Depends what you mean by that. If you mean betting the farm on going straight up then they'd be mad to do so because it's just not that likely and the financial impact of doing it is disastrous. As we've seen with that approach over a 10 year period. And any new owner can't spend a penny in transfe...

Given the cost of running a club of Reading's size in League 1 ( I reckon it will be around £10M net loss), I can't see how any new owner would not target promotion next season - anything else is just creating a bigger financial mess. Depends what you mean by that. If you mean betting the farm on g...

Just my view

Given the cost of running a club of Reading's size in League 1 ( I reckon it will be around £10M net loss), I can't see how any new owner would not target promotion next season - anything else is just creating a bigger financial mess.

Assuming that this is the baseline - helps us if/when offers come in.

I liked the look of Carson early on - but perhaps his pace (lack of) was an issue.

The future will all depend on the intent and depth of the pockets if/when new owners complete the deal.

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These guys sound lovely...

" and the question is what sort of investment achieves the goal of increasing our value for them to sell on"

Agree 100% with this - wait and see and hope it involves positives for the fans on and off the field - its all gonna cost and that has risks and rewards

Here's where I'm at. Football is broken - you have to pump in more money than you can make, unless you happen to be very lucky in the Premier league (over and over again) But, the experiment of the last few years means that a sugar daddy who owns the club as a hobby, throws money at it and gambles ...

Here's where I'm at. Football is broken - you have to pump in more money than you can make, unless you happen to be very lucky in the Premier league (over and over again) But, the experiment of the last few years means that a sugar daddy who owns the club as a hobby, throws money at it and gambles i...

If the new owners are the rumoured investment group, then their #1 priority will be to push for promotion out of this league - sustaining losses at this level will not be acceptable beyond a season or two if the strategy is to promote and flip the club. Whilst the wish list is commendable, I can't ...

If the new owners are the rumoured investment group, then their #1 priority will be to push for promotion out of this league - sustaining losses at this level will not be acceptable beyond a season or two if the strategy is to promote and flip the club. Whilst the wish list is commendable, I can't s...

Wholeheartedly agree with this Good points - but then it is impossible to vet potential owners - only hindsight tells us that signing this player or not selling that one at the height of their form or relying on a so-called "super agent" for recommendations or hiring the former CEO of a t...

I'll let someone involved in the campaign speak further but my view was that it was never about there being a benefactor model in football but ensuring there was governance around those to ensure we don't get into the same mess again. If the campaign was purely about having an owner than runs a clu...

I think as was said, the owners will be watched by the fans and hopefully the EFL. Just because they want to make money out of things doesn't mean they are going to wrecklessly through money at it. Sensible recruitment utilising the buy low, sell high rationale is a decent way to a) improve the clu...

So if the rumours are correct and the prospective new owners are buying us as an Arbitrage play - with funds from various exotic industries (crypto/longevity biotech) - the protests continue or they stop? Do we want sugar daddies who gamble on making money (for themselves) in the prem or not? I was ...

in this 'sustainable' model, what level of annual losses in L1 are we expecting a prospective new owner to carry?

It's not a new phenomenon - remember Shaun Allaway?...

Promising youth keeper who was taken by Leeds United back in the day...

Ivory Coast into the AFON semi finals under the leadership of Emerse Fae.

Once a Royal Always a Royal.

Expect the likes of Vickers, Abbey and Bindon and maybe one other off to Arsenal or other club for some pathetic amount of money and just maybe the arrival of a striker to replace Ballard. Would certainly explain the lack of playing time for Vickers... I'm fully expecting some kind of firesale to b...

Will Unwin @Will_Unwin Nelson Abbey is set to leave Reading to join Olympiakos, I am told 2:11 PM · Jan 19, 2024 · ^ guardian journo So as he's out of contract in the summer and Olympiakos is not an English team - what does this mean regarding any compensation? Nothing. If he goes now, it is a tran...