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EFL TURN DOWN ROLAND

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The LeaguePaper Team
10 March 2019

LEAGUE ONE
By Tom Blackett
THE EFL have rejected calls from Charlton owner Roland Duchatetel for them to take over the club.
The Belgian businessman put forward his ‘demand’ that the EFL acquired the club last week and the EFL Board considering the request at a meeting on Wednesday.
In a statement, the League said: “As a competition organiser, the EFL regulates against dual interests and, having assessed the suggestion to take control of Charlton Athletic put forward by the club’s owner Roland Duchatalet, the EFL Board has concluded that such an arrangement would rai...

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