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It's a great idea in essence. Not sure how it works though. The Green Bay Packers of the NFL are majorly fan owned I think and have great sway in how the club or "franchise" operates. St Pauli in Germany are similar but they rebuff any commercialisation of the club which ultimately hamstrings their development but that's how they like it.
I'm sure SoS will have looked into this as a possibility?
Offers of serious bids will likely be many of the same cast of characters that put bids in for Chelsea. Many of those would likely be worse than FSG, some would likely be better but not radically so. To generate the amount of 4 or 5 billion will take a group instead of an individual most of the time. Chinese are out of it now, possible an Indian billionaire, likely an American group. The dollar is strong against the pound right now and that makes it a bit more attractive.
If it were me I’d have to be insanely rich and not care about losing a few billion to buy a major European football club. Unless you get a bargain with massive growth potential like we were in 2010, than you are sinking money in a rat hole trying to stay competitive with others throwing money away too.
Fans here can buy stock in the Packers when they sell shares. They are worthless and can only be sold back to the club. It’s a way to generate money for the team. You can voice your vote like owning any other stock but that’s about it. No shareholder can own more than 4%.
The analogy I'll use (albeit not perfect) is when a lot of new businesses are doing their VC decks or marketing plans. They usually say - the world (or are market) is x in size, for us to be successful we need to capture on y% - usually that percentage on paper looks small and achievable - the reality is that it's a massive over estimation.
Usually there's restrictions on the volume of shares one group can hold too. I just can't see it.
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