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How would you feel if Tony Bloom sold the club to the Chinese?
- Thread starter Giraffe
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ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
The Chinese own 13% of Man City.
SUIYHP
The King's Gull
We learnt our lesson from Archer. The club should never again be owned by someone who solely has the interest of financial gain or would not protect the club's future, but are genuine, committed fans, Archer is proof it isn't just a nationality thing.
Look at Birmingham, or Crystal Palace, or Manchester United, or Charlton. That tells me if we ever considered a situation like that we should be instantly concerned and opposed to it. Hopefully TBs ownership will continue for many years to come. And when that transfer of ownership had to happen, the right person would be selected.
Look at Birmingham, or Crystal Palace, or Manchester United, or Charlton. That tells me if we ever considered a situation like that we should be instantly concerned and opposed to it. Hopefully TBs ownership will continue for many years to come. And when that transfer of ownership had to happen, the right person would be selected.
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Not sure that's quite right! Sheikh Mansour's one of the world's richest men, and a highly accomplished businessman. He is also pretty sporting himself (mainly horse racing), and owns three football clubs, Manchester City F.C, Melbourne City F.C and New York City F.C.
All we know about the Chinese ownership is that it's being fronted by CITIC Securities - their largest investment bank.
John Byrnes Mullet
Global Circumnavigator
I would feel gutted............If you get a Sheikh take over your laughing but the Chinese are just about money and greed.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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extremely surprised. i dont see why Bloom would sell, shirley he cant need to sell having come this far. if he did sell (say cant afford running cost anymore), i expect it would be to owners with best interests, where ever they are from.
darkwolf666
Well-known member
This, thinking of the idiot that bought Cardiff and then wanted to change all things historical, like colours and club name! Some people just don't get it, do they?
Dirk Lehmann's Python
New member
You make that sound like Knight turned down loads of offers.
He held on until he ran out of money.
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My thoughts as well. I like the fact we're owned by a fan and we have fans on the board; we would definitely lose something if we were owned by an outsider. I'd settle for what we've got rather than the promise of Champions' League football, and as we've all seen with other clubs having a rich foreign owner is no guarantee of stability let alone success.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
If you can believe what his Uncle Ray said when Tony bought the Club, he did it to restore control of the Albion to the Bloom family. Selling the Club to the Chinese (or, indeed, anyone else) would simply negate that original intention. It won't happen.
spring hall convert
Well-known member
I'd rather be (comparatively) small time and in the hands of a fan of the club rather than big time and in the hands of people that aren't.
Surely, given our none too distant past, we as a fanbase should understand this better than most.
Surely, given our none too distant past, we as a fanbase should understand this better than most.
Mr Bridger
Sound of the suburbs
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- Aug 8, 2005
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Yup.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
It was lost on Uncle Ray's watch wasn't it?
ewe2
Well-known member
Wealthy people have mainly owned football clubs,the wealth needed now for top flight football has placed it too far out of reach for most. My guess is that TB will at some stage look for outside investment in some form ,my view is that it will come not from China but Australia.