Rumours of an imminent takeover at Charlton Athletic are a regular occurrence, but the latest ones do seem to have some substance to them. Here Voice of the Valley fanzine editor Rick Everitt tries to make some sense of what is going on: Waiting and hoping
I used to see a lifelong Wolves fan for lunch once a month. He was approaching ninety, but still went to games. Sadly he passed away the other week. As football finance guru Kieran Maguire has noted, Wolves continue to be constrained by financial fair play rules. Radio 4 this morning described them as this year's 'crisis club' and the pessimists have certainly been piling in. Martin Samuel wrote sympathetically in the Sunday Times yesterday, saying that the Premier League drives talent away with regulatory red tape: 'Why could Al-Hilal sign Neves? Because Wolves needed the money. And why did Wolves need the money? Because the club had to comply with an artificial construct known as financial fair play. So Wolves are going skint, yes? No. There is no suggestion that Wolves are in financial trouble, only that they are failing to meet the rigours of FFP. Wolves’ owners appear to have the money to run the club, and invest in the club, and in fact came up with a pow
New Year. New rumours. New hope. Briefly.
ReplyDeleteI refuse to get excited. I know nothing of the alleged new owners apart from the are ball tamperers with a sense of injustice if they lose.
Makes you wonder why they chose Charlton then.
Not holding my breath and not good for your health but supporting CAFC for nearly 6 decades has been well like supporting the Addicks and the few highs and certainly the lows at CAFC
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