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Southampton - next British club to be bought by the Chinese?





Herr Tubthumper

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Shame this is being allowed. It wouldn't happen in Germany.
 


Stat Brother

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Aren't they owned by some Swiss bloke/company, anyway?
 








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Herr Tubthumper

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Wise words. The fact that the FA can't see where we are heading says it all about these pricks.

Totally agree. It's utterly depressing. How many clubs are now foreign owner? Must be the majority in the top flight. I'm also really really surprised supporters aren't kicking up more of a fuss.
 










Mellor 3 Ward 4

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Totally agree. It's utterly depressing. How many clubs are now foreign owner? Must be the majority in the top flight. I'm also really really surprised supporters aren't kicking up more of a fuss.

If that ever happens to us then I'm out.

I'd rather go and watch County League football.
 




Stat Brother

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Once there's a certain number they'll probably all vote to move the club's to China.
They'll soon be playing the league games over there, or if the other set of owners get their way, in America..
 


Not Andy Naylor

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Aren't they owned by some Swiss bloke/company, anyway?

They were bought by Markus Liebherr, a Swiss businessman whose company supplied many of the cranes used in Southampton docks. The Liebherr family were Bavarians who moved to Switzerland in the mid-to-late 1940s (you may suspect the involvement of Nazi gold, but I couldn't possibly comment) and Markus was a devout Christian for whom the clincher in the deal was apparently the fact that the were known as The Saints because they had been the St Mary's church team. He died unexpectedly and the club (along with most of dad's considerable wealth) passed to his daughter Katherina, who was expected to be very much an absentee owner and to be keen to sell, but has apparently been very supportive. She'd be under no great pressure to sell but I suppose if the price is right ...
 
















El Presidente

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Totally agree. It's utterly depressing. How many clubs are now foreign owner? Must be the majority in the top flight. I'm also really really surprised supporters aren't kicking up more of a fuss.

Arsenal
Liverpool
Everton
West Brom
Swansea
Palace (partially)
Southampton
Leicester
Manchester United
Manchester City
Sunderland
Chelsea
Spurs (registered in the Bahamas)
Bournemouth
Watford
Hull

English owned clubs are:
West Ham
Boro
Burnley
Stoke

16 foreign owners. It takes 14 clubs in the Premier League to change the constitution in relation to relegation.


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AmexRuislip

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Feb 2, 2014
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Ruislip
Arsenal
Liverpool
Everton
West Brom
Swansea
Palace (partially)
Southampton
Leicester
Manchester United
Manchester City
Sunderland
Chelsea
Spurs (registered in the Bahamas)
Bournemouth
Watford
Hull

English owned clubs are:
West Ham
Boro
Burnley
Stoke


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I didn't realise it was that bad :(
 



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