Guardian Unlimited – When Simon Jordan bought Crystal Palace in July 2000, flush with £36m from selling his mobile phone company to One2One, the club’s fans could hope that he would deliver Premier League football and a ground shinier than today’s weathered Selhurst Park. Eight years on, with Jordan having fought sundry energetic battles and become something of a celebrity – and with Palace having enjoyed a single season in the Premier League – he says almost all of that money has been spent. Palace are in the Championship relegation zone, still do not own Selhurst Park and are mortgaged to a hedge fund, Agilo, which describes itself as specialising in "distressed companies".<\/p>\n
Jordan laughed at the idea that Palace is a "distressed company" and emphasised that he is not under financial pressure. But he did say he has had enough of football and he does want to sell the club. <\/p>\n
"I want to do other things," he said. "I will miss the fans, and I will miss Neil Warnock [Palace’s manager], but I won’t miss much else. I’m fed up with avaricious footballers." <\/p>\n