DuncansPigeons
Player Valuation: £750k
Sell it to the women’s team as a PSR manoeuvre?
irishtony1878
Player Valuation: £20m
Set up the women's team as a separate company from the men's business, keep them under the TFG umbrella and then sell Goodison and the fittings to them.
That's what Chelsea have just done.
That's what Chelsea have just done.
tommye
Player Valuation: £100m
Hello!
Would be a massive statement for the women's team and great for the women's game in general.
Brilliant idea.
Let's be clear, I think the women's team deserves a good ground, but I don't think Goodison is the right fit. Maybe for a few years, but I can't see it as a long term solution.
Goodison is big and the costs to operate and maintain are large. Where the women's game is going and where it is are not the same place; Goodison can't be that bridge without huge investment from TFG, both in the ground and in the women's team. If that's what they're committed to doing, then maybe it works, but I'm still hesitant.
Ignoring financial wizardry (ie, sleight of hand for PSR benefit), which is always a short-term gain, there isn't much reason to continue operating Goodison in its current state. Maybe you could rebuild it smaller and newer over a multi-year period.
But primarily, I think losing the Goodison Legacy Project is a big loss for the city of Liverpool and the neighborhood around Goodison. I'm a huge believer in EITC and that part of the club's brand, and I think it goes beyond Moyes spouting "the People's Club" in a press conference. Of course, if there's no funding secured for the legacy project then it's still an idea, but it's a good idea and it's an idea very much worth pursuing. If TFG aren't going to continue this idea (which they're not bound by, it wasn't their idea) on the grounds of cost, I can't see them improving Goodison either.
Choosing Goodison to house the women's team feels like punting both on a better place for the women's team and the best possible outcome for Goodison.
Could maybe do both depending on the size, i think would be a good idea obviously depending on the design of the stadium.
The plan won’t be for them to move into Goodison as-is.
It’ll be remodelled, reduced in size and modernised.
Hello!
Can Fancy Dan sell it to his son Ryan for 120 mil ?
Yanno just to stay PSR compliant .
you'd lose some of the legacy project, but it could work. the original proposal was simply that--a proposal--but I think it was a good idea.
I haven't seen any announcement other than the press release, is there any specific information on this? I still maintain it's a net loss, even though it's a benefit to the women's team.
Drico
Player Valuation: £60m
Given what Chelsea have done, it seems an obvious solution...
The Littlest Yobo
Player Valuation: £1.5m
Not keen on this, to be honest. Nothing to do with it being the women’s team etc, I’d be equally unhappy if it was the u 21s, academy etc. We’ve spent all season building up to moving and Goodison “going”. “The last game under the lights”, “the last 3 o’clock game”, “the last goal” etc etc. My preference was for the gates to be locked after the Soton game and it to be knocked down having had its last game played there with a community asset being built in its place. I get there may be a commercial reason for this but anyone thinking we’ll get away with what Chelsea have is in dreamland. The PL would hit us like a ton of bricks if we chanced our arm on something like that. Got to be honest, it’s took the edge off us leaving Goodison for me. It will still exist. Just without us there.
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