One question re this TFG statement, I keep wondering about…

Why make it and why now? There’s no regulatory requirement and it’s been a pretty open secret that we’re either up for sale or investment, in any case. They’ve not communicated with the fans since arriving, so it’s hardly a pattern of fan engagement. So, what purpose does a statement serve? Putting my PR hat on, all I can think of is one of two scenarios: 1) Something is imminent and this helps to pave the way for that. 2) They’re struggling to drum up interest and want to make it publicly known that they’re open to the conversation. Are others seeing something I’m not, beyond those two scenarios? I lean towards the second being more likely but I don’t think the people who’d be interested in buying a PL club need us to make a statement in order to get their interest (more than enough intermediaries taking care of that across the world). Could be the first option but, again, it’s not required so I don’t know why they’d feel the need to do that now. It feels both unnecessary and out of character. My next best guess is they do have an interested party / parties and this is a way of exerting some public pressure, perhaps thinking that one party might blink first…