The fans have trimmed what the EFL had to say about the situation in relation to reading and Dai Yongge in its most recent statement.
The Reading owner Dai Yongge gave more time to sell the club with the EFL, in which he previously explained that he has to sell this week or continue from the Royals. However, this was extended to April 22nd.
It is the last two paragraphs of their statements with which the fans have problems and a fan says that the EFL is trying to free themselves for the greenlight that previously reached the ground.
If the deadline is not to be done, the EFL will be used the royals that are currently seven in the first division, and a point outside the playoff places through games with seven games.
Reading said you had the full intent to avoid potential suspension, and Yongge was “obliged” to achieve a conclusion.
So that @Efl will potentially punish the association, fans, employees and livelihoods of all families associated with it because an owner that they passed the damn idiots “fit and correct test”. https://t.co/aao3tuepy0
– Simon Church (@churchy18) April 3, 2025
EFL statement:
After a meeting of the EFL board today, the league can confirm after a request from Reading FC that Mr. Dai Yongge has extended the time to sell his interests in the club until April 22, subject to compliance with all other EFL regulations.
As already mentioned, the priority of the league is to advance a sale of the association at the earliest possible time in order to end the current uncertainty about his future for his employees, supporters and a wider community. While Mr. Yongge is still selling his interests, as is necessary after his disqualification, the discussions remain active for him.
The Board of Directors realized that these affairs were more difficult due to the structure of the assets that were held in various companies and various competing security interests and were therefore considered appropriate to allow more time to solve this time. In the meantime, the league will continue to monitor these discussions and the immediate cash flow requirements of the association.
The league has the authority to suspend an association if a director does not comply with the requirements of its disqualification. The conditions for a suspension would be at the discretion of the board, and while suspended clubs should not allow the league games to be fulfilled, they would continue to be a member of the league at that time.
According to the latest comments in relation to the circumstances for the approval of Mr. Yongge by taking over the club in 2017, the league would like to repeat that Mr. Yongge is not subject to a sports discalification of the Premier League at the time of the acquisition.
The reason why Mr. Yongge did not work with a purchase in Hull City was summarized with the participation of a separate person. This person was not involved in the subsequent purchase of reading, and without disqualifying illness, the EFL, together with sufficient evidence of the source and sufficient financing, was obliged to confirm that Mr. Yongge met the requirements of the regulations.
Becky Trotman, sold before we spokesman, said: “We are grateful that the EFL has provided an expansion and has recognized that – like messy – tangible progress for the sale of our football club is made.
“However, another two weeks are more execution than the true expansion. We therefore ask all parties to put their differences on one side and to double their efforts to sell this club as soon as possible. As far as we concern it, there are no excuses in the tank.
“A judge has put a way forward, legal resolutions were offered, rejected and negotiated. We do not know the complete details, but we know that reading fans through their love for the club and the fear of its future is united.
“The preservation of our 153-year-old club is for these fans, the employees and the broader community of crucial importance of reading as well as for football as a whole.
“We would now like to see the end of games or Brinkmans and a return to the real business at the negotiating table. We all suffered enough and the fans are desperate for a solution.” Ends
The fans struck back what the EFL had in a statement about reading and saying Dai Yongge …
@deanocx: EFL should be ashamed of these last two paragraphs. A club on the side and they try to say better that they are not to blame. fuck off
@Jackoliverg: What worries me about this statement is that it should be used to fans who are relaxed, instead distance yourself from the fault and set up so that you are not “responsible” if the decision is a suspension. Really arm from the EFL #Readingfc
No further words. https://t.co/qzbyv45l02 pic.twitter.com/ky8sha0l4h
– Alex Everson (@Readingfanman) April 3, 2025
