Matt Southall

I'm sure we've all seen the picture of Bassini in his slippers walking into the club for the first time but who is that Zat Knight lookalike walking in with him?

Well it is said to be Matt Southall.

If so not the first time he's been linked with the club then as he was involved with Shabbir Khilji attempt to bring in South African money to buy the club and also the husband of Naeema who set up Gaspard's (from that farm house in Withins) also in an attempt to take over the club.  Both of whom Anderson labelled 'tyre kickers'.

With Bassini making ridiculous statements already such as he doesn't know as to how many creditors the club has, it's probably Mr Southall that is more likely to have a far deeper financial understanding of such things and possibly the more likely bridge to other potential investors into the club.

Mr Southall was linked to a consortium trying to buy Villa in the summer - so he isn't just some random mate of Bassini's.

I suggest Mr Southall if he doesn't disappear into the shadows again is the man to watch in order to see where the money for the takeover is coming from.

He also seems to be the sole Director of a dormant company MSE Capital Group - I wonder if that will suddenly spring to life in the coming months/year or so?

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South African money. Good god.

Hipster_Nebula wrote:South African money. Good god.

What's wrong with South African money? I've earned quite a bit from working in and with South Africans- and guess what? It spends like any other money.
 Don't jump to the assertion that its automatically dirty

No I'm sure it's great and will definitely be enough to run a football club.

Ye all that ‘British money’ has really got us going.

Bizarre attitude.

What British money? 

The lack of money is the problem.

Yet your comment infers you wouldn’t be happy with South African money?

So which one is it?

Both

I no longer care where the money comes from. I used to, but crooks and liars come in all nationalities, and I don't see any evidence that British sponsors are better than others. Not only that, how can we be so protective of 'our' game, when it is in fact very much a collection of many nations. How many players actually come from Bolton, or its surrounds?

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Well look who is the Chairman of Charlton...

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...and look at the mess they are now in -

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Seems we dodged a bullet and presumably shows the kind of sharks out there that Eddie and Ken found so hard to sell the club to.