The soap opera that is Charlton Athletic seems to be taking yet another twist.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52976779To recap Charlton were owned by Roland Duchatelet who was uniformly reviled by Charlton fans. His "ownership" of the club came to an end when East Street Investments bought him out in January this year. This was headed by former football agent Matt Southall but funded by Syrian Businessman Tahnoon Nimer who is based in the Gulf.
The takeover was troubled from the outset and there were question marks over long term funding. However the whole thing started to fall to pieces in March when there was a major falling out between Southall and Nimer. This has prompted the club to be put back up for sale.
It has attracted interest from the usual line up of oddballs with mysterious links to money from far flung places. But it would now would appear to have been landed by a consortium headed a Manchester businessman Paul Elliot.
Reading up on this today it transpires Roland Duchatelet still owns the Valley and the club's training ground and values them at £50m. This does bring into question what the hell is anybody actually buying? The 2 major fixed assets are not owned by the football club.
Charlton are a great football institution based in one of the least fashionable area's of the capital they have a very proud tradition and have done sterling work in their communities and have a always produced good young players. it is cliched to say their fans deserve better but they probably do but they are almost certainly won't get better.
We have to reform the game top to bottom this is crazy and can't be allowed to continue.