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Everton takeover rumours

Will anything come of today's buyer/investor news?

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The Hunt groups are good owners but its easy to be a decent owner when you control teams with salary caps and bought and taxpayer funded stadiums. They aren't rich enough to make much if any of a difference.
 
Rook said:
The Hunt groups are good owners but its easy to be a decent owner when you control teams with salary caps and bought and taxpayer funded stadiums. They aren't rich enough to make much if any of a difference.
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They are billionaires though, baring in mind Kenwright is worth about £30m I think it would be a bit of a difference.
 
davek said:
The carpet baggers are asking too much. £225m with no new stadium in place or stadium upgrade - not to be too morbid about it, we may as well just settle down until nature takes its course.
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225M seems fair considering future TV money and 2 players worth around 80M in transfer fees on the roster.
 

abelard said:
with the caveat that this same point and a dozen counter-points have no doubt already been made, be careful what you wish for?

is there any team bought by Americans that has actually demonstrably benefited? they might just lose interest once they learn that you can't buy up all the local politicians in order force taxpayers into subsidizing new stadiums every 20 years, or collude to keep player wages down, as is standard practice on the "free" market. the best case scenarios have seen preposterous spending on limited players, mountains of debt from the initial purchase loaded onto team accounts, and burning effigies.
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They will no doubt be aware of market differences -- beyond that there are good and bad owners everywhere from every country. More bad than good as one would expect in a zero sum game.

I don't think BK, for all his many, many, many faults, will sell to someone who isn't serious and sensible (to as much of an extent as one can determine that ahead of time).

abelard said:
if we ever do get bought up, the odds of things getting much worse have to be at least even
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If we don't get bought up the odds of things getting much worse have to be at least even as well. Let's not kid ourselves that standing pat is a safe decision -- that could be a very risky decision indeed.

I want us to sell -- 100% no doubt in my mind -- and yes there is a good chance it won't work out. I believe continuing to try to compete at the top four level without investment is going to get more and more difficult -- so I'm willing to take that risk ... because without new owners we will more likely than not die a slow, slow death.
 

Coffee and TV said:
They are billionaires though, baring in mind Kenwright is worth about £30m I think it would be a bit of a difference.
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They are billionaires because investing in American sports clubs are a licence to print money. To make any dent to be an established top 4 side it takes around 200-300M in player investment at the minimum. There is no way they invest in that kind of coin here.
 
Rook said:
They are billionaires because investing in American sports clubs are a licence to print money. To make any dent to be an established top 4 side it takes around 200-300M in player investment at the minimum. There is no way they invest in that kind of coin here.
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But, and this has been done to death over the last few years, they have spotted that Everton could be marketed into the US sporting pysche, you know the script I am sure, then that might just have the necessary legs for them to step in.
 

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