Charlton Athletic owner confirms Storrie CEO appointment and Spiegel takeover interest
Thomas Sandgaard has confirmed to the Charlton Athletic Fan Advisor that Peter Storrie will be joining the club as the new CEO.
The Addicks chairman also confirmed that American businessman Marc Spiegel is ‘one of many people’ interested in investing in the South Londoners.
Storrie, who has previously worked for Portsmouth, West Ham and Southend, is coming into the club after the proposed takeover by Charlie Methven-led group was called off.
Storrie was most recently executive Vice-Chairman at Australian A-League outfit Central Coast Mariners.
COO Jim Rodwell, technical director Andy Scott and finance director Ed Warrick all left The Valley after the takeover collapsed on Friday.
UPDATE: Yesterday afternoon we were able to have a brief discussion over Zoom with Thomas Sandgaard regarding some concerns that we as supporters have at the current time. He gave us the below updates… #cafc
— Charlton Fan Adviser (@CAFCFanAdviser) February 14, 2023
Sandgaard told our paper on Friday: “I can’t say a lot until this point, it was best to keep it under wraps. I had signed a long-term sheet with that group that was led by Charlie.
“There was some very specific terms that were very clear at the end of January and coming into February that they didn’t comply with. Those were really the key items in the deal.
“So this morning I told Charlie I can’t keep doing this, that’s why that deal is off.
“But everything is good in that we are moving forward and have a plan B. I think actually that everything is looking up for the club. If you look at the football side then I think Dean Holden is doing pretty good. I’m very happy about the job he is doing – very aligned. And I think he has said that publically. It’s a good working relationship.
“Everything is good in camp Sandgaard, if you want to call it that. I didn’t suddenly pull out of a deal. It was a group that simply didn’t adhere to the terms and for quite some time did not do that. They didn’t fund anything – it’s still on me.
“I know they were very interested at getting into the club but if you can’t stick to the terms that you set up the original deal with then there is really nothing there. Eventually I had to say this can’t continue.”
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