Carlisle United manager Paul Simpson has admitted he has been excited by rumours of possible new investment in the club.
Simpson has been talking to the club’s official website on reports that there is American interest in the club – although not from Hollywood as evolved at Wrexham.
Simpson said: “I got a bit of a surprise when I heard about it because I didn’t know it had gone that far. It excites me a little bit.
“One of the things that was mentioned when I first came back was that the directors realised there needed to be a change of ownership. If something is going on then I think it’s got to be good for the club.
“We know to move forward we need some more finances coming in. If it’s true and if it is going down the line – but I would say to not count our chickens just yet. It might just be a rumour and an enquiry, so we’ve just got to wait and see what happens.
“I think the current group of directors have done brilliant to get us to this point now, they’ve been fantastic for me, and if they feel as though there’s somebody else who can take us to another level then I’m sure they’ll talk.
“If it gets to a point where something is happening I’m sure I’ll get involved and somebody will have a conversation with me about it. If it means we need somebody else to come in, whether it’s American, locals, if they’re coming in alongside the current board, I don’t care. If it
“It makes me optimistic for the future of the club. And, let’s be fair, we’re in a flipping good saleable position at the moment with what’s gone on and where we are. Let’s wait and see.
“Knowing how these things happen in football, it isn’t going to happen overnight. I wouldn’t think it’ll happen in time to affect anything in the August transfer window, all I’m doing is cracking on doing what I have to do until somebody says here’s new investors, do you want to have a chat to them.
“I’ll be interested to know where the appeal came from but I’m sure getting to Wembley has made our profile a bit more attractive, not just in Cumbria but the rest of the country, and maybe even the rest of the world, who knows.
“At the moment my focus is just on Oxford United this weekend, and if anything happens before that I’m sure I’ll be told.”
Florida-based logistics businessman Tom Piatak is the man named as leading possible investment talks and members of his family have attended Blues games in recent months.
