Steve Diamond was in charge of first team affairs from January, having first arrived at Sixways in November 2021
Steve Diamond took charge of first-team affairs in January, having first arrived at Sixways in November 2021

Steve Diamond is the head of one of the groups looking to take over Sixways.

Diamond has financial backing from two investors and will have Simon Cohen as part of his group.

He wants his business to be able to compete back in the top flight in three or four years.

If we are successful, we will call it Sixways Village.

Diamond said that Simon had helped him with the experience of building a hotel when he was atLeicester.

"For those who think this sounds like a property deal, we plan to evolve over the next 2 to 5 years."

They were suspended for the rest of the season after going into administration.

He said that to convince new players to join the Championship, you have to have charisma. The Warriors have lost 20 players.

I've never coached or played before going into the Championship.

I have had a few job offers. I don't know if I would want to take one of them. If we don't get this done, I might have to.

Speaking at an online news conference on Thursday, Diamond said that he had already presented the survival package to Simon Massie-Taylor and Bill Sweeney.

There are more than one horse in the race. "Recruitment has to come now because I have my investors in place and my senior management team."

Before we go before the RFU to do their fit and proper persons' test, the investors' names will be kept out of the picture.

Both Warriors and Kidderminster Harriers are sponsored by Hartlebury businessman Adam Hewitt. The other diamond has known a property developer for 25 years.

He said the first priority was to sort out the debts. The administrators have a statutory duty to give as much money as they can to the people they're supposed to help.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport did a great job helping rugby clubs survive during the Covid epidemic, but they wouldn't want to see the same thing happen to Worcester in a year's time.

Jim O'Toole, the former Warriors chief executive, is believed to be the leader of the other interested group.

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