NSWE Investment

[Villafirst]

If Nassef runs a bit short of cash, he could always speak to the Sawiris family who are reportedly worth about $36bn!

[Percy McCarthy]

Has there been some news about FFP today? Had a text about it from a mate but came here for insight.

[Exeter 77]

Has there been some news about FFP today? Had a text about it from a mate but came here for insight.

There has been a suggestion that UEFA will scrap FFP in favour of something else but not a lot more than that.

[eamonn]

Has there been some news about FFP today? Had a text about it from a mate but came here for insight.

Sounds shady. Where was this mate texting from?

[OCD]

It wasn't Sepp Blatter was it?

[Percy McCarthy]

Has there been some news about FFP today? Had a text about it from a mate but came here for insight.

Sounds shady. Where was this mate texting from?

Erm... Sutton. Was at work so was wondering if there was something on the news.

[Sexual Ealing]

Nights down the Rover, Percy? Wink.

[sid1964]

Read the Mail yesterday and was surprised that 1 of the owners (the poorer one) is not worth as much as Lerner when he owned the club.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Think Lerner lost a lot in the Financial crash and then a costly divorce

[aj2k77]

Read the Mail yesterday and was surprised that 1 of the owners (the poorer one) is not worth as much as Lerner when he owned the club.

No one should be irreplaceable (apart from Jack). If he cannot contribute enough towards our future war chests then I think we should start looking at buying another owner.

[eamonn]

Edens is happily married though, right? Or else he's sorted out a pre-nup.

[dave.woodhall]

Read the Mail yesterday and was surprised that 1 of the owners (the poorer one) is not worth as much as Lerner when he owned the club.

Daily or Birmingham?

[OCD]

Something that Edens has that Lerner didn't is the knowledge and experience of owning a 'sports franchise' and making it successful. The fact that he's a billionaire in his own right alongside a much wealthier billionaire makes it a completely different prospect. Edens and Sawiris were very quick to start putting into place a good structure. You only have to compare the appointment of Christian Purslow to some of the CEO's that Lerner appointed to see the difference.

[paul_e]

What I like about these 2 (and Purslow) so far is that they talked about investing in youth and then followed through rather than shuffling the deckchairs as we've seen from others.

[OCD]

I think one of the reasons for wanting to own a football club was the opportunities they could see through player development.