Bruce Buck Quotes on Time (2 Quotes)

Buck reveals the club was sinking in a quagmire of debt. I personally was surprised, ... They had a 75m Eurobond outstanding and it was perfectly clear to the markets that they might have trouble making the July payment. The then chief executive Trevor Birch had been in discussions for some time about restructuring that bond. The financial community as opposed to the football community knew there were some real issues.

We sat down and said we wanted this club to be profitable. Peter and Paul were directed to put together a business plan that would make us profitable. Having said that, Roman has a reasonably long-term view - and the business plan that was put together was a five-year business plan. We are doing a lot of things to make the club more efficient and towards profit-making in five years' time.