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Lee Bowyer ‘couldn’t walk away’ from Charlton amid ownership battle as he feared for League One club’s future
Oct 26, 2020
Lee Bowyer has revealed how he feared for Charlton’s future if he walked away from the club earlier this summer.
The Addicks’ were at risk of being thrown out of the Football League when three individuals from ESI failed the English Football League’s directors’ and owners’ test in August.
ESI only purchased Charlton from Roland Duchatelet for £1 in January, with an agreement to purchase the training ground and The Valley for £50million later down the line.
Ownership of the company was then transferred from Tahnoon Nimer to Manchester-based businessman Paul Elliott in June.
However, that application was rejected and the situation got more complex when Elliott then sought an injunction to stop the club being sold to anyone else as Thomas Sandgaard entered the picture.
The south London club had been relegated from the Championship and under a transfer embargo as the new season approached with things looking bleak.
Now that has all been resolved it seems, with Sandgaard completing a takeover and the future looking a lot brighter.
When asked how close he was to walking away, Charlton manager Bowyer told Jim White on talkSPORT : “I don’t think that’s important. It was tough. It was really, really tough.
“Our backs were against the wall even from day one when we got into the Championship it was hard.
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