Since you have been chairman, have you ever been close to selling the club to a group/consortium interested in taking it over? If so, when?

No, we have never been close to selling the club. In fact, while I have been chairman we have not had a formal offer for the club.

There is always interest in football clubs and people do approach us here and there, especially as Oxford United is a club of interest.

It is well run with bags of potential, but you find that there are more people who have an interest in buying a club than there are people really with the ability to buy one.

Ian Lenagan has reportedly just made around £20m from selling one of his companies, is he likely to put any of this money into Oxford United?

Obviously Ian’s business success is a positive for Ian and the football club, but our goal is to try and achieve success and long-term stability at Oxford United without relying on one person’s handouts.

We feel we are improving while also trying to remain profitable and wouldn’t want to try and rush anything by throwing money at the situation and increasing debt.

There are a lot of clubs in serious financial trouble and we don’t want Oxford ever to get into that position again.

Ian is a tremendously supportive owner of the club who has already put a substantial sum into the club, and continues to support financially and operationally.

If Firoz Kassam will not budge from his reported £13m asking fee for the stadium, would you and Ian Lenagan consider walking away from the club?

No, I think what we have done at the club is make it sustainable without relying on the stadium ownership.

Obviously, as we have stated, the stadium purchase will really improve the situation, but the club is in good shape anyway.

We also have to remember that the club has never really owned the Kassam Stadium, it has always been in separate ownership with the club paying rent ever since it was built.

When are we likely to get a decision on the fourth stand for the Swindon game?

We have a meeting with the police very soon, so hopefully in the next couple of weeks we would have got all the information and spoken to everyone we need to.

We have taken our time to ensure that we are not making an emotional decision and ensure it is right commercially and from a safety perspective.

There has been some talk about sponsors Bridle insurance donating the club money. Is this propping the club up and how is the relationship with the main sponsor?

I think our relationship with Bridle is stronger now than when we brought the company into the club a couple of years ago.

We are really pleased to have them on board and they are wonderful supporters of the club.

The £18,000 donation was part of the Bridle Bonanza matches.

Whenever you discount prices you have to agree a minimum revenue amount, which we did for both Bridle Bonanza games that have been held.

This year’s game wasn’t as well supported as the previous year and it left a shortfall, so the donation covered budgeted and expected revenue for the club.

Fair play to Bridle for supporting the club in this way and we are quite a way down the road in agreeing an extension to the existing deal.

Who is the best player that Oxford United have missed out on signing?

Ever? Not sure about ever, but in my few years we have not missed out on too many targets.

We were in for Clayton Donaldson this summer, but he always wanted to play in League One, so we understood his decision to join Brentford.

Do we scout in only the UK or do we have scouts in other countries?

We do not have an official scouting network overseas, but we do have people in various countries that look out for players for us and we have had trialists in from all over the world.

Our partnership with Seacoast United in the US also gives us a scouting channel in America, but I think it is tougher bringing in international players at our level.

How far have Oxford United reorganised the scouting network around Oxfordshire (and beyond) to maximise the chance of securing outstanding schoolboy talent before the other league clubs?

We have done quite a lot of work in the last year or so with our scouting networks locally.

We have also set up very good EDC – Elite Development Centres – which cover a lot of the county so that once identified, players are also coached at all the age groups.

Do you envisage still being chairman of Oxford United in 2 years time?

I am not one for long-terms plans and you never say never in football, but I see no reason at this point why I would not be here in two years time.

I would want to make sure we are still progressing as a club and improving year on year.

What are your thoughts on the transfer window. Some clubs are strengthening while others are not? What will we be doing?

Chris Wilder (pictured) is pleased with the squad and we do not feel we need to change much at all.

We will always be looking and if opportunities present themselves we will look to move, but we certainly do not feel any pressure to make changes.

One thing I do know is because we want a stable football club, we are not going to get carried away in the window and spend above our means.

I would say we are better off than some others in this league financially, but we do not have the financial clout of, say, a Crawley or our neighbours down the A420, who have both strengthened already expensive squads.

These clubs have publically stated they have turned down offers for their players of over £500,000.

That is not the financial realm that we are in at the moment, and even though we have increased our playing budget on last year, I do not think we could be so quick to turn down that kind of money.

Are we likely to see Rob Hall in an Oxford United shirt again this season?

NO, I do not think so at this point.

Obviously, Robbie worked well for us and it was a great opportunity to have him at the club, especially with the wonderful support of the 12th Man.

I think the coaching staff have discussed it with West Ham and he has done really well when back with them and they are not sure at this moment if he is going out again on loan. And if he does, it may be a step up into League One.

Obviously we would welcome him back and if that does work out, great, but if not, we just say thanks to both Robbie and West Ham.

When he came in he really ignited us, and I think we all saw that he is going to be a tremendous talent in the future and a really good lad too.