The one group of people with money we don't hear being talked about investing money in football clubs is footballers. With the kind of pay they are getting they should soon be accumulating enough to make a big difference to a small town team.
On MOTD yesterday they were talking about the value to Arsenal of Van Persie and saying that they would probably need to offer in the region of £200,000 a week for him to stay. They said that this would disrupt the wage structure and if they did that, other established 1st team squad players would be looking for £140 - 150,000. A player investing those sort of sums sensibly could be set up very comfortably for life within the year. They could then have plenty spare to put back into the game.
Wishful thinking, I know. Lining the pockets of the motor manufacturers and pandering to the materialistic whims of their trophy WAGs is far more important then giving something back to game that gave them their fortunes.
As for the mythical Muirfield investment which is going to help secure the future of this club - it is just over one week's pay for Van Persie! Such contrasts sum up for me what is wrong with the world game these days.