Can we, the fans, buy the club?

[redlancer]

What about 50% Moores / 50% other fans?? I'm sure the Real/Barca model isnt that bad. Plus there's nothing that says we'd have to elect presidents/change managers every few years (we could just have a normal board of directors).

Think you need to give this fans owning the club a miss.

Would never work in fact we'd be finished.
Would we all be picking the team in the pubs before hand.
It hard for say one owner who's a fan to not meddle in team affairs imagine a 1000 fans wanting thier favorite player to start

As for Moores he might not be the bussiness man in the same league as some of the names mentioned to buy the club - but although it was his grandad's legacy he's stil richer than 99.9% of us so he hasn't done that bad and proves he can run a business or attleast employ the people he can.
Whereas if the fans bought the club it would be CM gone mad.

[ronanm]

We could at least buy it and give it back to Moores so he can start again with representatives from fans on the board. At least then we can look for worthy investors.

Gaz.

P.S. For those who think Moores is a **** business man should consider you don't get rich like he has by being a ******.

I thought he inherited it? Hardly rocket science!

[Jack D Rips]

maybe we couldnt buy the club but a quick whip around could get us 17 mill to buy Mascher

[Tom]

Yes Moores is a trust fund kid who inherited the littlewoods fortune. He does have his own buisness interests though. Top bloke by all accounts too.

[redlancer]

maybe we couldnt buy the club but a quick whip around could get us 17 mill to buy Mascher

if you said to all fans at the game can you chip in 500 quid to buy Masher - you get enough for his fair to the airport.

[Jack D Rips]

if you said to all fans at the game can you chip in 500 quid to buy Masher - you get enough for his fair to the airport.

If 170,000 gave a 100 quid we'd have it

[redlancer]

If 170,000 gave a 100 quid we'd have it

that easy - fans complain at the price of a 40 quid football shirt.

100 quid they get nothing that they don't expect anyway.

[BallBoy]

i think it is possible, just, 99.99% likely to fail. You would have to have a really good structure in place and identify exactly how you were going to approach it and allocate shares/powers/responsibilities to each person that invested. You also wouldnt just be able to go around with a charity pot saying please donate, a system would have to be put into place where a fan/investor guarantees money for x number of shares and that money is only debited once the overall total/target has been promised/guaranteed. Its tough and would definatley need a figure head (maybe an ex kop-hero).......

[Liverpool]

that easy - fans complain at the price of a 40 quid football shirt.

100 quid they get nothing that they don't expect anyway.

Would it count as 3rd party ownership if the fans bought him

[Milan_Milan]

Even if the structure were in place, we'd need to raise at least 500m, a staggering sum. Even if people put in £1000 each (unlikely), you'd need 500,000 of them to get the cash.

Would be fantastic if it could be done though.

[DaHongDe]

Ok, so if we need £500m, then why doesnt someone set up a company selling off 50m shares (£10 each)? This gives enough scope for both the smaller and larger investors to get involved. A trusted ex-player could become chairman and we could appoint a board of directors.


If we dont buy out G+H (for whatever reason), then everyone gets their money back (plus interest - assuming the capital had been invested while waiting to see if we could buy or not).

[Nicey]

I think this happened a while back with a very small club. It's totally run by the fans...

Barca ?

[mersey86]

I'm not any sort of financial expert, but could the fans not buy the club? Or at least set up a fund/company to buy the club?

The answer is yes. If you can put a couple of billion in, I found a fiver in my back pocket on Saturday night, and I'm sure there's a few others on this site would give you a few quid. Just trust us with the big decisions. Cheers.

[bazza76]

What about 50% Moores / 50% other fans?? I'm sure the Real/Barca model isnt that bad. Plus there's nothing that says we'd have to elect presidents/change managers every few years (we could just have a normal board of directors).

Off you go mate. I elect you to arrange it

[BallBoy]

worth setting up a website?????