Exclusive: Southend United Ownership Delay Causing Financial Hardship 

With pre-season now under five weeks away, Southend United are no closer to knowing who owns them or even if they will still exist. Concerns are evident around the football world that the Shrimpers are walking a tightrope of emotion that could see the end of over 100 years of history.

Speaking exclusively to The Real EFL‘s Jake Coburn this week, football financial expert Dr Dan Plumley, the Principal Lecturer in Sport Finance at Sheffield Hallam University, gave his views on the current plight facing Southend United.

Despite contracts being exchanged back in December between current owner Ron Martin and the consortium led by Justin Rees, completion has still not been achieved leaving supporters concerned they will still be a club to support when the new season begins.

Dr Plumley, like those supporters, has begun to wonder if the Shrimpers will see the sands of time run out before Martin and Southend City Council agree due diligence on the Fossetts Farm development which would see the club free of the 70-year-old property developer.

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