re we are another game and 1m sll chairant I sald when I took over tae | ‘would only write a column inthe programme when | had some- thing to say. Recent events mean this sone of chose times. rm sure you are a frustraced with all dhe goings on over the lasefew weeks as we are ‘Throughout a we hive refused to be drawn ino a ante of words Inthe media Ar times that he meant we Fen’ lays been por- raped ina fvourabl ihe but we simply dnt do business eat way. When Sebastien Sainsbury and bis consortium from America approached us, we went ince the negodations with an open mind. (08/09! eed unitec.com We had alyssa hat if ary ‘one came in withthe kind of ‘money that coud help the club we would be happy to talk to ‘hem and necessary step aside and let them take over “Their apparent offer vas such ‘that we would have been neg gone had we not taken i serious: Iy and given them every chance f0.come up wth the cath but they were never abe to put the ‘money int their solitrs account so that we could be sure i existed, Despite a media campaign to force the board igo position tha was notin the interest of Leeds United they were unable to sek to any of thelr sl: I'M STILE iO aig U) MAYA CAN PUT THIS CLUB BACK Minis BELONGS imposed dexdines. We stil kept the door open and kepe nego ating Final they said tha che ‘money would be in place by the night of Thursday 1 November and the dal filed a 1.00pm 1 the Frid ust before that ‘one o'clock desde | received a {all asking for another extension but we had already decided that enough vas enough ‘We went to our bac up posidon — we completed the sale and lease back of Elland Rad making sure there sa buy back chuse for when the cub i able to raise the funds We also told the local consorsum made up of people we know to be Leeds United fans and who have got the money hey say they have, ¢