Brighton. The master plan?

SE4 Red said:
I think only Brentford and Forest are the only clubs in the prem who don't have billionaire owners. Not sure Brighton's model is particularly groundbreaking. Obviously they're well ran but a quick look on transfermarkt (not sure how accurate this is) would suggest the market value of their squad is around £300 million.
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They will likely get 100 million for mac allister alone
 
gravy173 said:
The luck in signings does run out eventually though, Southampton likely to be the next example of the conveyor belt eventually running dry
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Yes. There’s more to it than luck obviously - but they’ve been lucky to bring in players who’ve overachieved (Cucurella, Maupay), sold them well and have a few more budget gems who will go for good money (Mac Allister, Caciedo, Trossard).

Then, they were lucky that Graham Potter turned out to be a really good manager, and have got really lucky that the new guy is doing the business too.

Southampton are a great example of the conveyor belt running dry, and what happens when changing the manager hasn’t worked out yet.
 
Brighton are making hay whilst the sun shines.
Good luck to them.
The difference between success and not-success is a fine-line.
A few injuries to key players, or someone wagging money in a players face can turn a club upside down.
Clubs are either on the wax or the wane.
In our context - in the Championship, we are on the way up.
At the moment we would get hammered in the Premiership, but its having the players to get us there and then keeping ourselves there for at least two seasons - to bed in.
We`ve been scraping our arzes on the relegation grate for two out the last three years - so lets appreciate all the hard work so far.
Like Carrick says: we cant get ahead of ourselves.
 
atypical_boro said:
In those days Brighton and Brentford fans were wondering how they might stay in the football league. At the time they were marvelling at the “Boro model” (local young chairman who loves the area with cash on the hip). Times change, and before we know it, Brentford and Brighton will be rubbish again. Like Swansea are, who were once deemed a “well run club who play good football etc” not long ago. Stoke too. Neither of them made a UEFA Cup final though.
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In the meantime I can see Brighton and Brentford staying in the premier league for at least a decade by which time their income will be well over a billion in that time. Times change as well as the old order of things.
 
Don’t forget as well a big pull will be the proximity of Brighton to London, I would imagine more players gravitate towards living Cobham/Oxshot way than Ditchling (beautiful though it is).
 
Brighton lost £51m in the last published accounts to June 2021 and £63m the year before.
They have a £35m Bank loan and owe owner Bloom £266m in the way we owe Gibson only far worse.
They are a massive £239m underwater i.e. net negative shareholder value.
Only Stoke, West Ham, Cardiff and us are anywhere near that.

Bloom is a billionaire, hasn't converted debt to equity, but Brighton without him are insolvent.
They have a valuable squad, that could reduce nett liabilities if sold (unlike us, Stoke and Cardiff) and have a considerably wealthier owner (like Stoke and West Ham).

The first 3 seasons after promotion Brighton spent £300m nett. This with wages and Covid has produced their losses and created their debt largely to Bloom.
The past 2 seasons they have made transfer profit and are clearly settled in their model of source talent and sell for huge profit.
Bloom had a strategy, made good appointments/decisions and it looks likely it has paid off. What you might expect from a super bright, very wealthy guy who is not risk averse.

It does kind of prove that going up needs big investment and good decision making to stay up.
 
Brighton benefit from being a city with a cool imagine and only down the road from London. They can use that the get players Boro might not.

That doesn’t mean Boro still shouldn’t be a Premier League team. Mistakes made in 2009 and 2016 put an end to that.
 
Abel Tasman said:
In the meantime I can see Brighton and Brentford staying in the premier league for at least a decade by which time their income will be well over a billion in that time. Times change as well as the old order of things.
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Well horses for courses but I can’t see that at all.
 
Johnny Vincents Motorbike said:
i was just pointing out that Tony Bloom is not a Billionaire, and he isnt, he may well be soon enough, but he isnt at the moment.

his father and grandfather have a long history of business operations in Sussex, privately educated, some would say he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth - the most important thing with the Lizard, is he is a very decent human being.

you may enjoy reading this,

theathletic.com

The Tony Bloom story

Those who know Brighton and Hove Albion's owner help tell his story as he turns 50...
theathletic.com theathletic.com

its not a recent piece, but his history and background hasnt changed - the data he uses is the same principled data system he uses to buy players, every detail and hence some very good success.
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But he is now a billionaire.
 
If you consistently sign good football players you'll win a lot of football games. You can have any philosophy as a club but without buying good players its almost irrelevant.
 
WoodallServices said:
Don’t forget as well a big pull will be the proximity of Brighton to London, I would imagine more players gravitate towards living Cobham/Oxshot way than Ditchling (beautiful though it is).
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Whats up wiv Billog an Wolviston?
Fornaby`s not bad.
An theres nice warm sea round Pools - what with the nuclear power station an that...;)
 
indeedido said:
What is the matter with you?
He is worth $1.3m nett, so a billionaire however you want to put it.
He is why Brighton are where they are, doing what they are doing. Local self made man doing things very well.
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I think you mean $1.3 billion.

Very wealthy, made out of gambling apparently. Brighton's indebtedness represents a significant chunk of his wealth. I wonder what B&H fc is worth, or put another way, how much could he sell it for?
 
If he wanted to sell, their stock has probably never been higher. They are currently pretty successful for a provincial club, but it's probably easier said than done to replicate their model and to a lesser extent, that of Brentford.
 
Interesting thread this and thanks to those who have posted a lot of information.

Their debt is a surprise to me and is eye watering considering their low profile history.

I would say their viability at their current level must be on a knife edge.
 
Soutra said:
I wonder what B&H fc is worth, or put another way, how much could he sell it for?
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Thats the key question.
Nett Asset value -£238.7m.
Intangible assets Book value £73.6m.
Market Value of squad??? Perhaps £200-250m or more.
Likely enough squad value above book to clear the debt to Bloom and make the club a genuine going concern.
A potential buyer would look at that value above book and the value of income from an established PL club to form a market value. It won't be long before he'd be wanting a lot of money for them
Bloom looks to have stopped spending big and is now generating transfer profits to cut operating losses.

Sadly contrast to Boro, who have a low squad value above book, huge debt to Gibson and big negative nett value and sit in a lower league with very low income.
 
What Brighton have done and are doing is very admirable and fair play to them.

They look like they've taken over Southampton's mantle of buying players, developing them, then selling them on for huge sums.

Now look at Southampton, they look pretty much doomed and are odds on to be relegated this season, so we can see how quick things can change in football.

I do think the way Brighton are set up and running that it would take a few years for them to end up relegated, but they will do. Unless you're owned by a giant (City, Chelsea, Utd etc), then you'll end up back down the leagues. It's the cycle of football.
 
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