The council will loan to us because it makes perfect financial sense to do so. They are acting as a broker which is good work if you can get it. The club may go for a better deal if one comes in (likely a more flexible deal).
I am not sure they are massively interested in selling the club. It will grow value and act as a perfect Trojan horse to grow value on investments and land in and around the area. They will be smack bang in the middle of a huge growth area. They will not need top 4 to sell the club at all and I doubt we are 500 million off competing for the top 4. We could feasibly challenge for it this season.
If they wish to sell, new owners will be happy with a sustainable long term loan at preferential rates if it can be achieved. I suspect the 6-7 million figure will come down and but I do think they will want greater flexibility on repayments.
Spot on about growing the value of the club.
Mansour boight City for about £200m, spent a few quid along the way but it is now worth £1.8b according to Forbes.
Whoever buys the club outright will pay a similar amount as mansour did for city 10 years ago. With the right marketing and success we could be every bit as valuable as city in a couple of years. Coupled with leisure, retail and residential expansion of the city this could be a very profitable 10 years for these 2 carpetbaggers.