I'm not sure you can trust a man that gave Alan Pardew a 7 year contract but if he does step in his ambition must be the premier league...
After that I'm out of opinion.
I remember the old owner saying that he'd take 37m for it, as for debt, I'm sure there was >15m. I think they did something devious with parachute payments... something that got the maccems riled at any rate