Was mainly the council. Rupert couldn't afford stone ham and council came to rescue. Rupert took us down two divisions and made shocking decisions bringing no money in and making himself pretty much a millionaire out of us.
Was known for creating family club, great communication with fans and local media and linked the club with its history ie great involvement with ex players. Everything points way from them wanting to sell.
Did he look like he was going to score in that passage of play or make a chance? Problem with lallana was that he had loads of ball and didn't create anything.