article_snippet.sent: a statement expressed concern over the levels of club debts, saying: 'Despite the sales of the four players the board of DUFC does not believe that this is yet sufficient to pay all current remaining debt.'
article_snippet.sent: Defending their record on that point, a statement responded: 'Off field the board of DUFC has reduced overall debt, including Thompson family loans, from £5.2m in February 2014 to £2.6m while successfully extricating Dundee United from all bank debt.
article_snippet.sent: all bank debt is projected to be reduced to £1.4m by the end of this year. '
article_snippet.sent: Arabtrust and the Federation also voiced concerns that Thompson was wary of bringing in external investors for fear of seeing Thompson family's shareholding drop below 75 per cent.