Heartless?
At Oldham Athletic, we have had our share of unpopular owners over the years. We used to have Ken Bates as chairman, back in the 60s. Then before the current owners came in, Chris Moore was our big cheese. He brought in lots of players, then felt he was losing too much money and withdrew his 95% stake of the club. That shafted us; we were 24 hours from bankruptcy for virtually six months.
However, none of that even gets near the madness of Hearts FC's current owner, Vladimir Romanov:
Romanov says he will move players on to "Kilmarnock or whatever club will take them" unless [Hearts] defeat Dunfermline.
And he has warned that he would then play a team of youngsters against Celtic the following weekend.
Roddy Forsyth on 5Live was also saying that Romanov may even play himself!
The man's clearly lost it, though the situation is kindof funny, if you share my warped sense of humour.
It is, though, sad that football clubs have become a haven for petty rich men for flex their egos, cash, and petty little quarrels.
Cory
