Bill Foley article 5th July

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Thought this was worth a thread of its own - but our lovely admins may want to merge with Black Knights thread?https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/24433688.fans-feel-bill-foleys-growing-football-portfolio/

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The article certainly peddles the view that Foley is more invested in the 2 clubs he has outright and there are tensions in Lorient relationship much like we are seeing repeated - and he is the common denominator. So I take that he is not getting the influence he hoped in these situations

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The article certainly peddles the view that Foley is more invested in the 2 clubs he has outright and there are tensions in Lorient relationship much like we are seeing repeated - and he is the common denominator. So I take that he is not getting the influence he hoped in these situations

He's the minority shareholder, being out voted in the boardroom and canny take it, imo. He's not used to that, having been the main man all his life and making his billions. Reality check.

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Billionaire in being a dick shock

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The article certainly peddles the view that Foley is more invested in the 2 clubs he has outright and there are tensions in Lorient relationship much like we are seeing repeated - and he is the common denominator. So I take that he is not getting the influence he hoped in these situations

Basically, when Foley came in Lorient were 5th, in the European places. Punching above their weight. Theyd never finished above 7th in their entire history. Aside from one shock cup win theyd never won anything, a breton backwater. So this was the high point of their history in January 2023. He comes in, in the second half of that season they slump to 10th, they sold their best players one after another; Outtara (now a regular on the wing at Bournemouth, surprise surprise) and another class midfielder Le Fee to local rivals Rennes. This is the equivalent of us selling prime Scott Allan to Hearts. Except of course hes better than that, hes now at Roma. Sells another key player Moffi to Nice for 30 million. This is basically gutting out the team. As compensation Bournemouth send a striker called Faivre the other way to Lorient. And buy Benjamin Mendy(yes him) for them, and a failed striker at Marseille called Bamba Dieng. All of the these players would be far better than anything Hibs have got, but they arent as good as the players that have been flogged off. So the following season they get relegated. Less than 18 months after being at the high point of their history as a club!

So, no, Lorient fans arent that chuffed with the ‘model’.

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The more i read the more it sounds less like a City group multiclub model where there is mutual benefit (while recognising each team swims in a pond that is specific to the league and country it operates)and more like a way to allow Bournemouth to compete in EPL with less cost - wonder how long it will be till a club 'buys' a Bournemouth player for 'inflated' price to help them meet profit and sustainability rules They have already acquired good players on the relative cheap