Brentford owner Matthew Benham made his money in professional sports gambling, like the owner of Brighton. Interesting article on him here:
https://huddleup.substack.com/p/the-...ho-turned-700k
I found this particularly noteworthy (my use of bold):
"While the top clubs in the world were investing millions of dollars in their youth academies, Brentford FC decided to eliminate theirs completely. Instead, they relied on a “B team” of 17-to-20-year-olds that had been rendered useless by other clubs.
"Why? Because
Brentford believed you had to give a young player at least 35 games before determining his value, but the richest teams in the world didn’t have the time, patience, or appropriate infrastructure to do that. As a small club willing to experiment, Brentford did."
Given that he reportedly invested $10 million in a Danish club to see if his moneyball method worked, the guy clearly is operating on a different level to our owners.