The current owners dont have the cash to pay the CVA. If they did they could have paid it in June when it was due.
Plan B or whatever, if the current owners could raise the money for 7 days until reimbursed by the purchaser on completion it may enable the embargo to be lifted.
It may indeed, but there is no indication that the current owners can raise this kind of cash. If they could why have they been playing russian roulette with the club for the last 4 months?
The point is if AF & co. are going to pay it anyway why can't the men in suits find a way of sorting it out to the benefit of all parties? Being subject to successful completion should make sure that SSW doesn't allow anything to derail the deal and AF gets a business that could still challenge instead of possibly fighting a relegation battle after points deduction.
You could try to convince the league that they should lft the embargo, because Mr X has agreed to pay the CVA once the deal is completed. I expect this is exactly what Starnes was doing when he went cap in hand to the league the other week, but they werent having any of it.
Remember, even without an embargo, the league have to approve every incoming transfer we make due to the fact we are operating under the CVA. They've cut us plenty of slack already allowing the signings of Paynter, McGovern etc... no doubt on the basis that they were told a takeover was imminent.
Having seen that go up in smoke, it seems that nothing other than hard cash is going to convince them this time and to be honest you cant blame them one bit.
As for SSW being motivated to ensure a successful completion, I would suggest that paying the CVA before completion would have the opposite effect. As it stands, if he fails to do this deal he, and the club, could very well lose a lot more than a few points.
