Read this, it’s from the last published set of figures :-
At £445k Kreuger is not the worst nor is he anywhere near the highest.
Ownership Owned by Katharina Liebherr, resident in Switzerland.
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Matchday £19m
Premier League and broadcasting £90m
Commercial activities £12m
Other income £3m
Net debt Not stated, total bank, owner and other loans: £63m
**Interest payable ** £6m
Highest-paid director Unnamed: £445,000 (Ralph Kreuger is the chairman)
State they’re in Reports of crises at Southampton have been frequent since the owner, Katharina Liebherr, inherited the club among the other major business interests of her late father, Markus, in 2010, but she has confounded them with stable stewardship. Another exodus of star players in the summer of 2015 – Nathaniel Clyne sold to Liverpool for £12.5m, Morgan Schneiderlin bought by Manchester United for £25m – was matched by shrewd signings showing a profit of £29m. Southampton reacted calmly to Ronald Koeman’s departure as they did when Mauricio Pochettino left in 2014, and finished eighth under Claude Puel this time. Liebherr still has £31m in loans to the club at 5% interest; another loan of £15m was repaid.
