John Textor has now shared how things work at Crystal Palace between him and Steve Parish.
The 58-year-old made the comments when speaking to the BBC.
So, what did John Textor say about Crystal Palace and Steve Parish? Let’s take a look…
John Textor opens up on partnership with Steve Parish at Crystal Palace
Well, the American found himself under the spotlight back in January after The Times claimed that he was thinking about selling his 45% stake in Crystal Palace.
Ed Aarons of the Guardian added that Textor was becoming frustrated with his lack of power when it came to decision making – as Parish has the final say.
Now – however – the man from Missouri has set the record straight.
Textor told BBC Sport: “When you’re a majority owner in three clubs and you get used to being very involved and then you have to change your hat to be a minority owner in another club, sometimes day to day it’s difficult to make that transition, but, I came into Palace knowing I would be a minority owner.
“I had a chance to buy a majority; I chose not to. When people talk about the dysfunction on the Crystal Palace board, where? Who are they, who says this? We meet every Friday at 11am and Steve communicates as much as any Premier League owner I know. If we disagree on a player, our fans should expect us to. Isn’t that what we’re supposed to do?
“There are a million opinions about who is your best right-back or left-winger. Am I supposed to go to the meeting and say, ‘Yes Steve, I love all of your choices’? We have maybe disagreed on two players in two years and people want to talk about dysfunction. We disagree a little bit on the multi-club thing but a lot of people do.
“Steve runs it, we’re (Eagle Holdings) the largest shareholder, we are asked our opinion on every major decision and we share it. Obviously you can see that Steve was highly collaborative on his selection of coach.”
John Textor deserves credit
Fair play to Textor for coming out and addressing the rumours of friction at boardroom level.
Supporters have been eager to know exactly what is going on between Parish and Textor following those stories regarding discontent, so it is pleasing to see some clarity offered on the situation.
