Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 12:53 - Feb 21 with 5337 views | Boston | My school metal work teacher was a Mr Benham. Fascinating I know. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 12:56 - Feb 21 with 5271 views | SheffieldHoop | I reckon he's already sick of the Prem and dying for a Tuesday night at Brisbane Road | ![](/images/avatars/1736.gif) |
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Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 13:13 - Feb 21 with 5206 views | DieByYourSide | £400m. Right. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 13:16 - Feb 21 with 5176 views | HAYESBOY |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 13:13 - Feb 21 by DieByYourSide | £400m. Right. |
They got the decimal point in the right place? Anyone got Paladini's number? | ![](/images/avatars/1477.gif) |
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Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 13:22 - Feb 21 with 5137 views | kernowhoop | On Gumtree... bus stop for sale. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 13:23 - Feb 21 with 5133 views | DavieQPR | Not really. He says he wants to sell a majority or minority stake. He intends to keep a long term investment in the club/ | ![](/images/avatars/21942.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 13:24 - Feb 21 with 5125 views | Juzzie | Good time to sell though I'm sure any buyer will want PL football next season otherwise it's £2.50 and a packet of wine gums. | ![](/images/avatars/1466.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 13:33 - Feb 21 with 5078 views | SimonJames | Can we have another go at buying their ground? | ![](/images/avatars/11425.gif) |
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Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 13:37 - Feb 21 with 5033 views | Wegerles_Stairs | If we bought them, we could do what other teams do with multi-club ownership and loan players each way. Kakay for Toney for starters. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 13:48 - Feb 21 with 4981 views | LongsufferingR | A US buyer will probably come in, totally neglect how Benham got them where they are, overspend, get them relegated and back in League One before you know it. [Post edited 21 Feb 13:58]
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Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 14:13 - Feb 21 with 4884 views | nadera78 | Newcastle Utd were sold for £300m and now someone thinks Brentford is worth £400m? Give over. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 14:29 - Feb 21 with 4809 views | switchingcode | Old news the search by Benham for investment started last year.i expect he’s like me and thinks being in the best league in the world ain't what it’s cracked up to be.😉Whatever happens I will always be grateful for the fantastic times he brought to the club taking us to the Premier league and staying there for 4 seasons.400 million + for a club with a modern stadium in a nice part of London in the PRemier League with zero debts will attract interest hopefully from the right people. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 14:41 - Feb 21 with 4748 views | PunteR |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 14:29 - Feb 21 by switchingcode | Old news the search by Benham for investment started last year.i expect he’s like me and thinks being in the best league in the world ain't what it’s cracked up to be.😉Whatever happens I will always be grateful for the fantastic times he brought to the club taking us to the Premier league and staying there for 4 seasons.400 million + for a club with a modern stadium in a nice part of London in the PRemier League with zero debts will attract interest hopefully from the right people. |
With a capacity of 17,000. Hardly the Emirates. | ![](/images/avatars/11748.gif) |
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Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 14:47 - Feb 21 with 4716 views | Landshark |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 14:13 - Feb 21 by nadera78 | Newcastle Utd were sold for £300m and now someone thinks Brentford is worth £400m? Give over. |
My uneducated guess is that with Newcastle they were a club with some debt and an owner who ended up pretty desperate to sell due to the backlash from fans. Brentford are in a healthier place financially, are London based and have potential (as much as that pains me to say). Tony Fernandes purchased our club and at the time it would have been valued around £50 million (he purchased 66% for £35m). That was 13 years ago, a club only just promoted to the Premier League, no training ground and a very old stadium. The way clubs have gone up in value is quite astonishing so it wouldn't be surprising that Brentford could be valued at £400m. Edit: The recent takeover of Manchester United values them at £4.5 billion. The club was purchased 6 years before Fernandes purchased us for £790 million. United have not really achieved a great deal in those years but have had a HUGE increase in value. [Post edited 21 Feb 14:55]
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Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 14:50 - Feb 21 with 4702 views | kensalriser |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 14:29 - Feb 21 by switchingcode | Old news the search by Benham for investment started last year.i expect he’s like me and thinks being in the best league in the world ain't what it’s cracked up to be.😉Whatever happens I will always be grateful for the fantastic times he brought to the club taking us to the Premier league and staying there for 4 seasons.400 million + for a club with a modern stadium in a nice part of London in the PRemier League with zero debts will attract interest hopefully from the right people. |
I'm sure it would, but that isn't Brentford you've just described. | ![](/images/avatars/3082.gif) |
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Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 14:58 - Feb 21 with 4651 views | switchingcode |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 14:13 - Feb 21 by nadera78 | Newcastle Utd were sold for £300m and now someone thinks Brentford is worth £400m? Give over. |
This is what the clubs been values by Rothschild’s not Brentford Football club they won’t make much money if an investor isn’t found. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 15:00 - Feb 21 with 4636 views | Watford_Ranger |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 14:13 - Feb 21 by nadera78 | Newcastle Utd were sold for £300m and now someone thinks Brentford is worth £400m? Give over. |
