My understanding was they bought shares from others but that they also provided loans to the club. We will never know as the whole financial structure of the club is concealed with the use of tax efficient or some might say tax avoiding structures.

To be honest no one will ever know but if the amounts invested are true then they have to be investments plus shares otherwise the club strikes me as imassively over valued.

That’s great, and I know all of that, but what about:

The £100 million?

How the Americans gained their shares?

What was the price?

Where did the money go?

It’s all very well saying 2010 owner this % individually then but this now. What about the money, the agreements and arrangements that make the club tick and progress?

COYP

Should the worst happen and Palace go into Admin again what will all the Parish lovers, not that there are that many I don't think, say to defend him? Would make him no different to Simon Jordan would it.

Agree - recent figures show that for every £1.00 earned, 74p is in the wage bill. This is the highest wage to income ration in the league and can not be sustained. I think we need 1-2 years of free transfer/loans get bank some money and invest again. Perhaps sell one or two players.

Similar to landing on Mayfare in monopoly. Lost a bit of money, but just go around the board a few times. It’s boring yes, but bank the ‘pass go money’ and then we can start buying properties again. It’s the long game strategy and a gamble.

Just out of interest and just supposing we were in debt for the club to go into administration . Do you not think the players would be the first to rebell, some player would refuse to play. On the other hand would a performance like the Liverpool game surggest, that all is not well behind the scene. Has there been any talk about players and staffs members wages not be paid and being made redundant. The only story I am hearing is about the signing of Perri the Brazilian goalkeeper.
Then you have the press who it seems have turned a blind eye to the fact that a Premiership club is about to go into administration again . The vultures would be circling in a matter of seconds. The likes of the Daily Mirror would have a field day hounding Steve Parish and board members on that executive story. Then their are club assets Zaha, Sakho, etc don’t you think the press again would be running stories on these players and their respective fees to save the club from admin.
We all agree that our league positions every year have not been up to our expectations, that includes the boards you don’t buy or save or invest in a football club for it to stand still. Every year we predict that we are going to finish in the top half of the league. Some of our results and our final league positions are not up to expectations and are disappointing that as we all know reflects on the payments the club receive from Premiership payments.

South London & Proud
Sometimes I really wonder if family are really worth it.
Because it doesn’t matter how time and affection you give
It’s never enough

The Sun (yup, that one) listed the 20 twenty highest wage bills in Europe a couple days ago. Sitting 17th, was Palace.

They claim the bill to be £117m not far behind the likes of Spurs and Roma. I guess this is where the money has gone and why thinning out the squad is essential.