Fan Ownership

[Risso]

What would it cost to buy Villa Park and "a" training ground (doesnt have to be Bodymoor Heath). It seems to me that a possible way for fans to have a stake in the club is to buy out its buildings and develop them for fan benefit , charge the team to use them. That way prices can be set to maximise attendance. The ground could also be used for concerts etc to supplement income.

Does the land the ground occupy hold significant value - its not really prime real estate. How much would it realistically be and is now a good opportunity as it looks like the team need the hard cash.

The bank hold the title over the ground.

[PeterWithesShin]

So we buy the bank, job done.

[Villafirst]

Fan ownership surely can't do any worse than the last and current imbecile in charge? Again, Xia, has chosen to run the club remotely and not kept his eye on the ball. Directors at the club are mainly faceless and above all, useless.

[Risso]

Fan ownership surely can't do any worse than the last and current imbecile in charge?

They could and probably would.

[Salsa Party Animal]

Let say 100,000,000 for asking price. with say 50,000 fans and that is 2,000 each person. I don't think it is doable. or 10,000 each for 10,000 fans. Maybe Barcelona/Real Madrid Club membership policies might be a better idea.

[Chris Harte]

I think if (in a parallel universe) I'd been a successful businessman and made a nine figure or greater fortune, or achieved the same outcome by having an extraordinary talent in, say, music, if I'd bought a football club and then watched some waste of space like Micah Richards or Gabby Agbon sponge three million a year in return for very little then I'd possibly be feeling rather aggrieved. A fool and his money are easily parted, and all that.

I think I've concluded that the only people who buy football clubs in the modern era are fools and chancers.