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Sale is close - Barnsey

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We're one of the most attractive outside the prem tbf. The only thing that reduces our appeal is the ridiculous asking price from Donald. Agree that the super rich wouldn't be in it for the long haul though. It'd be the Red Bulls and groups with similar outlook that would see a club that would be worth 9 figure fees in the prem that you could pick up for £10-20m right now and see a favourable deal. The issue is that they are few and far between.

We're not like. There was people arguing that a club of our stature should be a more attractive purchase than a Prem club due to our low asking price (in comparison to the hundreds of millions of say NUFC).

Just to get to The Prem from our position you'd have to potentially spend £100-200m in the Championship for promotion (if and when we're promoted from this division). Even if there was a willing spender, not sure how a club like SAFC could stick within Financial Fair Play and do this when we don't have the Premier League money coming in, although don't know much about FFP.

Then once in The Prem you'd be looking at spending another £100-150m to try and just survive relegation. That's already ~£300m (if not more) including the asking price. To challenge for consistent top 10 you're looking at another few hundred million. An owner could spend all this and there's still no guarantee of success for them.

It's just not that attractive to buy a League One club. That's why we don't have a long queue of rich and successful buyers. You could argue that a few clubs have gone against the grain of spending hundreds of millions and being successful but there's very few in a long list of clubs.
 
Really cant remember

I do seem to remember the back and whites having issues with Mark Hottiger. Mind that was in the 90s though

Swiss nationals have a right to live and work in the UK same as the EU, think as we're still in the transition period he would be fine under current rules.
 
We're not like. There was people arguing that a club of our stature should be a more attractive purchase than a Prem club due to our low asking price (in comparison to the hundreds of millions of say NUFC).

Just to get to The Prem from our position you'd have to potentially spend £100-200m in the Championship for promotion (if and when we're promoted from this division). Even if there was a willing spender, not sure how a club like SAFC could stick within Financial Fair Play and do this when we don't have the Premier League money coming in, although don't know much about FFP.

Then once in The Prem you'd be looking at spending another £100-150m to try and just survive relegation. That's already ~£300m (if not more) including the asking price. To challenge for consistent top 10 you're looking at another few hundred million. An owner could spend all this and there's still no guarantee of success for them.

It's just not that attractive to buy a League One club. That's why we don't have a long queue of rich and successful buyers. You could argue that a few clubs have gone against the grain of spending hundreds of millions and being successful but there's very few in a long list of clubs.
no way would you need to spend £100 to £200 million to get out of the championship,
 
Still think you need a work permit as Switzerland isnt in the EU

I could be totally wrong though

Switzerland is treated as being in the European Economic Area, which also covers countries like Norway, so the regulations are the same as for EU players. Of course, what happens after January 1 2021 is anyone's guess, but I'd be entirely unsurprised if the regulations were aligned with the current rules for non-EU players.
 
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