NSWE Investment

[KRS]

I was thinking about this the other day as its only a matter of time until we hear cries of "absentee owners" if anything goes wrong. We have Purslow who keeps us informed of any off the field developments, Smith keeps us well informed of any team news and the communication from the club via email and social media is the best its ever been. Owners do not have to be seen or heard so let them just get on with quietly steering the good ship Villa in the right direction.

[OzVilla]

Alan Nixons twitter feed had someone mention French media reports suggesting that the PSG owners looking at us, Forest or QPR.

Anyone else heard anything, BE? 

[KRS]

Just speculative rumours and I don't think NSWE would even consider selling if we get promoted...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/04/11/psg-owners-may-buy-championship-club-french-media-make-links/
https://en.onefootball.com/psg-owners-interested-in-purchasing-roma-and-or-championship-clubs/

[GarTomas]

I don’t see the current owners selling up so early into their investment which for the most part has been a success.

[papa lazarou]

Speculation.
Even if true it suggests that a championship club would be the target, which rules us out.

[Damo70]

I,m still not sure what Dr.Tony does or has.He suddenly arrived on the scene and then just as suddenly disappeared. A bit like a Paul Daniels magic trick.

But the majic trick backfired somewhat spectacularly!

More like Tommy Cooper than Paul Daniels. Plus they both disappeared behind a curtain never to be seen again.

[eamonn]

QPR strong fanbase?! Have a word...

[Monty]

Probably bollocks, but in any event the PSG owners can kindly go fuck themselves. If there's one thing this spell in the Championship has taught me it's that even in football some things are more important than the brute fact of success.

[paul_e]

Probably bollocks, but in any event the PSG owners can kindly go fuck themselves. If there's one thing this spell in the Championship has taught me it's that even in football some things are more important than the brute fact of success.

I agree about 99% but there other 1% of me is trying to work out whether they might think getting Mbappe and Neymar in the premier league would be a good idea and moving them from 1 team to their other.

[cdbearsfan]

"English clubs with strong fan bases"... "QPR".

Great research, amis.

[Billy Walker]

I did hear a while back (I think it was on the radio) that Christian Purslow was in talks with other potential investors.  I'm no expert on how these things work, but is it feasible that the PSG owners (if this story is true) could be looking to invest into the "NSWE" investment vehicle itself?  That way they could bypass issues about being involved with more than one club?

[Lastfootstamper]

PSG as a feeder club? I can live with that.

[Richard E]

Probably bow locks, but in any event the PSG owners can kindly go f*** themselves. If there's one thing this spell in the Championship has taught me it's that even in football some things are more important than the brute fact of success.

Can they fund us winning the FA Cup once before I cark it, and then go and f*** themselves?

[PaulWinch again]

Probably bollocks, but in any event the PSG owners can kindly go fuck themselves. If there's one thing this spell in the Championship has taught me it's that even in football some things are more important than the brute fact of success.

Indeed.

[SaddVillan]

Not sure if they would find it as easy in England. PSG outspend every other team on France by a considerable margin and so can almost guarantee that whoever signs for them will be in the Chumps year ad infinitum.

Buying a Div 2 club and taking it to the top of the Prem and beyond will require a considerable amount of money AND time. In terms of signings when it comes to choosing somewhere to live, does Brum or Nottingham have the cachet of Paris, London, Milan, Barca or Madrid- so they'd have to pay mega contracts to get top players in.

Same goes for management. The top ones don't/won't want to spend 2-3 seasons working their way up through the leagues.

Added to which, we have very wealthy owners, who might sell for a quick profit, but we all hope are in it for the long term. They've got plans in place for steady progress and that to me is a better way than pouring in a billion petrodollars.