Melbourne Rebels 2025 and beyond...

[Slim 293]

Looks like the MRRU and RA dodged a bullet here:

Aloisi ‘devastated’ as former champions Western United stripped of A-League licence

The A-Leagues look set to lose one of its newest additions, with the Melbourne-based club stripped of its licence to compete in the top flight just three years after it won the men’s championship.

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Oh, yes indeedy...

Pendlebury manager to step aside as dreams of soccer stadium go up in smoke

Embattled sporting entrepreneur Jason Sourasis has been shut out of any involvement in the A-League soccer team Western United and its stadium development project.

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Embattled sporting entrepreneur Jason Sourasis has been shut out of any involvement in the A-League soccer team Western United and the development of a sporting precinct in Melbourne’s west as his plans for a 20,000-seat stadium go up in smoke.

Sourasis declined to comment on his future at the club or with the project on Wednesday, but sources close to him and the project team confirmed he would step aside after an issue with tax debts had been resolved.

It comes as high-profile investors line up against Sourasis, alleging significant unpaid debts.

This week, leading financier Ozzie Kheir said he was owed a substantial amount of money from Sourasis, and the entrepreneur’s longtime friend, Collingwood star Scott Pendlebury, has taken him to court, accusing him of misappropriation.

Pendlebury alleges nearly $3 million of his funds were misappropriated from his bank account by Sourasis and his company, Strategic Financial Planning.

Sourasis denies the allegations.

 

[Tomikin]

Oh, yes indeedy...

Pendlebury manager to step aside as dreams of soccer stadium go up in smoke

Embattled sporting entrepreneur Jason Sourasis has been shut out of any involvement in the A-League soccer team Western United and its stadium development project.

www.theage.com.au

bUt ThIs wOulD sAvE tHe rEbelS and its the RA's FaULt thEy diDn't gEt oN bOard!!@!!!!

 

[stoff]

bUt ThIs wOulD sAvE tHe rEbelS and its the RA's FaULt thEy diDn't gEt oN bOard!!@!!!!

You’re a petty little man aren’t you.

 

[Tomikin]

You’re a petty little man aren’t you.

Petty, probably... But when this deal was floated there was so many Rebels fans slating RA for not taking up the deal, and trying to save the Rebels with it. Luckly, someone (like a lot of people here) in R.A. thought, how can we give a group of people 20 million in debt, more money to move out to bum fuck nowhere and let them 'try again'.

Looks like this dude is would have fit right in on the Rebel's board.