What a Southampton ownership takeover would look like: The Optimist vs. The Pessimist

SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND – AUGUST 09: Southampton chairman Ralph Krueger and Southampton owner Katharina Liebherr before the start of the pre season friendly match between Southampton and Bayer Leverkusen at St Mary’s Stadium on August 9, 2014 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Robin Parker/Getty Images)

There is no telling what a change of ownership can do for a club, especially for a club like Southampton.

In fact, most things in football are truly a guess. When you get a new manager, when you sign that star player, when you try playing a youth star, all are just guesses. The hope is, you throw a bunch of guesses at a wall and hope more stick than not.

Most of these, however can be educated guesses. The more information you know, the better chances for you to get that guess are. One thing that fans feel like you shouldn’t buy a lottery ticket on is a change of ownership. This particular change-of-power can be either the up-rise or downfall of an organization.

There are conflicting rumors swirling about that current owner Katharina Liebherr is on the verge of selling a majority of the organization (rumored to be 80%) to a Chinese billionaire corporation named Lander Sports Development. There have also been plans for them to scrap that plan entirely. Regardless, there are talks of this potentially happening. Flirting long enough will eventually become action and there will be a lot of talk of the implications it will bring.

There are two different kind of people in the world. Optimistic and pessimistic people. In this weekly think tank, I will take a look at the best and worst case scenario if the club were to be sold at an 80% ownership.