“One of our sources for success will be our Academy which we will expect to provide us with player resources and sales in the future.”I agree, but how we grow will be dependant on how much we can spend on player resources.
At the moment we are looking for finance for infrastructure.
One of our sources for success will be our Academy which we will expect to provide us with player resources and sales in the future.
We also have the self funding Player Investment Fund which theoretically will provide continuous profit from our investment in player purchases which will then be sold at a profit, but which is not, in itself, a source of guaranteed regular income.
TV money is a welcome source of revenue, but is of no advantage as all the clubs in our division also receive this revenue, but it is of greater importance to a club in our financial position.
Other areas of profit include increasing ground capacity (although investment into this will not be turned into profit for several years and is dependant on continued capacity crowds), increase in use of hospitality facilities during non football days, and an increase of a myriad of other minor profit making schemes.
We need to continually improve player performance which means continually improving player contracts of those that we wish to keep, and those that we wish to bring into the club.
At the moment we have players that could be sold at a profit, but we would be diminishing team performance and would probably be relegated by selling them. There is a fine line between keeping and selling our best players and it is imperative that we stay in this division.
We also need to fund player loans to obtain footballers that are out of our price range, but who can improve the team performances on the pitch.
Any major investment has to be funded from further investors which is why it has become so important to our future to find the right investment.
Football finance is very demanding and Hallett has said that we must make every pound count.
It is important that we all understand what the club are trying to do and that we all pull in the right direction.
The most important word in your sentence is “expect”. SH is an Investment Manager and will have undertaken a risk assessment but even he is taking a big gamble that we will find enough gems in the future to warrant the investment.