07-08-2020, 01:25 PM
(07-08-2020, 12:39 PM)ozzyten10 Wrote: And that is when I’ll be convinced of his intentions
I find that a bit odd Ozzy.
We have had just the three private owners in the Clubs existence; one was a life long supporter who enriched his family to the tune of 90m, one was a wealthy comedian who came very close to putting the Club out of existence and then Marinakis.
No one ever doubted Doughty's intentions yet he took the Club to its lowest point in recent history while accumulating paper debt after paper debt for his own good.
Marinakis, in comparison, came in and saved the Club; he has started a rebuilding programme which will eventually turn us into a professional outfit.
He has employed professionals in key positions who are in turn generating vital income for the Club while at the same time has written off debt the Club owed him personally.
Writing off a few million here and there is one thing; asking someone to stump up over 100m is a very big ask.
I know what my response to that request would be if I had the money.
Serious business people like Marinakis do not accumulate and retain wealth by giving it away; they use the resources at their disposal to generate more wealth.
How would people feel if he went ahead regardless and took out a loan to build the stand, and then loaded that debt onto the Club?
He would be perfectly entitled to do that under the terms of P & S

