Quote Originally Posted by The Jorge View Post
My honest opinion is that it's for some marked-up consultancy work, they did give some examples around commercial networks and data analytics at the time, but to suggest he's a bad owner for taking a fundamentally quite modest fee from the club is a bit of a stretch. Also, he doesnt pick the team, impose signings on the manager or have a constant hotline to the press briefing against other people in the club.

Honestly, as far as absentee foreign owners go, we could be a lot worse off. Most people would be hard pushed to name a better alternative, Joe Lewis? Venky's? The Indian bloke with the massive tache that bought Fulham but not the massive nonce statue?
A Berlusconi would be alright. I agree with you about ESK though.