We are astonished at the press release sent out today appearing to come from someone representing the Langston Corporation. The new Board of Cardiff City Football Club and Cardiff City Council have for some time been trying to identify who Langston is and have continually come up against a brick wall. Far from refusing to talk to them, we don't know who they are.
Mr Hammam our previous Chairman had been acting as the intermediary with Langston and we have been in constant dialogue with him. Indeed he has always refused to divulge the identity of Langston and therefore we could have never had any direct dialogue with them. It was his auditors who undertook our 2006 audit.
As the current Board have asked their lawyers to deal with the letter from Langston of 2nd August 2007, our first direct communication from them (through their lawyers), we feel that this should now be properly dealt with through the legal process.
I want to reassure everyone connected with Cardiff City Football Club that the success that the current Board have enjoyed in overcoming the acute financial hurdles they inherited and getting the stadium scheme funded, will continue.
Finally the statements in the unattributed Press Release seem to be an ill informed mixture of fiction and general confusion and any allegations and innuendos are refuted.
Peter Ridsdale
Chairman, Cardiff City Football Club.
