Quote Originally Posted by matt_magpie View Post
I’d like to know more why he took over Notts’s as financially it was never going to work for him? I’ve always believed it was to give him more credibility in trying to getting the mining deal done in North Korea or was he just totally oblivious how football clubs burn money for fun?
It was to attract investors. They say money attracts money so owning a football team and an F1 team would give credence. Notts were desperate, and he thought BMW wanted out so badly they wouldn't care. Fortunately BMW wasn't that desperate and they kept asking where the money was, he was hoping people would come in with money before BMW got suspicious and it unraveled from there. For some reason, people at Notts could have said something but didn't, maybe clouded by Sven and the blind hope it might have been real?