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ISTR - although I may well be wrong on this - that SJM reclaimed some of his soft debt at this time. But it gets complicated - TSI bought 51% of the club for £12.7m, and had an option to buy the other 49% for £12.3m, and I don't believe that either instalment was ever actually paid by the Russians/charlatans. But SJM didn't just give the club away, so maybe an/both instalment was made from PL money? I don't remember - that's if we ever knew in the first place.
Recollection also hazy, but I think the first payment went through or the deal wouldn’t have happened, and the second didn’t, hence the club essentially reverting to Madejski.
SJM presumably got his money from the initial salw fee, and subsequent sale to the Thais, as new owners buy the debt as much as they buy the club iirc.
I definitely remember hearing that the first payment was never made.
How could the ownership transfer have taken place and been ratified then? No payment, no sale.