Guessing Brentford’s debt is low (no idea really but seems logical). London-ish (not London) location, Toney and one or two others will command big fees so I don’t think it’s that nuts and the sort of nutters who buy football clubs generally aren’t doing so to make huge profits. Not my area of expertise at all but doesn’t seem that wild. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 15:08 - Feb 21 with 4585 views | switchingcode |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 15:00 - Feb 21 by Watford_Ranger | Guessing Brentford’s debt is low (no idea really but seems logical). London-ish (not London) location, Toney and one or two others will command big fees so I don’t think it’s that nuts and the sort of nutters who buy football clubs generally aren’t doing so to make huge profits. Not my area of expertise at all but doesn’t seem that wild. |
Zero debt made a profit last season if we don’t get relegated this season there is a guaranteed 150 million + for next season and then a further 100 mill in parachute if then relegated.Mad money | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 16:28 - Feb 21 with 4373 views | nadera78 |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 14:47 - Feb 21 by Landshark | My uneducated guess is that with Newcastle they were a club with some debt and an owner who ended up pretty desperate to sell due to the backlash from fans. Brentford are in a healthier place financially, are London based and have potential (as much as that pains me to say). Tony Fernandes purchased our club and at the time it would have been valued around £50 million (he purchased 66% for £35m). That was 13 years ago, a club only just promoted to the Premier League, no training ground and a very old stadium. The way clubs have gone up in value is quite astonishing so it wouldn't be surprising that Brentford could be valued at £400m. Edit: The recent takeover of Manchester United values them at £4.5 billion. The club was purchased 6 years before Fernandes purchased us for £790 million. United have not really achieved a great deal in those years but have had a HUGE increase in value. [Post edited 21 Feb 14:55]
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I don't think Ashley was desperate to sell, he took his time to find a right buyer at the right price. He wasn't interested in throwing his own money in (which is what the Newcastle fans meant when they called for 'investment') to fund transfers and wages but I'm pretty sure he made money whilst owning the club. Brentford are not worth 10% of Man Utd. The latter is a money-making machine, for the owners, and always will be. The former has had a great few years but what they're doing relies on a never-ending supply of young players they can sell on. We, and lots of other clubs across the history of the game, have operated that model and it always comes undone at some point. Once that happens, whether in 1 year or 10, they go back to being a small club in a small ground with a small fanbase. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 16:58 - Feb 21 with 4280 views | SheffieldHoop |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 16:28 - Feb 21 by nadera78 | I don't think Ashley was desperate to sell, he took his time to find a right buyer at the right price. He wasn't interested in throwing his own money in (which is what the Newcastle fans meant when they called for 'investment') to fund transfers and wages but I'm pretty sure he made money whilst owning the club. Brentford are not worth 10% of Man Utd. The latter is a money-making machine, for the owners, and always will be. The former has had a great few years but what they're doing relies on a never-ending supply of young players they can sell on. We, and lots of other clubs across the history of the game, have operated that model and it always comes undone at some point. Once that happens, whether in 1 year or 10, they go back to being a small club in a small ground with a small fanbase. |
Is Brentford worth 10% of Chelsea? What did Chelsea sell for? | ![](/images/avatars/1736.gif) |
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Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 17:55 - Feb 21 with 4186 views | Juzzie |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 16:58 - Feb 21 by SheffieldHoop | Is Brentford worth 10% of Chelsea? What did Chelsea sell for? |
£1? | ![](/images/avatars/1466.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 18:18 - Feb 21 with 4127 views | Beejnewark |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 17:55 - Feb 21 by Juzzie | £1? |
So, yes | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 19:26 - Feb 21 with 3961 views | Dorse |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 15:08 - Feb 21 by switchingcode | Zero debt made a profit last season if we don’t get relegated this season there is a guaranteed 150 million + for next season and then a further 100 mill in parachute if then relegated.Mad money |
Brand new stadium too. Someone will go for it at that price - I'm ruling myself out as all my money is tied up in Mrs Brown's Boys collectable action figures and Vegan Barbecue restaurants. | ![](/images/avatars/17282.gif) |
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Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 20:07 - Feb 21 with 3880 views | Northolt_Rs |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 13:48 - Feb 21 by LongsufferingR | A US buyer will probably come in, totally neglect how Benham got them where they are, overspend, get them relegated and back in League One before you know it. [Post edited 21 Feb 13:58]
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Hopefully Tony Fernandes will buy them… | ![](/images/avatars/6994.gif) |
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Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 20:26 - Feb 21 with 3820 views | nadera78 |
Benham potentially selling Brentford? on 14:58 - Feb 21 by switchingcode | This is what the clubs been values by Rothschild’s not Brentford Football club they won’t make much money if an investor isn’t found. |
No, this is not what Rothschild's has valued the club at. It's what someone (probably connected to Benham) has told a journalist the club is valued at. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
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