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What we have learnt about owners of football clubs is that there is just about zero likelihood of an owner being ethically acceptable and a decent human being. Unless a club can achieve supporter ownership without the ludicrous populism of Barcelona, and that is realistically only possible with a club the size of Clapton Community FC (Vince at Clapton shows how widespread poor ownership can be). To compete in the top levels, the amount of money required and the risk entailed, requires an owner whose motivation is unlikely to be the well being of supporters. Some corrupt bastards are worse than others. Some are simply better at running football clubs. The worst situation is to get a rich bastard owner who is totally inept. You have my sympathy.