So there's been an interview with David Haigh and here are 5 quotes from the video (taken from http://the72.co.uk/54848/leeds-united-5-things-haigh-tells-on-gfh-purchase/):
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On GFH’s standing in Bahrain: “GFH in Bahrain were not trusted by the market or the regulators."
On Hisham al Reyes’ strategy in aiming for the CEO position at GFH: “With his inexperience, naivety and vanity, he thought that it would help him going after a football club."
On GFH’s reputation and bad press: “[there were articles] Reuters, which basically said for want of a better phrase they [GFH] were a Middle Eastern Ponzi scheme…a mirage in the desert."
On a lack of funding to buy Leeds United: “Essentially GFH didn’t have any money. From Day 1 there was no money in terms of acquiring the club."
On where some of the funds to by Leeds came from: “some money was taken from a company called NICO [sic] which is essentially the Iranian oil company, a company under US sanctions."
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Now it's understandable Haigh wants to stick the boot into GFH for getting him locked up, and the things he mentions are of interest to the fans as it sheds a bit more light on these bunch of merchant bankers.....
........but David Haigh seems to have ignored the fact that he stood in front of the fans and championed GFH when they took over, made empty promises about their aims for the club, and even flew over to discuss a new job when they had him arrested in the first place!
Either he didn't know the truth about them at the time (possible I suppose), or he's just another greedy tory who was happy to make a living working with these GFH scoombags and is only sticking the boot in now because they got him locked up and the money has dried up.
I don't trust the guy as far as I could throw him. Maybe if we could get GFH, Haigh and Cellino into a room together all the excess energy created from the tidal waves of bulls**t would cause some kind of a nuclear chain reaction and that would be problem solved?
David Haigh
posted on 25/5/16
i've never been a fan of haigh, but all the talking up whilst he was with GFH was probably done cos he worked for em...didn't they say when they first took over us that they paid £50 mill for us ?...
posted on 25/5/16
Usually when someone works for someone they are all yes people!..
Ask around here, we've had about 5 sinse Cellino came to power!..
Mind you, the con merchant did go for the love off money, something that they'll have conned out off this club!..
Hope he has something against them that'll send them to hell and shut the hole behind them!.
posted on 25/5/16
Never trusted him after his comments when asked about 800 mill drop in numbers.
"Might sound like a lot of money to you public but it's peanuts to us"
Sending his stupid tweets to Patel, flying to Brazil for important football business with botafogo, sf 49ers etc, full of sheet.
posted on 25/5/16
Can't say I'm bothered by the witterings of this bitter man but at least he's been to Elland Road in the last couple of years eh Jonty...?
Ken Bates must have rubbed his hands with glee when they came along. Perfect fall guys.
posted on 25/5/16
The man born both sides of the borders I recall. Thankfully gone from Leeds United. He has a short memory....
posted on 26/5/16
Watch Part 2 of the interview, its even more interesting. Haigh was a puppet, and got canned for his part in the deal.
GFH are are skum and the authorities here should be going after them as well as MC.
Interesting to see what he says in Part 3.