Wycombe Wanderers owner Rob Couhig has addressed the club’s why two members of the board of directors were removed earlier this month.

Missy Couhig [Rob’s wife], and Pete Couhig [Rob’s nephew], were removed from their roles on February 12 this year, as confirmed via Companies House.

This has caused speculation that a potential takeover of the Adams Park side was in the works after Couhig announced in the summer of last year that he was planning to sell the club in the next three to four years.

However, in an open Q and A to the Wycombe fans ahead of the Chairboys’ 2-0 home victory against Cheltenham Town on February 27, the American lawyer explained the current situation, where he revealed the removal of both Missy and Pete were ‘fundamental errors’ that weren’t ‘supposed to be done yet’.

He told the floor: “There are many more things we want to do with this club to make it the club it can be.

“We’re starting to branch out a little bit, that’s why we’re adding a few more people to the board that will demonstrate where we’re headed.

“The removal of Missy and Pete was a fundamental error by the lawyers as it wasn’t supposed to be done yet.

“We were setting it up so it would be done later on in the year, so we filed certain papers because I do expect to bring other people onto the board including a friend of mine, Mikheil Lomtadze, who I think will be very helpful to the club in building itself up.

“In Pete’s case, he’s spending a lot of time as the sporting director, and I think he’s one of the reasons why we had one of our finest transfer windows ever.

“In Missy’s case, quite frankly, she always said she’d serve four years, and this is her fourth year.

“Don’t read too much into those but on the other hand, nothing is forever as we all know.

Mikheil Lomtadze, who is from Georgia but currently resides in Kazakhstan, has a net worth of approximately £4.8 according to Forbes magazine.

He is a former private equity investor and generated revenues of $2.9 billion in 2022.

Rob Couhig: “One day, my day will come and go and their day will come and go.

“The one commitment I’ll make to you is that when we hand on this baton, and this is a lesson I’ve learnt, is that whilst we own clubs, we don’t own clubs.

“At the end of the day, this club is more yours than it is mine, and as the next owner, I’ll endeavour that be a better owner than I have ever been.

“That’s the only commitment I can make to you.”

The Couhigs have owned Wycombe since the 2019/20 season, and have guided the Chairboys to three Wembley finals in five years, as well as a year in the Championship.

They also appointed Matt Bloomfield as manager following Gareth Ainsworth's departure to Queens Park Rangers in February 2023, which was the first managerial change the club had experienced in over a decade.