Quote Originally Posted by countygump View Post
Ahhh, so dodgy owner shows up, "We wanna buy the club" they sez. Green estate not liking the look of them sez , "Well OK, but you're gonna have to buy the lease off us as well, which is secured with a 5million? loan to the club that needs to be repaid in full, mush" *Dodgy owner exits left*. Good owner shows up and they are willing to keep the lease as it stands in place, with peppercorn rent in tow. Now that's what I call a plan.



So what happened with Munto then?
It wasn't anything to do with the lease, one of either Trew or Hardy took out a loan from them (through the club). It gave them leverage to protect the club at the time. I remember Leigh Curtis writing about it and the fact the estate have up the leverage once the Reedtz took over makes me think that they are the real deal. The estate didn't have to give that up