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Originally posted by Martin G:
Hello there,

Given the recent events at the Club, I wondered whether the Trust Board has anything to say on the matter. In particular:

1) If the national media is to be believed, the outstanding issues with the fit and proper persons test between Notts and the Football League are causing a bit of uncertainty amongst the fans. Has the Trust spoken to anyone at the Club, to address the fans' concerns and seek reassurance?

2) The Trust Board, which has a stated aim to "represent the interests of the community in the running of the Club", would surely have been fully satisfied themselves that Munto were "fit and proper" before recommending Munto's bid to the membership. (To fail to do this would, in my view, represent a serious dereliction of duty.) Perhaps the Trust Board could reassure supporters by publicly outlining the specific due diligence steps it undertook to ensure that Munto were "fit and proper" prior to recommending the take-over to the membership?

3) In the view of the Trust Board, is the departure of Sol Campbell after such a short time at the Club a cause for concern?

Thanks.

Martin.

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Originally posted by David Hindley:
Further to Martin's posting, on question 2 I would like to ask what Russell King's involvement was in the takeover negotiations. Was he the honourable individual that we heard about from the Trust Board and whose promises helped sway the majority of the Trust membership?

According to the Guardian (and reports elsewhere) he has been an integral figure:

A key figure representing the offshore company that owns Notts County can be revealed as Russell King.

King, a friend and business associate of County's executive chairman, Peter Trembling, is understood to have played a major role in negotiations with the supporters' trust over the purchase of the club by Qadbak, through its Munto subsidiary, and has been involved in the recruitment of several senior figures at Meadow Lane.

A source close to one of them told the Guardian that all contract negotiations about joining Notts County were conducted by King and Nathan Willett, one of King's associates.

The source said: "King and Willett and Munto appointed Trembling: they are the representatives of the companies that bought the club. They are clearly the liaison with the owners of the club, but you always come up against a brick wall when you look to find out who owns Qadbak." The true identity of the owners remains unclear, even to the Football League and, therefore, they have yet to clear the League's fit-and-proper-person test. The only detail that has been offered publicly is that Qadbak represents the interests of "European and Middle Eastern families".

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Originally posted by Martin G:
Bump.

Also, anyone on the Trust Board care to comment on this:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/foot...unty-qadbak-takeover

Martin.

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Originally posted by Cher:
I would also like to ask why Glenn Rolley compared Haydn Green's wish for privacy to that of the current investors, saying in today's Observer of Haydn Green 'there was only one person on the Trust Board who had met him and that was because he went to school with him...'

That's simply untrue Glenn. Trust board members met with Haydn Green on many occasions. His identity was always known to the Trust board.