Ripe for takeover?

[silverfox]

With the number of takeovers taking place such as Sunderland, Villa and Newcastle (the latest mentioned) I'm suprised that no one has been sniffing around at Bramall Lane.

The hard work has surely been done with the club on a sound stable footing to move onwards.

Perhaps the way it's been done with the integration of the property company makes it difficult or that McCabe has scared people off.

With the cash available from next season onwards the club must look an interesting prospect.

I'd still prefer the sound plan of McCabes rather than a "sugar daddy" myself.

 

[rotherhamblade]

NO! NO! NO!

Kevin mccabe has got the right ideas in my view and has done a great job for us lately

 

[Robbie]

Interestingly......

Just reading the sun again in my hecticly busy schedule at work and it states.....

WEst Ham are now in the hands of the Icelandics and totesport bet on which prem club will be next to be taken over by overseas investors.

Newcastle have been linked with a possible takeover by the Belgravia Group, are 5-2 faves with Liverpool 3-1, others Sheff U 3-1; Reading 11-2; Arsenal 7's; Fulham 8's

What do you lot rate our chances of an investor taking us over?

For a foreign market I think we have a lot of potential if we was taken over. We are the biggest team in Yorks. High attendances, and a club on the grow.

 

[silverfox]

http://www.sheff-utd.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4159&highlight=takeover

 

[Robbie]

http://www.sheff-utd.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4159&highlight=takeover

Mine's better than yours lol

 

[silverfox]

Mine's better than yours lol

You shouldn't start rumours like that!

 

[Sensiblade]

I think with us investing abroad it has been the other way around and will turn out better for us than the teams now owned by foreign investors.
Because we are owned by people who care about the club and the foreigners one the whole don't care about the clubs they have bought they just want the money.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

We must be looking more and more like a ripe financial cherry ready for picking. There are plenty out there wanting to get into the Premier League gravy train and fewer and fewer viable opportunities out there. I would expect a takeover, and a certainty if we stay up!

 

[RaWW]

I'd like it, would mean we could once again be a top team.

But it'd have to be the right person, I wouldn't like a person to take over the club purely for business reasons, I'd like someone who was interested in football.

 

[matth]

I'd rather get there the hard way and know that everything belongs to the club, rather than some rich sugar-daddy who's decided that his latest toy will be a football club.

Imagine if Abramovich suddenly decided he didn't want Chelsea anymore... they'd be knacked!

 

[Robbie]

Imagine if Abramovich suddenly decided he didn't want Chelsea anymore... they'd be knacked!

I don't think that would be the case at all.

Chelsea have no debts. Yes a High wage bill. But they get an awful lot of revenue.

Perhaps they might have to sell a few of there players but they would still be in good shape, just not be able to splash out like Manure.

 

[dingledog]

Mr Mc Cabe is a shrewd businessman, but I am sure everything has its price and if someone comes along offering him a fantastic return on his investment he would have to seriously consider the offer. Remember he is doing all this at the lane as an investment, yes he is a Blade and all the rest of it, but his passion for the Blades would not be altered even if he was to make a substantial return on his investment.

Perhaps a good question would be at what point does he believe that his investment will have reached its maximum value and when is it time to cash in?.

What we really need is a good conspiracy theory doing the rounds, we blades like nothing better!!!

 

[silverfox]

Warnock says..........

"If some Icelandics, Israelis, Hindus or whatever wanted to come and buy this club, or wanted to put money in, then I'm sure (chairman) Kevin McCabe would welcome them with open arms."

http://www.itv-football.co.uk/Story/0,14272,6107_1710936,00.html