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The land is essentially worthless as nobody wantsnto buy it

It is really stupid to have the youth and first team at completely different training facilities though. It's probably why we are so hesitant to give our kids a chance in the first team. They must have zero experience with our senior players.

The 75m thing is comical. I've been on a tour of Euxton as some of you know. Ten acres sounds about right. The whole thing, including car parks, is about the size of 4 football pitches. It's on a road next to a college sell out of the way.

I knew we were thinking of selling and moving into the one place but 75 million quid?

According to the Valuation Office Agency's 2011 survey of land values, the value of land for residential development in the Manchester area is on average about £1.35m per 0.5 hectares. 10 acres is about 4 hectares, so if this land would be likely to get planning pernmission for residential development it might be worth somewhere around £10m.

Isn't Euxton in the middle of nowhere? I would assume it would be below that average then exiled

Posh though!

It's just a very rough guide, I think we can safely assume 75 mil is completely unrealistic

The problem with any valuation is, if you think logically, is someone has to pay for it, and then develop on it, and then sell what theyve developed. Nobodies really developing, nobodies really buying land, apart from Supermarkets.

Potentially an Asda might be interested, or even tesco, tesco have a sight a mile away, but they like to buy land, to simply stop other i.e competitors building on it. Thats the only realistic option.

id be very shocked if it went for 7.5 mill

If some sporting organisation bought it as a going concern, it could fetch over 7.5M, the training facilities are world class. The cryo-treatment chamber alone is worth hundreds of thousands.

What about the area around Euxton? Could we own all the land around it as well? Incase we wanted to expand etc, likely I would have thought..god knows where £75m has come from though, unless we own about 2 miles worth!