The first priority facing Hartlepool United's potential new owners

On the latest episode of the Poolie Podcast, Robbie Stelling discusses the first priority facing any new owners of Hartlepool United.

Transcript

00:00So, clearly, it's important that things happen sooner rather than later.

00:05I mean, obviously, the first priority is to secure the future of the club.

00:08I think there's a number of players that most fans would be bitterly disappointed to see in leave,

00:13but players inevitably will come and go. That's part and part of football.

00:17If new owners do come in, there's no guarantee that Joe Gray or Manny Disarue or Nathan Sharon are certain to stay,

00:24although you would think it would certainly increase the possibility of Pools keeping them.

00:30I don't know, but I would imagine at this stage, there's not really anything the club can do in terms of contract negotiations.

00:35I think that players did meet with the management and staff in the couple of days after the end of the season.

00:43I imagine that that was just a conversation in terms of what perhaps they would like to do.

00:49But obviously, whether they're going to be able to do that or not still remains to be seen.

00:53But whoever does come in, if someone does come in, then they're going to have to work pretty quickly.

00:59And the more time they have to get their feet under the table and implement their own ideas and implement their own plan,

01:05then obviously the better for the club.