I’ve mentioned before that the elusive Mr King aka Wang Yaohui is suffering some financial and legal issues at this moment in time. Confirmation of this has come recently on the Chinese news website Sina, which has reported issues Wang has had with a shopping mall he owns in Beijing.
Despite the best efforts of Millwall fans to storm the Kop on Saturday, I think the biggest Birmingham City news over the last few days has been rumours of the club being sold. While rumours of buyers making bids are always out there, this bit of gossip seemed to gain life of its own online.
In January of this year, a series of invoices dating from 2019 from security firm K2 were revealed by this website that would indicate the possibility that Birmingham City was paying for the protection of the elusive Mr King, Wang Yaohui. Today, I can reveal that Birmingham City director Zhao Wenqing has been contacted by K2 about payment for further invoices connected to the London residence of Wang.
There have been better weekends to be a Blues fan. Losing 4-2 to Coventry having been 2-0 up was a bitter pill to swallow, but getting humped 6-1 away to Blackpool the very next game just shows what a mess the team is in. Lee Bowyer looked a broken man sitting in the dugout at half time, and his post-match interview only seemed to confirm he’s losing the will with some of his players.
The accounts for Birmingham City’s 2020/21 season were published on the Companies House website on Tuesday. The accounts make for some grim reading thanks to the restrictions placed upon the club by the Covid pandemic and confirm just how important the sale of Jude Bellingham was to the continued existence of the club.
