I think Mike's pretty obvious in that he wants to sell the club rather than go through all this ballache. Bear in mind he'd only replace Charnley with his ****ing son-in-law anyway.
Sorry, can't get past the "...to a mate..." without falling on the floor with laughter. What does Chippy say after that bit?
I asked my driver back from the airport today, a Bournemouth fan the same thing. I got almost a word for word response.