by Royal Rother »
06 Jun 2014 19:38
Uke He's no longer involved in the sale
He is involved in the purchase
That is why Oblong and CS had to resign as directors - they were no longer uninterested parties
It is also why he publically stuck the knife into the Burman bid by suggesting they would not spend (LOL after TSIs great fiscal management and broken promises)
He has changed dogs
He is the Millwall of prospective owners - no one likes him and he doesn't care (as long as there's cash)
I think that is entirely plausible.
When asked whether he has a current role at RFC he said absolutely not, but went on to be non-committal re a future role.
He was spectacularly dismissive of Burman, saying that he had met with him once but had had no subsequent contact.
He said that his black book of billionaires had enabled him to make contact with 100 potential buyers and that several firm offers had been made, all declined by the owners because they placed too high a value on the equity, i.e. £25m, when, in his opinion, it was far far less than that. He said he suspects that right now they rather wish they had taken one of those offers up.
If CS has been working his billionaires book tirelessly over the last year then that will have involved a lot of very high-powered meetings, lots of travel, high pressure - and it would seem he was successful in getting several firm offers, it would suggest he may well have been worth every penny of his £20k pm.
Having seen those offers all turned down and the club slide into more difficulty, one might appreciate why he would have changed sides.