so they must think they can make a success of it but I don’t get why you’d be arsed when you can invest in anything.
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Think there was talk of us buying it to use as a car park. Dunno how far those talks have gotten though. :emoticon-0143-smirk
 
Doesn't look like Wimbledon will playing matches at home anytime soon.

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Libby said:
Doesn't look like Wimbledon will playing matches at home anytime soon.

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Not good with the geography of London

How feasible is it for Wimbledon to play home games at Wembley?
 
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