Guochuan Lai would never let £200m slip as West Brom exit prediction wide of mark
Mark Dreyer made the bold prediction that West Brom controlling shareholder Guochuan Lai could follow a long line of failed Chinese football club owners by walking away from The Hawthorns.
The Chinese football expert may not be too familiar with the kind of character Lai is here, but he would never walk away from the £200m investment he made in West Brom back in 2016. [Birmingham Mail]
Lai would sooner be seen making a matchday appearance at The Hawthorns to the theme tune of former WWE superstar The Undertaker before exiting West Brom for nothing.
“Remember when about 20 European football clubs had Chinese owners? Looks like WBA’s Lai Guochuan,” said Dreyer on Twitter. (6 March, 3:46 PM)
“One of the last few standing – could be the next to go.”
With unpaid loans and missed deadlines hanging over Lai’s head, he’s up to his neck in it and unfortunately for Albion fans, Dreyer’s hopeful Lai exit prediction surely can’t ring true.
All Albion fans would rejoice to hear Dreyer’s prediction of a possible Lai departure come to light, nevertheless, Lai has used the club as his own personal cash machine and he wouldn’t leave without a scrap.
Granted, his £200m investment is slowly but surely being beaten to a pulp as the days pass by but until a suitable offer comes in, West Brom are stuck with old Lai.
And that’s the bottom line of it, Lai has already lost all respect from the fans, West Brom and English football, in general, why would he walk away after all this?
After all the protests, marches and fantastic “shining the light” campaigns by the admirable Action for Albion, Lai has nothing more to lose and a lot to gain from a potential sale.
That’s all West Brom fans can hope for right now, that someone who can steer the club out of this mess emerges and ousts Lai from The Hawthorns once and for all.
Wishful thinking? Perhaps, but it’s the only way Lai leaves.
In other West Brom news, the fans are demanding a meeting with the owner as questions about the £5m loan refuse to go away.