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I don't believe that most of what is said by Ken is truthful... perhaps I did earlier on... but not today. He said he had paid, not was going to pay. It is always he said, she said, but in this case, every tyre kicker had no funds. The she said from the buyers perspective was Ken was always changing the bar for purchase or there were unsatisfied debts that appeared when they were attempting to make a purchase.Sluffy wrote:observer wrote:I believe it was the December salaries that he professed came out of his pocket, but was disproved later. He may very well have covered it later on, but his immediate statement of paying it out of his pocket proved false.Sluffy wrote:observer wrote:I gave him the benefit of the doubt until he blatantly lied about paying the salaries out of his pocket... and to find out that was not the truth.
I think it is widely accepted that he did pay the players February salaries out of his own funds.
I suspect he will end up paying the players March salaries as well.
Whether those funds should have been in the club in the first place though is a different matter!
Well according to what was said at the time he did indeed state he had reached an agreement with the players to pay out of his own pocket and reported that as such in his notes.
However the following day the players rescinded on the agreement (notified him accordingly) and decided to progress their grievance via their union the PFA.
The PFA stated they would pay the wages but when they did their checks on the club they found an old winding up petition outstanding (which apparently was just an admin error that somebody had forgotten to tick a box or something), to take it off the system to show that it already had been dealt with), so withdrew their offer until awaiting this to be confirmed as already being settled.
During this kerfuffle the Doidge saga had kicked off and the EFL stepped in and paid everyone (including the players wages) who was an outstanding football creditor at that time - with the large payment due to all the clubs in January.
So did Anderson actually lie when at the time when he said he was going to pay the wages, or was he telling the truth but was overtaken by events?
Until the books are made public, it will be hard to assess anything. Ken had a right to make a profit on the club. But equally, the players and staff have a right to be paid on time. The question remains what value the club has, and the next few days should solidify relegation and a clean-out of the personnel. Will we face administration or liquidation? Ken indicated today that he would take less money. Are we jumping from the frying pan into the fire with another possible owner who has a shady past and has been barred for activities related to football?
Is there a white knight lurking to pick up the club for peanuts and start again? Howard - are you listening?
