I suspect it’s to fund a January transfer-fest to try and keep them up. No where near enough, hopefully.
Is he rich enough to buy the ground and rent it to himself and own the club and lend money to himself? Thus circumventing the rules along the same lines we did with Thiam, Sibbick and Mcgeehan.
So he's charging himself £6 million in case he doesn't repay himself later? Or is it like an insurance scam, he's insured himself so when he defaults his own repayments to himself he gets a payout?
If I ever start to understand how Wednesday's finances work, I'll be seriously concerned about my sanity.
No, the lender (New Avenue Projects Limited) has secured its right to a payment of £6.75m next September against Hillsborough.
Just had a look at New Avenue Finance accounts and it’s a tiny business. The football club sold the stadium to Sheffield 3. Sheffield 3 charges the football club rent. The granting of security by Sheffield 3 to New Avenue finance suggests (and I may be wrong) Sheffield 3 has taken a loan from New Avenue Finance in advance of the receipt of the rent from The football club. This loan has been secured against the ground. As mentioned earlier this is an annual occurrence since the sale of the ground occurred.
Yes you can launder your own money. The definition of criminal property is provided in section 340 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: (3)Property is criminal property if— (a)it constitutes a person’s benefit from criminal conduct or it represents such a benefit (in whole or part and whether directly or indirectly), and (b)the alleged offender knows or suspects that it constitutes or represents such a benefit. (4)It is immaterial— (a)who carried out the conduct; (b)who benefited from it; (c)whether the conduct occurred before or after the passing of this Act.