Snowflake RoyalWestYorksRoyalMid Sussex Royal
Yep was thinking this. He supposedly doesn't have the cash now but he must know a number of local high net worth business people
At his peak he was worth c. £400m. Even if he has lost 90% of it, that leaves some to help provide a short term fix.
But why would he effectively give money to Dai, that he'll never see again.
He's too old to get involved again.
I guess, if he is contemplating buying the training ground - and I think his visit was nothing but conincidence - then I don't think it would be a purchase of the mind but of the heart.
He built the club up to be a top end Champ/bottom end PL club - then sold, which was the right thing for him and the club to do at that time, as the hope was to sell to someone who could stabilise the club in the PL. We all know what has happened since.
It wouldn't surprise me if he feels a bit of guilt about where the club has found itself and if you were him - at 82 years old - and you could do something to save the club (again) it may be a hard thing to resist.
Hard to know how much he still has, as there doesn't seem to be much about his wealth out there since he moved away from ownership - but last estimates put him at 80 to 90m. Nowhere near enough to run a club but more than enough to throw away 10-15m buying the training ground.
I doubt it would happen but if there was wind Dai was going to make this announcement, it would be remiss of anyone involved in the process not to sound him out.