I really hope so.". HWM[7_c{,%^"A(|XHsl"$Q_. Other investment throughout the Club and the stadium is ongoing, a few examples of which Ill share. Simon Sadler: Blackpool's block trade king | Financial Times Blackpool have announced Simon Sadler as the new owner of the League One club following English Football League approval. It would be ridiculous of me to chuck 10m to 20m into the playing squad when we aren't ready for it. At first glance, you would be hard-pressed to find similarities between Blackpools managerial situation and that of Champions League winner Thomas Tuchel, but following the Tangerines promotion back to the Championship, the patterns soon begin to emerge. He is the chief investment officer of a finance business he founded in 2007, Segantii Capital Management, which describes itself as an institutional asset management firm which predominantly focuses on investing in Asian securities. Simon Sadler not acting quick enough with sacking Appleton and appointing McCarthy has relegated Blackpool. I spoke to Critch in about late March/early April and I recall saying something along the lines of ,Please make sure that we reach the play-offs as I want the players to know what it feels like so that if they dont do it this year, theyre ready for next year.. Manager Neil Critchley is rather unique in English football management in that rather than being a recent professional getting his first taste of the dugout after retiring, an old hand on the managerial roundabout or an assistant manager to a more senior figure getting his chance lower down the league ladder, he was plucked from stewardship of Liverpools youth team. All equity trading with Segantii Capital Management has been suspended by Bank of America and Citigroup, the FT reports. He says plans to stabilise in the Championship began the following morning, with Sadler stating that: I feel that our natural place in the football pecking order is as a mid-table Championship side but with the right wind behind us we can make it back to The Premier League. Blackpool fans celebrate after marching from the tower to Bloomfield Road for the Southend game in March and in celebration of the Oyston family being removed from power. Meanwhile, executive chairman Michael Bolingbroke, managing director Ben Hatton and non-executive director Ian Currie will continue in their roles at the club "for the next few months". Simon Sadler (b. Gain a global perspective on the US and go beyond with curated news and analysis from 600 We hadnt had much luck in those first nine games or so, as evidenced by our xG, the widely used statistical measure of expected goals, which indicated that we should have been much higher in the table. Yes. But I always thought wed win. Standard Digital includes access to a wealth of global news, analysis and expert opinion. . Belokon could not take over the club because he was barred under the EFLs owners and directors fit and proper person test, due to a conviction in Kyrgyzstan in 2017 for multimillion-dollar money laundering.