If Top *did* sell - who do you think might buy the club?

[MrSpaM]

Best One on Hinkley Road

[South Shire Fox]

Americans. Id imagine Mike Ashley would be sniffing as well. Theres still a lot of potential at this club if someone managed it properly

[AKCJ]

3 hours ago, Bourbon Fox said:

You can't invest in us to get us promoted quickly without breaching PSR.

 

We're a couple of years away from having a sustainable wage structure in the Championship.

 

We have a ton of legal issues pending that may worsen our position and instantly decrease our valuation.

 

We look like we may potentially go down before we go up.

 

A better title for the thread would be 'who in their right mind would buy the club?'

 

Don't think it will happen until we are either in the Premier League with a steady ship or a genuine rescue prospect, stripped of assets and leagues below where we could be.

 

 

 

 

Alternatively, we're a big club with a huge fan base, planning permission on a stadium redevelopment, the best training ground in the world and a big brand.

 

I think we're ripe for someone coming and buying us for cheap to turn us around. Smart ownerships making clever decisions would have us top half of the Premier League in no time IMO.

 

Look at Newcastle. Yes their owners have spent a lot but they've made consistent good decisions and have left the football to football people.

 

They had a vision/plan and they've stuck to it. They signed Eddie Howe and let him build the club up. A clear winning mentality over a philosophy. 

 

We just appoint managers that tell 5"3 that he likes to play like Man City then wonder why the likes of Jordan Ayew can't do it.

[fox_up_north]

24 minutes ago, South Shire Fox said:

Americans. Id imagine Mike Ashley would be sniffing as well. Theres still a lot of potential at this club if someone managed it properly

Mike Ashley genuinely isn't the worst we could get, now. There's far, far worse than him. 

[urban.spaceman]

There were completely unsubstantiated rumours on here last year that the Mara family might be trying to buy us. I'd be happy with that. 

[BeaumontFox]

Is there any weight in sacking PSR off, just spending what is required knowing that the talent on the books would keep the team up after a hefty points deduction?

[Trav Le Bleu]

[Jimmy]

2 hours ago, fox_up_north said:

Mike Ashley genuinely isn't the worst we could get, now. There's far, far worse than him. 

He's also worse than what we have

[PingCower]

6 hours ago, Stadt said:

We have some immutably good features.

 

32k stadium in reasonable condition, permission secured

State of the art training ground 

Another training ground we could sell (there is a covenant sure, but we're well versed in legal matters now)

More name recognition than 95+ % of English clubs

Productive academy 

Large one club city/county with a big catchment area

Decent sized fanbase 

An hour from London on the train

 

 

Debt, PSR, deductions etc are temporary issues. A canny owner would turn this around fairly quickly. We have an owner that is dumb and not bothered and his dumb sidekick should have been booted years ago.

💯 A top club on a downswing 

[lcfc sheff]

A consortium led by Jason Derulo!

[Grebfromgrebland]

Venky chicken

[Grebfromgrebland]

It would be great if some local people could set up a consortium to buy the club. 

 

Who's rich from Leicester? 

[Bourbon Fox]

3 hours ago, AKCJ said:

Alternatively, we're a big club with a huge fan base, planning permission on a stadium redevelopment, the best training ground in the world and a big brand.

 

I think we're ripe for someone coming and buying us for cheap to turn us around. Smart ownerships making clever decisions would have us top half of the Premier League in no time IMO.

 

Look at Newcastle. Yes their owners have spent a lot but they've made consistent good decisions and have left the football to football people.

 

They had a vision/plan and they've stuck to it. They signed Eddie Howe and let him build the club up. A clear winning mentality over a philosophy. 

 

We just appoint managers that tell 5"3 that he likes to play like Man City then wonder why the likes of Jordan Ayew can't do it.

So we're looking for a smart owner who will pay what Top wants and then very quickly implement a canny football programme run by clever people, who they'll back with investment and leave to build a winning system on the football side while they expand the ground, swap the kop and the family stand and develop the hotel and retail park?

 

And will there be blowjob machines installed in the singing section?

[Bourbon Fox]

15 minutes ago, Grebfromgrebland said:

It would be great if some local people could set up a consortium to buy the club. 

 

Who's rich from Leicester? 

That geezer from Dunelm, Englebert Humperdinck, the Bloor Homes guy, Mr Pukka Pies and Sean From Enderby

Edited 29 January by Bourbon Fox

[Spanner73]

We’re not that lucky ! 
We’re stuffed as a club, his actions over the past few years accumulating into this weeks interview show how far away he is from the reality of where we are as a club from top to bottom, of course this could be a defensive mechanism and defending what he knows is wrong, maybe deep down he knows he’s bull shouting, who knows, only him, but whatever this is now and what we have, is clearly for keeps and the future, he’s not going to change for anyone and he not going to give us a breath of fresh air to sell the club for the better, this is now what we have !! today, tomorrow and always, let that sink in for a moment !!!!
 

We are bang in trouble with this guy and what a sad future we have in store for our football club. RIP LCFC 

Edited 29 January by Spanner73

[Craig]

40 minutes ago, Bourbon Fox said:

That geezer from Dunelm, Englebert Humperdinck, the Bloor Homes guy, Mr Pukka Pies and Sean From Enderby

Leeds fan unfortunately 

[Bordersfox]

43 minutes ago, Bourbon Fox said:

That geezer from Dunelm, Englebert Humperdinck, the Bloor Homes guy, Mr Pukka Pies and Sean From Enderby

You mean Derbyshire born John Bloor? 

[Nalis]

Teams in far far worse positions than us have been bought by excellent owners out of the blue. We are also still very marketable.

[Patrick]

8 minutes ago, Bordersfox said:

You mean Derbyshire born John Bloor? 

I used to know someone who knew him well growing up and I was told he grew up in Measham, where his business was established and is still based to this day.

[Clogger_]

We still have a way to fall before anyone local can buy us

[Stadt]

Barratt’s, David Wilson & family, Sytner are pretty big. Must be some money sloshing around 

[dmayne7]

4 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Hadn't loaded properly on my phone so thought it was Agamemnon from the Troy film based on the outfit

[whoareyaaa]

35 minutes ago, Clogger_ said:

We still have a way to fall before anyone local can buy us

4 months isn't that long

[Wymsey]

Can see it being Mike Ashley, given he has links to the Midlands with Coventry and Sports Direct business - but don't think he'd want to wait around a while if he has any interest at all.

Edited 29 January by Wymsey

[Ric Flair]

John Bloor