Five Celtic shareholders have been listed amongst the 100 richest people in British football- more than any other club. Dermot Desmond, Denis OâBrien, Willie Haughey, Gerald Weisfeld and Jim Kerr are all on the list compiled by 442 magazine with a combined wealth calculated at just over £4bn. Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan tops the list with wealth estimated at £20bn. Seven other Scottish clubs have shareholders on the rich list but new Rangers owner Craig Whyte- who was reported to be a billionaire when he first showed interest in buying out Sir David Murrayâs shareholding- fails to get a mention with the list going âdownâ to those that have wealth of £20m. OâBrien, with a £1m stake in Celtic, is reported to have combined wealth of £2.517bn and is listed as the seventh wealthiest man in football, four places ahead of Desmond whose wealth is estimated at £1.3bn. Haughey makes it onto the list at 38 with Kerr at 77 and Weisfeld at number 86. The highest placed non-Celtic Scottish shareholder on the list is Stewart Milne of Aberdeen at number 40 with wealth of £140m, one place ahead of Tom Farmer of Hibs on £136m. Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov is next at 47 with wealth estimated at £100m with the other Scottish entries coming from Roy McGregor of Ross County (£85m), David Sutherland of Inverness Caley Thistle (£25m) and Geoff Brown of St Johnstone with £23m.
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Does that not make you angry that your team is piss poor and your stadium isnt even rated by UEFA? 4 billion quid and you canny even win the scottish premier league
This We shouldnt be looking at this as a pointscoring exercise. Its pointless having Billionaire owners who dont put any money into the club. They are all there only to look good, and in the case of Desmond in the hope we move to the EPL so he can sell and make a fortune. These men dont have Celtics best interests at heart really. But then again they didnt get the £4b by giving money away so cant really blame them. BUt its not something as supporters we should shout about IMO
Long term no You are facing ruin after spending untold millions trying to achieve what we have 4 in a row means nothing if you're liquidated 3 in a row is forgotten the first year you lose a title
Who is your provincial club trevor? Learned their songs yet? If its hearts or killie you don't need to
I tend to agree. This particular argument - “my chairman is richer than your chairman” - feels like a glimpse of An Actual Futility. It’s not like any of this wealth rubs off on the fans themselves. Their bank balances remain the same – only they don’t, of course, as they keep on giving the millionaires/billionaires more of their money. As victories in life go, gloating about the wealth of a third party looks awfully like defeat. Jenthesaint: “…a fee which took Southampton's income from the transfer of academy players like Wayne Bridge, Theo Walcott and Gareth Bale to more than £40m since the turn of the century.” That’s incredibly impressive. They must be doing something right down there.
That doesn't answer my question you thick ****. "Why don't you support your local team?" "Because I wasn't born in Edinburgh" WATP (What a thick prat)
