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John Stones perhaps ?

My guess is that they would be under the right circumstances. There's been over £60m put into the club over the past 7 years so it doesn't make sense for them relinquish control for someone coming along and investing, say, another £30m. They also be reluctant to give control to some American venture capitalist who would look to maximise their own return over the performance on the pitch.

Investment (or funding as I’d prefer to call it) can be from 2 sources as I see it;- 1) the current board which seems unlikely 2) external sources who will probably want control/ representation of some sort Given the current board are unwilling to give up power to anyone including new investors then we appear to have a standoff where we wait until our financial health makes a miraculous improvement or if it doesn’t the board depart & allow new owner(s) come in with funding. A takeover in other words

I thought FFP was now FSR and clubs could incur losses up to €60m losses over 3 seasons & wages/transfer fees paid out were no more than 70% of income?

Lots of fans seem to think a foreign investor is the be all, the likes of Man City went through a few dodgy investors before they found success (which may yet come back to bite) and Everton are on a similar path.

It's interesting that you use the term "required investment". We need more money for the team but any money that we get as investment won't be available for the team, as I understand FFP. It seems to me that any additional investment would be nice but it's not going to improve things on the park, and it also makes it more difficult to attract investors as they'll know their money won't make a massive difference. Yeah, seems like they've had to start from scratch again and it'll take time for candidates to be identified and interviewed and then notice given. May take a while.

Just listened to his RTV interview which basically goes over most of what was said to the media. However, in the hiring of the CEO he does mention that someone "pulled out" of the process in the very final stages which left us back to square one. Wonder who that could have been?

Heard the trialist was Brandon Williams ex-Man U.

Went for Jefte for his engine. Looks like we've picked up a steal. Koppen looks like he's good at picking up young gems - which is what we need tbf.

If things get so bad they may not have a choice other than to get out. Unless there’s a significant improvement on the park then I fear for them

Thanks. I can never get my head around all the restrictions (and will continue to refer to it as FFP). Given additional investment isn't going to increase income per se, and we're limited to transfers/wages being 70% of turnover then receiving £100m won't vastly increase our spending power.

I don't think the club being open to investment is particularly revelatory. I'd imagine any club running at a loss would be, to some extent.

Regarding investment, his interview with RTV was more telling and explained the situation more clearly. The board are looking for external investment (in trade for shares) but it appears anyone who have approached wants a majority shareholding which the board are against.

They don't have a majority share, apparently. There are suggestions that they may have to sell some shares.

Just listened to the interview and firstly, it was great to hear from John and hope that this isn't his one and only press conference, think we need rk be having these on an ongoing basis. My takeaways ; - he seemed to admit that the delays in opening the Copland were all down to the board (good he is accepting blame and accountability) and that we are now awaiting all the final sign-offs. - he skirted around the questions on investment and his responses didn't make me feel that outwith further investment fron current share-holders that there is much in the pipeline (he said of anyone wants to invest then get in touch - that's doesn't sound like a board that knows where the required investment is coming from our secured. - CEO recruitment doesn't seem anywhere near being completed and this is very disappointing. This has gone unfulfilled for far to long. - sounds like the board are all behind the manager and he was impressed with PC. Need to back the vocal support with financial support. Hopefully he'll understand the magnitude of what it will take to grab back the mantle of Scotlands leading football club as, as he admitted the gulf is huge and growing.

Only seen Cameron on telly a couple of times. Nowhere near Lawrence in terms of skills but about three times more active.

I'm sure it's been mooted on here before but we should be putting in the groundwork to bring in Lyall Cameron from Dundee next summer. He'd be a more than decent flexible rotation option in the midfield who could develop into a starter imo. Especially if we're letting Lawrence go. Which we should be.