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, the 66-year-old – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – claimed the Forest owner has “played a blinder” after clashing with city councillors.Talks on a new lease between the club and the council broke down earlier this year, with the Premier League side then threatening to move to a new 50,000-seater out-of-town stadium.
But this new agreement is now set to allow Forest to expand capacity from 29,000 to 40,000 by rebuilding two stands.“We predicted that the city council would cave in, and they have. Join the Football Insider WhatsApp channel to get all our exclusives and the breaking transfer news FIRST. “The council have done the right thing. There’s no way they should’ve lost the club out of the city centre.Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images
“It’s a great city, I went to university there. I’m pleased politics have been removed from the situation, because it was a case of councillors thinking they could play it a lot harder than they could.
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