From my understanding as a Reading fan, Samuelson came in as the front man for the Russians when they took over but demanded to be on the board when they did so.
He re-financed us by getting a loan from Vibrac in order to pay wages, and when he left (booted out) we were left with a huge bill just for dealing with them and for trying to close the account (we never even needed Vibrac)
He tried to come back with an American consortium, and although they were a lot wealthier than the Thais we have now, we chose the Thais over ever having this man involved in our club again.
There is too much smoke about Samuelson for there not to be some fire.