Takeover

[Mr Nimbus]

I’m not sure I buy into the argument it doesn’t matter if they don’t have significant cash. Even if we go down the develop the scouting, youth development, and general football department it will still be a lot easier and potentially more effective if the owners have wealth that can compete with clubs we will hopefully be up against in the Prem.

Brentford seem to be the natural blueprint but their success will get more and more difficult to sustain as time goes by.

Depends what you mean by significant cash?

We need the new owner to have enough wealth to keep MDS sweet and make further borrowing available should it be needed in the immediate future.  

We need the to have enough wealth absorb the losses FFP allows whilst we try to get back into the top league.

We then need them to have enough wealth to invest in the  infrastructure necessary to compete in the Premier League, and potentially add to the transfer and wages pot as FFP allows.

This does need significant cash but NOT at Nation State levels.   We wouldn't and couldn't buy £100m players regardless of the owners wealth.

Brighton and Brentford ARE the models. Although they are seen as the plucky underdogs both clubs have had significant debt absorbed and investment applied.  The numbers don't seem fantastic compared to the PL giants but they absolutely dwarf most Championship clubs budgets including our own.

Don't forget not that long ago under Ebeneezer and Dashworth we were the model club others looked to replicate (no surprise he ended up at Brighton) and a new DOF and Recruitment team should be top of any shopping list, the best any new money can buy.