Holloway decides not to invest cash in Grimsby Town
UNCERTAINTY OFF THE PITCH HAS LED MANAGER TO RECONSIDER PLANS TO PUT HIS OWN MONEY IN
IAN Holloway has said he won’t invest in Grimsby Town following recent events off the field at the club.
It’s been a turbulent week for the Mariners after convicted fraudster Alex May was pictured sitting with the club’s directors last weekend.
He went on to announce his intentions to buy shares in the club, but following backlash from supporters, his application to acquire £1-million worth was rejected by the Town board.
Tom Shutes, who led a takeover bid for the club last year, then held a meeting with Mariners chairman Philip Day on Wednesday, with the two parties set to continue discussions over potential investment.
Unhappy with recent events at the club, Holloway released a statement on Thursday demanding that the club’s owners and potential investors stop “playing politics”, and has now seemingly called off his plans to invest in the club as part of his role on the board. Asked after the 1-0 win over Scunthorpe United whether the week’s events had changed his mind, Holloway responded: “Yes. How can I invest in something that I don’t know who’s going to get it or who’s got it? Why do I want to be caught in that?
“I can’t take sides can I? I know why I came here, and my mindset hasn’t changed. “But if anybody thinks I’m going to give my money over and give it over to different things, I’m not going to do that.
“That’s it. They’ve got to sort themselves out.”
Holloway added: “I’ve told our fans where I am, what I want to do and how I’m going to do it. I hope they believe me and I hope they understand.
“The rest of it, it’s no good people making up stuff, it’s all about them understanding, because I can’t control things can I? What the hell is it to do with me?
“We’ve just got to get on with it, and your team matters, and I know it matters, and I want to make you have a better team. “Just because I’ve done some things in the past and sprinkled a little bit of stardust on certain things, doesn’t mean I can do that straight away here does it?
“But because it hasn’t happened, it was happening before, I believe, Covid kicked in, but at the end of the day I’m determined to keep going.
“I’m here, I want to be here, and I want to work hard and do better for them than I’m doing for them at the minute. I’d like to say I think it’s all my fault, and I want to turn it all around.”