just follow this link: www.ebay.co.uk.
You may think im just having a laugh but yesterday Tranmere Rovers was up for sale on the auction site Ebay. I laughed very hard, espically at the price of $10 million, which is about £6 million. Who is going to buy Tranmere for that, come on, you been to Birkenhead? seen the facilites? the club? if a certain friend is reading this, then, lets be honest, you agree too deep down!
The story behind all this is that Tranmere have told a seperate company in America to try and find new investment. The people trying to sell the club thought putting it on Ebay would be a good idea. Tranmere Rovers weren't as happy with the idea and the club was removed. This made me think about todays ownership in Football..
There are many clubs seeking new investment to try and catch up, keep up, or even stay afloat. Livingston were the most recent club to be faced with liquidation, now they been saved by a last minute finanicial package. Great News!
Clubs have been in a similiar situation in this country, such as good old Swindon Town! we were 20 minutes away from liquidation until a director, Sir Seton Wills saved us! He is a top bloke. Now our chairman a few years later has cleared our £5 million or so debt, so there can be light at the end of the tunnel.
Bill Kenwright has for years been dropping hints that Everton want a investor, and he always suggests that they be a billionaire. Now thats probably unrealistic, but with the people getting involved at Man City and Portsmouth recently, he has a valued reason to say that. There are people in the world who have that amount of money and see the opportunity to cash in on football too, which is getting bigger globally. I have no problem with people doing this in limits but i don't want these people coming in buying all the best clubs and making them stronger, how boring is that...have some fun!
Now Notts County, that interests me. A guy with obviously a bit of cash, getting in Sven Goran Erikson, wants premier league football in ten years. What a challenging, exciting time for the club. Notts County have had it very rough in recent times and its something there fans deserve, so it will be good to follow and see the adventure in Nottingham. Its different to just seeing Man City being taken over or Portsmouth, they already in the Premiership and are solid clubs in it, boring! MK Dons are in a similar situation too with Pete Winkleman but my objection to that is that he bought Wimbledon and moved them to Milton Keynes, changed the clubs name, history and knicked there place in the championship. Thats not on.
So, if you win the lottery i suggest you go down to your local football club and buy them, you could become a global superstar! or just gain some street cred in your town. Im going to buy Calne Town when i have the money, be like playing football manager in real life!
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