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Southampton owner Markus Liebherr passes away


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Guest ObiChrisKenobi

RIP.

 

What happens to Southampton now? Is the former owner's wealth/control passed on, or are they in freefall ala Gretna?

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RIP.

 

What happens to Southampton now? Is the former owner's wealth/control passed on, or are they in freefall ala Gretna?

 

I think the club falls under the control of the family and it is also believed that there have been funds set aside to see the progress of Southampton enacted. Perhaps there hasn't been much set aside, but if the club is to be sold, I'm sure it'll be under strict selling conditions (perhaps waiving a fee for financial guarantees). Either way, the club are in a far better position in terms of finance and structure than a year ago, entirely down to him. They are debt-free, and with massive ambition.

 

For a club that has been generally stuck in a rut of in-fighting and damaging club politics over the past decade (somewhat like Newcastle), every person associated with Southampton FC would show their appreciation for what Markus Liebherr did and all see him as single-handedly having saved the club. It's a big loss to the club and a loss to football too, he was obviously passionate (there are some pictures somewhere of him acting like an overexcited fan taking pictures of the squad collecting their medals at Wembley, sums it up really, within a year he'd gone from an unknown to one of their biggest and certainly most influential fans).

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