Richard Mennear has been speaking about Sunderland’s current ownership structure on The Roar podcast.
The Black Cats have experienced a turbulent time of things recently, as they were battered 6-0 in the league at the end of January before going on to lose another two games in succession while sacking their manager during that period.
Meanwhile, potential managerial candidate Roy Keane has rejected the vacant manager’s job.
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Now, though, some more news could be forthcoming, with out-of-work Alex Neil set to be appointed – but things aren’t all rosy on Wearside, with journalist James Copley highlighting why it’s so important that Sunderland’s owners come out and explain what’s going on with the club and who’s making the big decisions, as that is still very much unclear.
The reason there is this renewed clamour for clarity from Sunderland fans is because former part-owner of the club Charlie Methven was present for the club’s away trip to Cheltenham Town, raising questions as to how much of a say he still has at the club.
Mennear has revealed what he and some fans have been told the club will do in the near future.
He said: “Obviously, there are still minor shareholders in the club so yeah, obviously, they are involved. There’s going to be a level of involvement in that.
“We’ve been told, fans have been told, that in terms of the day-to-day running of the club and long-term vision and things like that, that it’s very much Kyril Louis-Dreyfus’ gig.
“The fact that they still have that link with the previous regime publicly, you know, being at games and things like that, doesn’t help [and] isn’t helping.”
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Ever since Kyril Louis-Dreyfus took over Sunderland last year, there has been no clarity over how much of the club he owns and what other investors or people of interest own of the club, leaving Black Cats fans unsure where to direct their annoyance at when the club is not being run very well, for example during this managerial search.
It would be no surprise if Sunderland fans were desperate to find out the inner workings of their club and who has what power behind the scenes, as that could say a lot about the direction Sunderland are heading, and whether they do still hold close ties with a previous regime that was very much disliked towards the end by fans.
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