If you won the euro millions would you buy a football club.....

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If you won the euro millions would you buy a football club.....

Post by Texanclaret16 » Sat Sep 28, 2019 10:49 am

Not played the lottery in years but seen the news today that the Euro Millions has rolled over and will be nearly 200 million on Tuesday.

Got me thinking if I did buy a ticket and win that amount of money what would I do with the it....

Barring the obvious making sure my friends and family were financially secure (that’s only 1 million needed at the most)

One thought would be buy a small club and build it up bit like my own championship manager or football manager as it’s called now for the younger generation...

Now I know that would be literally throwing money away but run properly as a business model might work out as a fun investment...

Ok if I did win it I would put £10 in a envelope and stick it to every home seat at the next game too :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post by Lord Beamish » Sat Sep 28, 2019 10:54 am

No.

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Post by Dyched » Sat Sep 28, 2019 10:57 am

Absolutely not.

I don’t think I’d watch another second of football tbh if I won that.

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Post by Rick_Muller » Sat Sep 28, 2019 11:00 am

Definitely not.

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Post by Tricky Trevor » Sat Sep 28, 2019 11:20 am

I'd give the club £50m, on the promise they used it on players and didn't put it in the dry powder store.

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Post by boatshed bill » Sat Sep 28, 2019 11:23 am

No.
I'd by a small chain of pubs, call them Neverspoons, sell really expensive beer and top class food

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Post by ŽižkovClaret » Sat Sep 28, 2019 11:26 am

Yes, but not Burnley, i'd spent circa 20m on Making Zizkov the best youth development club in the Czech Republic

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Post by dougcollins » Sat Sep 28, 2019 11:56 am

Hell no.

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Post by LoveCurryPies » Sat Sep 28, 2019 12:07 pm

No.

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Post by Foulthrow » Sat Sep 28, 2019 12:09 pm

Tricky Trevor wrote:I'd give the club £50m, on the promise they used it on players and didn't put it in the dry powder store.
That'd be one player then.

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Post by theroyaldyche » Sat Sep 28, 2019 12:10 pm

No. I wouldnt be a uk resident either

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Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Sat Sep 28, 2019 12:41 pm

Absolutely no flipping chance.

You only have to see the whoppers on here during transfer windows or when the team is struggling to know that no matter what you do it wouldn't be appreciated.
Some football fans have memories so short you've honestly got to wonder if they're related to goldfish.

I'd put my money into owning a chain of garage workshops instead.

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Post by RingoMcCartney » Sat Sep 28, 2019 12:47 pm

The best way to make a million out of a football club is to start off with 50 million.

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Post by tarkys_ears » Sat Sep 28, 2019 12:51 pm

Tricky Trevor wrote:I'd give the club £50m, on the promise they used it on players and didn't put it in the dry powder store.
Why?

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Post by boyyanno » Sat Sep 28, 2019 12:51 pm

Texanclaret16 wrote:Not played the lottery in years but seen the news today that the Euro Millions has rolled over and will be nearly 200 million on Tuesday.

Got me thinking if I did buy a ticket and win that amount of money what would I do with the it....

Barring the obvious making sure my friends and family were financially secure (that’s only 1 million needed at the most)

One thought would be buy a small club and build it up bit like my own championship manager or football manager as it’s called now for the younger generation...

Now I know that would be literally throwing money away but run properly as a business model might work out as a fun investment...

Ok if I did win it I would put £10 in a envelope and stick it to every home seat at the next game too :lol: :lol: :lol:
I was actually talking about this last week with some mates, it would be ace to buy a club if you won that money I don't think you'd view it as an investment though as it's probably more akin to throwing money in a black hole for most.

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Post by bfcjg » Sat Sep 28, 2019 1:41 pm

No.
The former Palace owner said if you want to make a small fortune start of with a large one and buy a football club.

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Post by Stalbansclaret » Sat Sep 28, 2019 2:01 pm

If I won that kind of insane money I would quite happily inject £40 or £50m to buy a lifelong seat on the board of BFC. Would be the ultimate passionate pastime/interest . Based on the OP this would still leave me , and my family, with more money than we could ever spend, charitable donations aside.

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Post by Tricky Trevor » Sat Sep 28, 2019 2:14 pm

tarkys_ears wrote:Why?
Because I don’t need £200m and, aside from family, the club is my biggest pleasure.

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Post by ElectroClaret » Sat Sep 28, 2019 2:17 pm

Yeah.
Buy The Undead off the Venkys and build a Pound shop on the pitch. :mrgreen: 8-)

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Post by Lord Beamish » Sat Sep 28, 2019 2:27 pm

If I did win £200m I reckon I’d most likely give 90% of it away. But not to professional footballers.
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Post by Texanclaret16 » Sat Sep 28, 2019 3:13 pm

boyyanno wrote:I was actually talking about this last week with some mates, it would be ace to buy a club if you won that money I don't think you'd view it as an investment though as it's probably more akin to throwing money in a black hole for most.
Would be fun while it lasted :D

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Post by icu81b4 » Sat Sep 28, 2019 6:11 pm

No, but if you've seen one of them yachts in Porto Banus with a helicopter on top, then one of 'em would be mine :)

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Post by bobinho » Sat Sep 28, 2019 6:23 pm

Yes.

And I’d employ Barry Kilby to run it.

And Sean dyche to manage it.

And then I’d win the ECL.

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Post by thatdberight » Sat Sep 28, 2019 6:37 pm

No.

I'd use the £200m to put down a deposit on a Twix.

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