Coventry City CEO David Boddy hits out after club forced to quit Ricoh Arena

Coventry chief official David Boddy has hit out after the club were constrained to stopped the Ricoh Field and ground-share at Birmingham.

The Sky Blues and their proprietors Sisu fizzled to concur a unused rent with Prevalence rugby union club Wasps, the Ricoh Arena’s proprietors.

The sharp push stems from Coventry City Council’s 2014 deal of the Ricoh Field to at that point London Wasps.

Sisu claim the Ricoh was underestimated by £28million and have been engaging against the choice not to permit a legal audit into the deal.

Sisu have complained to the European Commission and Wasps’ conditions for a modern rent included demanding Coventry and their proprietors guarantee any potential misfortunes.

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David Boddy has been cleared out angry taking after Coventry’s move ( Picture:
Birmingham Mail)
The bad dream push cleared out Alliance One Coventry confronting an inescapable EFL due date to affirm where it’ll play domestic recreations another season.

And they have taken the last-ditch choice of migrating to adjacent Birmingham City, 20 miles absent.

Boddy raged:
“It is destroying news for everyone at the football club – supporters, supports , staff and stake-holders.

“We clearly needed to stay in Coventry and stay at the Ricoh Field, which was built for Coventry City football club.

“Ultimately you have got to go back to the choice of Coventry City Chamber to offer the stadium to a London establishment rugby club beneath the noses of the football club without their information.

“And moreover without giving them the football club an opportunity to take an interest within the deal.

“It wasn’t put on the open advertise, it was sold behind our backs.

Birmingham City will have Coventry amid another season ( Picture:
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“It was incredible that a city chamber may indeed mull over doing that to the football club which has born its title for 136 years.”

Boddy says the as it were future arrangement will be for Coventry to presently construct a unused domestic within the city.

Fence finance Sisu have expressed they stay committed to giving the club with its possess stadium within the Coventry range.

They have had an intrigued in an ancient school at Woodlands but it may be a council-owned location.

Boddy included:
“We are amazingly thankful to Birmingham City for utilize of their ground, which is the closest geologically.

“In the meantime the proprietors of the club are presently confronted with attempting to construct our possess stadium.”

Coventry already ground-shared in 2013/2014 at Northampton when they came 18th.