Coventry City Council have issued the following statement regarding the statement made by the English Football League this morning.
The Leader of Coventry City Council Councillor George Duggins and Coun Allan Andrews, acting leader of the opposition Conservative group, have issued the following -
“Coventry City Council has been clear in its message for more than two years now – we are willing to talk to the football club once the legal process has ended.
“The football club keeps saying it wants to meet with us but what would the purpose of the meeting be?
“If it is to come and tell us what the football club means to the people of this city then we are already well aware of that.
“If it is to say that they do not have the power to stop the legal process then what is the point of the meeting?
“What is noticeable from the football club’s statement following the EFL’s announcement today is the complete lack of any mention of their owners or their role in this.
“The club seems to think that everyone apart from SISU has a responsibility for the future of the football club yet we all know it has always been in their gift to end this.
“We suggest that rather than coming to meet us, the football club lobbies SISU to take responsibility and end this long and drawn out process so we can all move on.”