Surely the best way to be able to get an insight into these guys as owners is to look at what they've done elsewhere?
Last June Xiu Li took over KSV Roeselare. Some good information on her involvement there is available at TTE:
http://thetilehurstend.sbnation.com/201 ... inesswoman from a Belgian article on KW:
http://kw.knack.be/west-vlaanderen/spor ... 51335.htmlThe synopsis is:
- The club had 5 years of financial instability and almost gone bankrupt 10 times beforehand. Since Xiu Li has been involved their debts have been cleared
- Sporting performance remains with the CEO (so you'd assume Tevreden would be left to do his job)
- The club have been able to proactive in the transfer market since
- They continue to work economically and smarter than the rest ("the Reading way")
So, not piling in the cash, but giving a base to build on whilst letting the club do its thing. Isn't that ideal for what we want?
They also own Beijing Renhe in the China League One (second division). The club were purchased by Renhe Commercial Holding Co. Ltd (with both Dai Yongge and Dai Xiu Li on the board) back in 2012. they were relegated in 2015, finishing 4th in the second tier last season.
Interestingly, two Chinese players are currently on loan at Roeselare - Sun Weizhe and Li Chenglong.
It also appears that when Xiu Li brought Ayub Masika from Lierse last month he always has the option of going to Roeselare or Reading (whether that was then or in future I don't know...
http://www.voetbalbelgie.be/nl/article.php?id=120776Tried looking at both clubs to see if anything in common (e.g. sponsors), but haven't been able to yet.
All in all, reason to be cautiously optimistic. At least they seem to both be into football.
and with Tiger/Narin staying involved to a lesser extent, would be a shame to lose those two entirely.