Quote Originally Posted by Toadstool View Post
That was the bit that drew my attention:

"Of the above total of £114m, £40.1m is shown as due to the owner Vincent Tan , some £32.3m of his debt having apparently been repaid during the year. This reduction in debt due to him was replaced by other loans of £39.5m from other (unnamed) parties who are not shareholders or directors"

From the above, I concluded that Tan sold 32.3m of debtto someone for 39.5m - it may just be me but that reads that he's got a chunk of his money back and also a £7m bonus as well.
Thats not what I concluded it means or says at all - £32.3m of his previous debt was repaid to him during the year and the club now only owes him £40.1m. Considerably down from the £150m+ owed to him a few seasons ago, mainly due to his conversion of debt to equity. The £39.5m new debt could easily be from banks or other lending institutions, advanced against the guaranteed income due from tv money, to run the club on a day to day basis or possibly fund players. This is entirely normal practice.