Tranmere fury after club put up for sale on eBay
-
Tranmere fury after club put up for sale on eBay
LIVERPOOL — Users logging on to Internet auction site eBay on Thursday found unfashionable English football club Tranmere Rovers up for sale.
The club, based in Birkenhead and existing in the shadow of Premier League giants Liverpool and Everton, was put up for sale there by Dornoch Capital, a US firm charged with finding a buyer for the League One team.
According to the BBC, the auction, which invited starting bids of 10 million dollars, drew attention to Tranmere's lack of debt and its potential for creating "revenue growth" through sponsorship, television revenues and "upgrading the fan experience".
In the past, pranksters have jokingly listed footballers and their clubs as 'for sale' on eBay, but this time Tranmere chairman Peter Johnson admitted there was no element of spoof.
Johnson was furious that his decision to seek outside investment had been made public in such a bizarre manner. He immediately contacted Dornoch Capital to ask for the eBay listing to be removed.
"We were appalled," Johnson told BBC Radio Merseyside. "It's totally inappropriate. We immediately e-mailed them and said 'take it off right away'.
"You can imagine how shocked we were to wake up this morning to find out we were on eBay.
"It's not a second-hand bike we're selling. One has to think of supporters and the ability to run the club."
Tranmere, managed by former Liverpool and England star John Barnes, have been up for sale since last season, but Johnson insists he is not so desperate to find a buyer than he would come up with the eBay idea as a publicity stunt.
"Putting it on eBay is not the right way of doing it and we would certainly have not let them if they'd asked us, so we're pretty furious," he said.
"If they can find the right buyer then he can takeover at Tranmere but its got to be the right buyer and I don't think putting it on eBay is going to find the right buyer."
AFP
-
I bought watches from Ebay. I didnt know I can buy a football club on Ebay.
-
Lol, newcastle can try this method also.
-
-
liddat oso can -
Wait some 15 year old boy deliberately bid 10 billion for the club.
-
Originally posted by charlize:
Wait some 15 year old boy deliberately bid 10 billion for the club.
The most funny thing would be if he really had the money.......
-
Originally posted by Chris88110:
The most funny thing would be if he really had the money.......
Tranmere Rovers just became his newest most expensive toy.
And then he starts treating it like his FIFA manager game.
Only in real life.