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Grimsby2012
February 2, 2018, 4:28pm

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I've been currently contemplating the idea of "What if Grimsby had foreign ownership"?

I must say, I wasn't 100% sure a few months ago, but the recent turn of events and the board's unwillingness to do what's right has swayed me towards a yes.

Of course. I would prefer a local investor, possibly a fan, but this is unlikely ( for now at least )

So. With some of the higher leagues, we keep seeing foreign investors coming in ( Suadi Arabia and China mainly ) and throwing money at the cause. Would you welcome this if it meant the club would be able to go forward instead of backward?

Or would you prefer to wait for a British investor who may not be as willing to part with chunks of cash?

Or, are you happy with the current ones?

I only ask because I've gathered a list of contact details for 20-25 foreign businessman/woman who have invested/purchased UK and European football clubs. It's a long shot but i will send an email to all of them with the proposal to purchase the club and offer the current board and Fenty's contact details.

Again, Long shot, but you never know. Maybe it will seem interesting to take a small club to the Premiership which would cost a lot less than to buy an actual prem league club.

What are your thoughts?

**UPDATE**
If the voting for yes continues at it's pace. I will send the email too all "Potential" Investors.

I even have an email for a Suadi Prince...


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With the current outlook, things couldn't get any worse under forsign ownership
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I'd rather an owner be good, than be from a certain place.


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It's worth a shot, go for it.
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Yes from me, it's time for new beginnings
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Yes, subject to the usual due diligence taking place.
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Quoted from wigworld
Yes, subject to the usual due diligence taking place.


But it very rarely does. And it's even more difficult to undertake when they're not UK resident. It's bad enough with some of the shysters from this country to find out where the money's come from, who they are, what their history is.

The correct answer from me is 'it depends'. Not on the transfer budget but on being able to establish that the investor is a fit and proper person, which is really hard to do. And that wasn't an option on the survey.

Most foreign investors in British football teams seem to come from countries who are shaded darker on those maps of the world which you see from organisations like Transparency International, and that corporate business conduct departments get more nervous about. You very rarely get investors from prosperous but low risk countries like Sweden say, because British football clubs do not give them a realistic prospect of a legitimate return.

So it's a nyet, لا, ไม่, 没有 from me.


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A definite no-no to a foreign owner or even a foreign manager for that matter. Superficially attractive but too much danger of ending up as a financial pawn like Leeds, Birmingham, Reading etc.

I don't mind Fenty being the owner, at least he's local. I just don't like him running the club. My stance on this has always been that if he cannot or will not sell the club he should recognise that he might have been a good fish merchant but he has proved time and again he is lousy at running a football club. Common sense should tell him he is paying through the nose for his own mistakes.

He should  step back from the day to day and employ or partner with a proper football person as chairman/chief executive. Just because you own a club does not mean you have to iron the kit and be the tea lady.



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