Preferable to being a vapid plaything for the ultra wealthy if it means retaining and celebrating our identity, for me. I'd take anything though.
True. Just when I hear those words I automatically think, run for profit which isn’t what a football club should be about.
Seems far more likely that Ashley knows they'd want to spend asap, and thus, if they want to do a deal asap, he's playing hard ball and trying to eke out as much money as possible.
I prefer this scenario
If our potential new owners have no desire to spend money in this window (therefore delaying a deal until the window shuts) it doesn’t exactly smack of ambition for the mid to long term on their part.