The Value Of Aston Villa

[Billy Walker]

Just as an aside to transfer talk, I thought I'd share this article I read the other day:

http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2013/03/25/from-man-utd-at-1bn-to-wigan-at-42m-whats-your-club-really-worth-250102/

The author is trying to put forward a reliable system of calculating a going rate of value for football clubs.  No matter how I look at it, no matter what system is used, I cannot help but feel Aston Villa is incredibly undervalued.   Is it all pie in the sky or is there any merit in what the author says?

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

I would guess it has something to do with the amount of debt we have  - albeit owed to Randy.

[placeforparks]

not when you take out the emotion and look at the facts.

we've struggled in the league, we don't fill our ground and we're saddled with debts to the owner.

[Ads]

You need more than £102 million to buy 100% control of Aston Villa.

And if that Tipton shite were worth even half of what the table suggests, Peace would have flogged them to the closest snake oil salesman he could. 

[OCD]

It lost all credibility for me when I saw that Albion are valued at almost 20% more than us.

[robbo1874]

Seems like a big steaming pile of horseshit to me billy. When you see the second table which valued the rags higher than us.... As if???

[not3bad]

It also says that Aston Villa were bought for just over £75 million in 2006.  I heard the figure was nearer £63 million?

[Billy Walker]

It's an interesting one.  The angle he's going for is that if you take the emotion out of it and look at each club as a performing business then the likes of West Brom are worth more than Villa. 

Something else that took my eye was the author's view that West Ham will be worth far more once they get the Olympic stadium and, likewise, Everton would be worth far more with a new ground.  Surely it's not as simple as that?  Randy may as well knock down the North Stand and get us up to 55-60k pronto if that's the case.

  Looking at earlier figures and Forbes valuations I just can't see how the likes of Man City (prior to the oil money) were valued at more than Villa...and as for Blues going for ninety-odd million!  I think there's as much integrity in all this as there is in valuing used cars.

[London Villan]

The mancuty pre oil valuation is weird as they didn't even own their ground did they?

[Percy McCarthy]

Load of bollocks, and that's with all the emotion taken out.

[Ads]

Spurs high value is based on their tradition of good quality floodlights.  We've never been able to compete with their lighting.

[not3bad]

Spurs high value is based on their tradition of good quality floodlights.  We've never been able to compete with their lighting.

I'm not sure whether that covers it.  I think we need a detailed analysis of their payroll compared to the Villa.  has anyone got any spreadsheets?

[Havencheese]

Looks like there may be a bit of short term thinking going on in terms of financial performance. One of the Johnny come lately's gets the arse back down to the fizzy pop league (and they will!) then how much are they worth? Regardless of parachute payments.

[Yossarian]

What's something is worth is what somebody is prepared to pay for it. As an oil rich sheik looking to increase my particular emirate's brand I would be prepared to pay more for Villa than WBA. You would have a bigger ground, bigger fanbase, more awareness around the world etc.

[PeterWithesShin]

The Bitters often operate at a profit and have little to no debt, which I assume is why their value is so high there.