Sven Goran Eriksson believes Notts County will struggle to ever achieve the ambitions of Munto Finance.
Swede believes Premier League dream is over
Former Notts County director of football Sven Goran Eriksson believes the club will struggle to ever achieve the ambitions expressed by Munto Finance, branding the previous owners 'fake people'.
The consortium took charge of County in the summer and targeted a place in the Premier League for the club, who are currently chasing promotion from League Two.
However, once the initial excitement and hype surrounding the takeover had died down holes soon appeared in their plans and by December Munto Finance had effectively pulled out of their investment, forcing executive chairman Peter Trembling to complete a management buy-out.
Trembling has now departed the club himself, after selling his majority shareholding to a consortium led by former Lincoln chairman Ray Trew, and Eriksson, who has also moved on, has spoken of his frustration at recent events.
The Swede said: "When I came first it was a dream, it was a big project, and I liked it very much.
"We thought it was genuine and it seemed to be genuine in the beginning, but in the end there was no money and they disappeared.
"They seem to be fake people, all of them. They just disappeared without any explanation. I feel they cheated the whole club, all the fans, the players, coaching staff, everyone."
Of the new owners, Eriksson added: "They made it very clear it's not going to be a project to try to take Notts County to the Premier League, maybe not even to the Championship, and that's why I was there."
