Chesterfield

Quoted from headingly_mariner

would you really want to be bought by Chinese investors?
I don't think I would and it's a perilous position to be in. I imagine they'll have a couple of good years and the plug will be pulled and they'll end up in non-league.

That's a massive parochial assumption to make isn't it? Inside NE Lincs good, outside NE Lincs bad..

There's dozens of clubs all benefitting from outside investment and have a stature beyond recognition from 20 years ago. Aren't we about at that point where we haven't got too much to lose and everything to gain?

Bet those Man City fans are all up in arms about foreign investment or the Bournemouth fans are bemoaning their position in the Premier League..

For every club where foreign investment hasn't worked, there's plenty where it has on every scale..

Surely it's down to the calibre of the investor not their geography.. Everyone on here is praising up Shrewsbury, but their CEO is Scottish..

Haven't we learnt anything from the past couple of decades?

Quoted from Bigdog

That's a massive parochial assumption to make isn't it? Inside NE Lincs good, outside NE Lincs bad..

There's dozens of clubs all benefitting from outside investment and have a stature beyond recognition from 20 years ago. Aren't we about at that point where we haven't got too much to lose and everything to gain?

Bet those Man City fans are all up in arms about foreign investment or the Bournemouth fans are bemoaning their position in the Premier League..

For every club where foreign investment hasn't worked, there's plenty where it has on every scale..

Surely it's down to the calibre of the investor not their geography.. Everyone on here is praising up Shrewsbury, but their CEO is Scottish..

Haven't we learnt anything from the past couple of decades?

I'm no anti-internationalist, but I can't imagine foreign investors would be in it for the love of the game. Once they realise they're not going to achieve premier league status/make millions from the club it'll be ditched and left with massive debts. It's happened too many times to be ignored as a real possibility.

That's before we get on to the higher chance that 'investors' from countries like China, Russia, the US and Dubai are more likely to be dodgy.

Quoted from headingly_mariner

would you really want to be bought by Chinese investors?
I don't think I would and it's a perilous position to be in. I imagine they'll have a couple of good years and the plug will be pulled and they'll end up in non-league.

Not before the club is mortgaged off with the ground and other physical assets used as security.