OWNERSHIP

It's true - they have made an enquiry but it's just that. I still understand Radz will stick to his word and tie up with the 49ers.

Interesting development though

Ask the PSG, Citeh and Barcode fans what they think of their club being owned by Saudi Arabia or Qatar.

I'm sure they are delighted until the rich people take their bat and ball home BB. You have to ask why they would give away free cash, sorry "invest" in a football club. There's always another motivation.

I thought Ridsdale was brilliant until I saw what the fallout looked like.

I f I was a Man City or Newcastle fan, I would have problems supporting their clubs.

Not seen this - will do some digging.

I only care if it's a bad bunch and we're sportswashing - or it 's money that can come and go like Ridsdale's loan.

I would take sensible and stable over splashy and "gone tomorrow".

I remember this from a while back thoght it had gone away

Are you serious Smurf?

Our defence is porous and we really need a proper No9

I'm completely serious. We aren't competing for the title, we aren't competing for champions league places. There's an outside possibility we might chase a UEFA Cup spot, but odds are we will finish mid table. So spending on transfers does not make sense, although loans could be an option.

It's also difficult to argue a case for a proper Number nine when we currently have the joint fourth highest goalscorer in the premiership. Bamford and Gelhardt offer plenty of support in reserve. As for defenders, we are more likely to sell than buy, as Cresswell will be returning next season and will need a route into the first team squad.

I really don't see the point of splashing out money for the sake of it and definitely not on back up players who block the path for younger players.

We are expanding I believe and it won’t be ready in time

we believe so Steve - understand the process is underway from the end of this season, but we should have been ready in time, so the fact they are going without us suggests it's not as far on as we thought, or we couldn't offer guarantees like Villa?

It's hard to formula the value of a club, but on the basis of revenues (Europe/sponsorship etc) and fan base it's a reasonable comparison for us to be well below Chelsea/Liverpool I'm afraid.

I would guess that currently we are worth £250-£300 million. Not sure how AR managed to agree a potential fee of £475million but 49rs own 44% of the club so need to find another £266million.

I had it in my head it was £400M, but I can't recall where I got that from.

Certainly an uplift on what Radz paid - even though he's been investing ever since!

I'm very grateful for the progress we've made under him. I was reassured when I listened to Praag Marathe speak a few weeks ago - he does seem to be in a different category to other US owners like the Glazers.

We march on together