Stand down, Leeds United fans
Hopes that the down-on-its-luck Championship club would be taken over by Hollywood star Russell Crowe have been dashed after the Australian actor announced he had turned down the ‘massive opportunity’ to run the club.
Gladiator star Crowe, 51, who already owns rugby league side the South Sydney Rabbitohs, had been linked with the club for some time and said he has been a Leeds fan all his life, but in explained in a series of tweets that his desire to spend more time with his children had convinced him to pull out of negotiations.
#1 @LUFC These are my discoveries, my musings and my personal truth.
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) August 25, 2015
#2 I stand by my belief that LUFC is a massive opportunity. When my trusted associates tested the idea… We found multiple potential…
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) August 25, 2015
#3 … I'm 51, I answered questions on a topic, a passion…I did not create the agenda… As you may well know…
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) August 25, 2015
#4 in 2006 I took over the 1908 formed South Sydney Rugby League team. 9 years of hard yakka later we broke a 43 year drought and won!!
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) August 25, 2015
#5 so… I know what it takes . I've been through it, I look at the Mighty Leeds opportunity and I evaluate it through the time stolen …
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) August 25, 2015
#5 so… I know what it takes . I've been through it, I look at the Mighty Leeds opportunity and I evaluate it through the time stolen …
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) August 25, 2015
#6 from my kids. Economics tell the folks in my organisation we could smash this, but, I know the personal toll it takes, and I know …
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) August 25, 2015
#7 without my actual hands on the wheel in Leeds I can't guarantee investors a return. I've loved Leeds all my life. I will always.
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) August 25, 2015
#8 I will not though steal anymore time from my children. It's that simple.
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) August 25, 2015
#9 think about this…there's a hundred thousand who will match on together at least, stand up Leeds … Stand and be counted
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) August 25, 2015
