[Albion] Would Bloom ever sell the club?

Icy Gull said:

Not saying he will sell up, but as we have seen with player sales, if the price is right…..I keep being told that first and foremost he’s a businessman so I wouldn’t dismiss the possibility of a sale.

It would be a sad day though.

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dazzer6666 said:

Completely different things. The player sales are all part of his strategy to make sure his club is sustainable as he's stated dozens of times - i.e. he's looking to make a profit for the club to reinvest. At no point has he ever indicated the slightest inclination to profit personally (or even look for his loans to be repaid)

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Perfidious Albion said:

If Tony Bloom’s business took a terrible dive due to economic circumstances….. He would then have to put his family first and consider selling us. Having said that , I don’t think that is likely and neither should he consider a multi billion offer from a foreign source . We are happy as we are , thank you.
But as someone said earlier, why worry about it …. It may never happen.

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Stumpy Tim said:

Using central midfield as an example, the club have already earmarked Kozłowski, Mwepu, Alzate and Gilmour as potential replacements... and none of us really know how good the midfielders in the U21's are. On top of that, Tony's database of players will continue to unearth players

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Murray 17 said:

Whilst I'm sure to get pelters for this, the only chance we've got of staying in this division long term, and challenging for anything, is if he does sell up.

This model of buying unknown players for relatively low fees, and selling them on for a profit, needs a lot of luck. Once Caicedo, and possibly MacAllister have been sold, we will be back to square one. Particularly, as GP took our best talent spotter with him.

Yes, TB has recouped a lot of his money, but that's not put back into established players.

It's a lovely dream to have a local man as chairman, but gradually sides are being bought up by owners who have significantly more money than Bloom, and are prepared to spend it.

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Icy Gull said:

Not saying he will sell up, but as we have seen with player sales, if the price is right…..I keep being told that first and foremost he’s a businessman so I wouldn’t dismiss the possibility of a sale.

It would be a sad day though.

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Murray 17 said:

Whilst I'm sure to get pelters for this, the only chance we've got of staying in this division long term, and challenging for anything, is if he does sell up.

This model of buying unknown players for relatively low fees, and selling them on for a profit, needs a lot of luck. Once Caicedo, and possibly MacAllister have been sold, we will be back to square one. Particularly, as GP took our best talent spotter with him.

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JOLovegrove said:

While posting another thread it made me think, do we think Bloom would ever sell the club before a "usual" retirement age and if he did, who to?

He's 52 now, so say he had another 10 years in him at the absolute top of the club? Would he want to keep it local and/or British? Or would he do like more and more of the clubs in the Premier League, and sell it to overseas buyers. From minimal research, so please correct me, but only 6 clubs in the top flight are "British" owned.

- Us
- The ever popular Gold and Sullivan at West Ham
- Joe Lewis and Daniel Levy at Spurs
- Bloom's "rival" Matthew Benham at Brentford
- Russian-born British businessman Maxim Demin at Bournemouth
- British-Iranian businessman Farhad Moshiri at Everton

I am proud we haven't been sold overseas yet have still managed to have a very successful trajectory over the last 15 years and hope Bloom would somehow continue that once he leaves. Finding a fan to buy the club may be difficult now, given the stature of the club since Bloom took over.

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Tyrone Biggums said:

Given his families long history with the club I think he views it as something like a
family heirloom/legacy of a sort which you pass down to the next generation.

Irrespective of the value of it to keep it in the family so you know it will be cared for and cherished.

This kind of thing exists in some US Sports teams with children taking over a parents long legacy with a team.

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JOLovegrove said:

While posting another thread it made me think, do we think Bloom would ever sell the club before a "usual" retirement age and if he did, who to?

He's 52 now, so say he had another 10 years in him at the absolute top of the club? Would he want to keep it local and/or British? Or would he do like more and more of the clubs in the Premier League, and sell it to overseas buyers. From minimal research, so please correct me, but only 6 clubs in the top flight are "British" owned.

- Us
- The ever popular Gold and Sullivan at West Ham
- Joe Lewis and Daniel Levy at Spurs
- Bloom's "rival" Matthew Benham at Brentford
- Russian-born British businessman Maxim Demin at Bournemouth
- British-Iranian businessman Farhad Moshiri at Everton

I am proud we haven't been sold overseas yet have still managed to have a very successful trajectory over the last 15 years and hope Bloom would somehow continue that once he leaves. Finding a fan to buy the club may be difficult now, given the stature of the club since Bloom took over.

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dangull said:

So, your saying BHA should be some sort of monarchy system then?

I can see a future where crowds line the streets of Brighton with Sussex flags waving at the latest Bloom in his Bently car.

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Pavilionaire said:

If Tony wanted a little project in his retirement then maybe an ice rink and a return of the Brighton Tigers ice hockey team to the city would be a brilliant thing and achievable with - by his standards - pocket money.

Indeed, I think he has created a brand of club that it would be great to see rolled out in another sport. A Brighton and Hove Albion women's Netball team would be brilliant too. Continental football clubs have had success with basketball, while Saracens here have a very successful netball side.

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Tom Hark said:

That would be an amazing boost to the city. Not sure how up-to-date the wiki entry for Black Rock is, but here's what it currently says:

'Brighton and Hove City Council have plans to develop the site with a predominantly leisure use. From 2007 there have been plans to construct a multi-purpose sports arena with adjacent ice rink, however in July 2012 the Council considered those plans were no longer viable and decided to seek a new development partner.'

Maybe not viable for the council to go it alone on the project, but with TB on board would appear on the face of it to be a match made in heaven and would do much to regenerate that long-neglected area of the seafront

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