Chelsea’s new owner bought them £2.5b and £1.7b commitment to spend on the club. What I don’t understand is where is the upside capital growth wise ? However the new owner is a better businessman than me and he clearly thinks there is upside growth.
FSG clearly do not otherwise why sell ?
From what I can gather there are no shortage of owners wanting to buy Liverpool so presumably they have a plan be interesting to see commercially what it is? Club pay per view is the golden vision but would need some change in football structure
??? Who knows ? Not me
Sovereign states are not too bothered with upsides, don't know about Chelsea owners, because the return on investment looks quite low, unless their stadium is worth a lot, not as a stadium but as property to develop. The only owners making money right now is probably United, though I am not too sure anymore as they have been missing CL qualification. City is making profits now and was probably the most profitable club last season,but mainly because they sold 3 high value players, Jesus, Sterling and Zinchenko. Chelsea has been doing well selling young players as well, the money has been made on player sales margins. So money can be made if young players are identified early and are either sold for good profits or bring trophies, which increases profits as well. But yes, so far, return has been low.
But let's face it, Abramovich had lots of money, so buying some kind of a toy made him proud, it's just like buying a mega yacht or a huge plane, don't think he is looking for returns on such expenses...it's like us buying a new SUV, we do not expect returns, do we?
