GLORY owner Tony Sage has spoken about the independent review into his club for the first time, revealing the West Australian outfit's future is in a precarious position and needs outside assistance.
Former Fremantle Dockers chief executive David Hatt prepared the review which was handed to the Glory owner earlier this week and Sage said it confirmed Glory desperately needed outside assistance.
"The club is precarious," Sage told The West Australian. "If it was in commercial hands on the stock exchange, for example, it would've been shut down because it would be trading insolvent.
"That's how bad it would be, if I wasn't there to prop it up. It survives because I put my hand in my pocket.
"If I wasn't here it would've folded two years ago. But the things needed to fix it can't be done by the management of Perth Glory. It's got to be done by outside parties.
"I can't fix it, (chief executive) Paul Kelly can't fix it, (deputy chairman) Lui Giuliani can't fix it. The people who can fix it are FFA, State Government and the Town of Vincent."
According to The West Australian, FFA chief executive Ben Buckley and A-League boss Lyall Gorman will fly to Perth next week to meet with Glory officials.
Sage had previously warned no position at the club is safe, for players, coaches and administration but refused to talk about his staff prior to meeting with them, having arrived back in West Australia only this morning after time in London.
"I don't want to talk about staffing, football department and all that sort of stuff until I've spoken to Lui and PK," Sage said.
Sage did speak about the possibility of Glory leaving it's current home ground nib Stadium in search of a better deal, potentially at Perth's Curtin University hockey facility.
"If the decision was to move out there, I would forego corporate money to have the fans happy in a nice environment where the hotdogs and beers are 30 per cent cheaper," Sage said.
"On the numbers, we'd only need 2500 to break even. I'm sure we'd get 8000 out there."
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