There are no options on the table if you don't meet the asking price.
Absolutely Hammy, however find out what you want, then work on how and if you can get it in that order. Like I said manageable chunks. If fan owned is the preferred option it wouldnt hurt to establish how much each individual would be prepared to invest in shareholding’s from £0 up to whatever their maximum budget would allow? It would be necessary to keep in mind that saying it is one thing, obviously doing it is completely another proposition. However it would also be necessary to have some sort of indicator to work with. If the figure is deemed realistic in terms of feasibility (who and how this is decided is a point of debate in itself) you move forward to the next stage, if it isn’t you don’t, simple. I say simple, the next stage in my view would be decidedly more complicated.