My current conspiracy theory is that the previous owners thought that the fans wouldn't approve of a new owner who didn't have a significant cash reserve coming in board. To work around that they played the poor card and said to Hoban we cannot fulfill your contract and he went public with that spinning long term Dundalk fans into a frenzy. This cleared the way for literally any other owner to come on board with little to no resistance in spite of the fact they have no real cash reserves to pump up the playing budget for next year