So what about these Chinese billionaire takeovers?

[FATTYFOULKE]

Can see them being investigated over that fake taxi firm.

 

[Blade58]

As much as McCabe can irritate me with some of his business decisions, I'd want him to still own some of it even if we got a Billionaire in, he understands the club even if he occasionally sells our best players for not enough money and attaches hotels to the ground.

If I was him I'd be leveraging our history and support to try and get a stupidly rich amateur investor involved, someone who is youngish and likes football but doesn't want to run a company or team.

I'd rather be in our position than S6's though, tunaman probably isn't worth much more personally than McCabe if 100million is about right, and he seems to have precluded any possibility of other investment and even sponsorship. They bought LED hoardings and the only thing on them was D Taxis which is a fake company. If his family don't want in anymore then they're fooked. Look at Forest, and Coventry.

I'd love a load of millionaire Blades to group together and chuck in some dosh for no promise of a return in an ideal world.

Hasn't it been mentioned somewhere tunaman is good for about £300m of personal wealth?

Add to that his rich family. Daddy a billionaire or somat?

All irrelevant however if he gets bored. Having said that, tunaman has said he intends leaving the club for his son(s) to run

 

[BushBlade]

I'd say their losses are much greater than the value of the assets they've taken over.

Probably. I can't see that being much consolation to the Cov fans. Isn't that how it usually starts? The owners don't intend to asset strip but always lose money because of their inexperience and then panic and start selling off anything of value?
Like Ellis Short appears to be doing at Sunderland.
Like someone might do soon if his team doesn't get promoted?

 

[Sean Thornton]

Can see them being investigated over that fake taxi firm.

Wonder if whoever came up with that has ever heard of an Operators Licence?

 

[bromtom]

Hasn't it been mentioned somewhere tunaman is good for about £300m of personal wealth?

Add to that his rich family. Daddy a billionaire or somat?

All irrelevant however if he gets bored. Having said that, tunaman has said he intends leaving the club for his son(s) to run

Don't know for sure but a cursory Google and a forbes article says Father Chansiri and Family are worth $695 million. So about £500 million for the family, which is presumably split up. Obviously the family business is worth a lot but doesn't necessarily make them personally wealthy.

 

[RammyBlade]

Thought that the Prince and McCabe were loooking for investors ?Would be good if this were some of the Prince's mega rich family like the king of Saudi Arabia for example - now that would be real investment ..... Might upset a few do gooders though

 

[Fanny magnet]

Don't know for sure but a cursory Google and a forbes article says Father Chansiri and Family are worth $695 million. So about £500 million for the family, which is presumably split up. Obviously the family business is worth a lot but doesn't necessarily make them personally wealthy.

According to a pig on porktork he only has a small percentage stake of the tuna business and his other interests make up his personal fortune

 

[AdamSufc1997]

Thought that the Prince and McCabe were loooking for investors ?Would be good if this were some of the Prince's mega rich family like the king of Saudi Arabia for example - now that would be real investment ..... Might upset a few do gooders though

I thought the Prince had "game changing investment"

 

[grafikhaus]

It makes me laugh when we hear stories of the 'foreign billionaires'. So do Barnsley think they might be the next Man. City? It's time that people realised that, with so many 'wealthy investors' does not guarantee the PL in a few years - they cancel each other out. Apart from serious investment in the likes of Southampton, these people have just one thing in mind, and it isn't altruism. They realise that they can run rings around the suits that are (nominally) in charge of the English game. That allows them to claim that 90% of transfer fees are 'undisclosed'. They realise that FFP can be easily surpassed. The know that they have a customer base that will turn up whatever the results and the spiralling ticket costs. For every serious foreign investor, there are people like the charlatans at Birmingham, Hull, Sheffield Wednesday and a host of others.

I've just been watching Sky and they're splitting between the 'haves' and 'have nots'. Spurs about to play Chelsea at Wembley while the £800Bn new White Hart Lane is built and 'udders at the John Smith stadium. Good luck to the Terriers and enjoy it while it lasts, because it won't.

 

[sufcboy95]

Amazes me how teams like Bristol city and dingles can attract interest, yet we can't get a look in

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I think KM may leave it to us, in a trust, when he goes. If he did that, he'd be immortalised. If you were him how would you like to bow out?

Interesting question.

I'd like to give something back to the fans.

I'd like to be stood up in a lidless coffin on the goal line facing the kop at half time and let young kids take shots at the coffin and try and knock me out of it. It would be great to see my corpse falling forward in a posthumous bow towards our fans. Great half time entertainment!

 

[bromtom]

According to a pig on porktork he only has a small percentage stake of the tuna business and his other interests make up his personal fortune

Fair enough. It'll be interesting to see if he gets bored though or if shit will hit the fan this year should they miss out on premier league football. Hard division this year, 10 or so teams that have a very real chance of promotion, and a few more that could do well with a bit of luck on their side.

Football has gone mental though with money, there's going to be a collapse at some point, happened to F1 a couple of years ago, too expensive, manufacturers started dropping out, teams went bust, still hasn't recovered to the same amount of sponsorship. I can see something like that happening.

Even Mike Ashley has said he can't afford to run Newcastle really, not to the standard that would make them properly competitive and he's properly loaded.

 

[Esablade]

I thought the Prince had "game changing investment"

It changed the game for McCabe.

 

[8lade]

Which clubs have been asset stripped?

The Glazers repaid loans out of income, via dividends etc. they do own the club and it's hardly bankrupted it.

The big one I remember being stripped was Swansea City.

http://www.totalsportek.com/football/clubs-with-the-most-debt/

 

[UnitedBlade]

Amazes me how teams like Bristol city and dingles can attract interest, yet we can't get a look in

Bristol City's investor is a local lad who supports Bristol City and has been on their board for 20 years so hardly overnight transformation.

Lansdown is similar to McCabe in that respect but 10 times richer. I doubt he has injected 10 times what McCabe has put in to us though.