Hammam and Ridsdale. The dream team?

SAM Hammam is adamant he will lead Cardiff City through their financial crisis.

"When I succeed, and I will, I will stay to enjoy the fruits of that success," said a defiant Hammam, insisting the cash problems will disappear 'in seconds' when the stadium project starts.

"I will not fall, I will stay with the club. And the club stays with me," he added.

"Yes, we have problems. Yes, we will overcome those problems. I am feeling buoyant, I am strong. I will not run away from the problems.

"We will face them and overcome them."
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CARDIFF CITY fans were last night warned that Leeds United are still paying the price for the Peter Ridsdale years.

The former Elland Road chairman was drafted in by City owner Sam Hammam last week as a troubleshooter to sort out the club's dire financial predicament.

But while Hammam desperately fights to win back supporter confidence, the mutterings from Yorkshire are in danger of undermining his cause.

John Boocock, former chairman of the Leeds United Supporters' Trust and a supporter since 1959, told Wales on Sunday: "It is beyond me why anyone would want Peter Ridsdale to oversee the finances of their club.

"Have they learnt nothing from what happened at Leeds?
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