Potential DaGrosa Takeover

But I suspect our comparative value to other clubs has been low for a long time.... allegedly DaGrosa is looking to pay £50 million less.... that would worry me that all he is trying to do is acquire the right amount of money to purchase the club rather than fund the club appropriately to the extent we all want.... giving Ralph at least £40-£50 million a year for new players and new wages....

It’s a shame that people like Markus only arrive once in a lifetime.... although I’m incredibly grateful and thankful he arrived when he did (or we wouldn't have a club now).... I think to get where we want to go.... playing attractive football in a “sustainable” way.... we need another Liebherr....

 

Not sure how you can say fans want an owner to put in £40-50m per year then later in the post mention being sustainable.

 

Degrosa, is he an Italian American reincarnation of Ted 'The Grocer' Heath ex PM, dedicated bachelor and sailor?

 

I guess it was as more along the lines of spending a sensible amount per season to maintain progress rather than situation A where a chairman puts in very little (like us now) or situation B where every wildest whim and fantasy player a manager wants is purchased by the chairman (Chelski/City).

With us currently, we are only spending really what we are accumulating via transfers and that’s ok, as long as you have players that other people want.

Trouble is, over the last few years, we haemorrhaged talent out and not until recently got people back in that are worth anything.

You raise a valid point in terms of sustainability... what is it really...?

How much does any chairman make in terms of exposure as a PL chairman.... in terms of payments to himself as a percentage of turnover.... In terms of PL tv money, etc.... is it “reasonable” to put their own money in at all or not at all...?

I think this season we’ll be about where we deserve 8-11th place, but it would be another example to me that we stay comparatively still on an annual basis with players in when looking at other clubs. I think Ralph put it quite nicely about the club and Danny Ings and Champions League football-we’re not that far away from being European regulars, the only thing that’s really a stopping us is quality/amount of players-and that’s down to the chairman.... and there starts the cycle again.

 

Simon Jordan on Talkshite this morning saying that there are some serious money men interested in buying Southampton. Says Gao is now down to £180 million from his purchase of £210 million and Katrina (his words not mine, he may even had called her Kat, but can't remember ) £20 million. Said the the club is in pretty dire financial position (I say, show me a football club that isn't at the moment), but this will not stop potential buyers from being able to acquire the club 100% for £200 million. He said he has a bit of inside knowledge as he knows interested parties??

 

I've got £25 prize from Premium Bonds this month if any financial assistance required.

 

Me too, Brinks. We could go 50/50, what do you reckon?

 

I have an uncashed 10/- postal order from my gran upstairs in a shoebox, will that help?

 

Around the 2hr 19 min point, for those that are interested.

 

Worth a go! I'd like the deal done with Hoedt gone before though, don't want to lose money like this.

 

Yep, the plan is coming together, need the Hoedt thing sorted first though, some others too might be a lever to get the price down!

 

In a world where good things happen, we get taken over in the summer, Ralph stays on and is backed with a decent wedge to start forming the team he wants. Wouldn't that be something. Never going to happen is it

 

It's a twofold question: one, can we find a buyer, and two, what happens with our debts when that buyer takes over? Because even if Gao takes a bit of a loss, as it stands a new owner will be inheriting tens of millions in debt, owed at a high interest rate...if the new owner lacks the means/will to erase that debt, it's still going to be a problem. And the longer we go without a buyer, the more of a problem it becomes.

 

I have a solution. We can float ourselves on the stock exchange as GameStop...

 

Hell, just rename ourselves the Southampton Blockchains and do an IPO and the club will be worth billions by the end of the month.

 

Maybe we’ll get promoted next season

 

More from the above posts about Simon Jordan talking about our takeover.

Mentions that he’s “been approached to be involved with something there.” Shows there are others in the mix to buy us who we haven’t heard of yet.

 

Not sure theres anything new there. I imagine all football clubs are haemorrhaging money over the last year or so. And we have been told mulitple times that there is interest from multiple parties regarding SFC and that the loud ones are the least serious (DaGrosa).

 

Just hope it is someone willing to invest just a moderate amount and that it is all concluded in time for Ralph to get backed in the market.

 

Tbf, he could be getting his “knowledge” from reading this thread.