It's all happening at Wigan...
...and it all seems to be bad!
Let me set the scene, the Admin had seen to go all in on an offer from a Spanish consortium that clearly right from the start had at least one questionable person associated with it who seemed unlikely to pass the EFL Fit and Proper Person test and so it proved. What was worse though was that it clearly seemed this bloke was the lead player in the bid and if he dropped out the consortium would too - guess what they did - so that was the end of that.
Another rival group led by an ex pat Wiganer called Frampton claimed he had got in first for the club before the Spanish but the Admin had frozen him out!
He claimed some utterly bizarre scheme whereby he would build hospitals and schools in Wigan and whatever else the community needed and the revenue surplus from running these would finance the football club.
Amazingly when the Spanish walked away this bid appeared to be the next best runner with almost all of the Wigan fans believing it would succeed - they must be the most deluded fans in the world I guess because clearly why would anyone want to spent absolute millions to build hospitals and schools to prop up a football club??? Doesn't make any rational sense does it?
Anyway, reports last night are that Frampton has now walked away.
Wigan's Marc Iles equivalent confirming it here -
If things aren't bad enough for the Wigan fans the Administrators have issued a Creditors Report.
It's being processed at Companies House - check the link because it might have been done by the time others read this -
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00270043/filing-history...but this person 'claims' this is what it contains including a 30% 'uplift' in Administrators fees - which if true has really incensed the Wigan fans!
...and this man -
...and this one too!
Hard to see where this will end as Admin and Nixon claim there are plenty others interested in buying the club but what exactly is there left to buy and why would anyone want to spend millions to do so?
As I understand it the only assets the club has is a stadium they can't fill and runs at a loss and a bunch of talented kids - but have they got enough of them to cover the £3m sale price and estimated £5m running costs for the next two years?
It is claimed by the Admin that 'add ons' from players they have already sold to keep Wigan going will bring in several millions but can the club survive until then AND will those players ever actually 'trigger' these add on deals?
All looks like a massive car crash is about to happen to me.
Things need to be sorted soon otherwise there's not going to be any money left for the club to keep trading.
I'll stick with my original thinking that the Supporters Group will with help from the Council and the rugby club come together to strike some deal to keep the club alive but that may have to be as a non league club.
Grim times for them.