Admittedly, I am a bit cautious about this US investment model. It's effectively a model where you pump investment in during the first year or so, get the club on an upward curve, and then sell when it is as its most valuable. I believe the owners of Barnsley and Millwall are following this model. The main objective is purely on making the club more profitable in the medium-to-long term future and making a return on your investment. So I'm not sure how much passion these new owners will have for the club and it's unlikely they'll be in it for the long haul.
The big questions for me are around how much they're willing to invest in the playing squad? Will they respect the traditions of our academy and provide it with investment? Will they make more of an effort speaking to supporters and being open? Will they engage with the local communities? Will they take the time and investment to improve our approach to the general running of the club, such as sports science and scouting? Will they actually put a proper structure in place? What type of manager and what type of playing style do they want to see? Given the record of Evans and his shambolic handling on most of those aforementioned issues, the new owners don't really need to do much to improve those aspects of the club. I do hope they're not using a leveraged buy-out or saddling the club with debt to third parties, as that could lead to trouble further down the road.
