redrobo wrote:I can't see anyone coming in from outside the club to invest when a return financially would be zero.
But it's exactly what Jason & Co have done. They'll only get a return when they sell the club for more than they bought it for and monies they've put in less whatever (if anything) they've been able to draw out to date. They're professional investors so will have a business/investment plan. They certainly didn't buy the club for sentimental or other non-business reasons.
There'll be other professional investors who may have a different business plan for whom buying the club would make sense. Like lots of businesses, people invest simply in the hope of selling for a profit at a future date when someone else comes along who thinks they can make money out of it by doing something different. That's why there are loss-making businesses that continue to sell when common sense/logic would dictate they're worthless. Different people have different reasons for buying/selling assets.
No one knows Jason & Co's rationale for buying the club, keeping it or maybe when they plan to sell it, but they'll have a plan, as will people (presently unknown) who'll be looking to buy a club for whatever reasons they may have. We just have to hope that because Jason & Co are professional investors, they won't get conned into selling it to snake oil salesmen like we suffered in the past!