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15 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

Would have helped if you’d read the article, for some context instead. In fact just the headline would have been beneficial, but here you go- ‘Wigan's former owner Kay asked about administration before his takeover’. Why on earth would that not lead to the EFL smelling a rat?!

I did read it - the article states that he contacted a firm of advisors. How were the EFL supposed to know about that ?

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2 hours ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

What do you think those questions should be ? Personally I can't see how officials at the EFL could have known what Kay was up to, especially as I am still unable to understand why he continued with the purchase given that he seems to have already realised that he would be unable to finance the club.

He bought out the 51% stake in the Next Leader Fund he did not own, which owned Wigan and a number of other businesses including a casino and resorts complex in the Philippines.

He wanted these businesses and not Wigan, so upon gaining full control of the fund, he put Wigan into administration and increased the funds profits by £14m a season overnight as well as improving the funds cashflow position to invest more cash into profitable businesses.

If Wigan were a cash generative profitable business they wouldn't have gone into administration. 

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Just now, phili said:

He bought out the 51% stake in the Next Leader Fund he did not own, which owned Wigan and a number of other businesses including a casino and resorts complex in the Philippines.

He wanted these businesses and not Wigan, so upon gaining full control of the fund, he put Wigan into administration and increased the funds profits by £14m a season overnight as well as improving the funds cashflow position to invest more cash into profitable businesses.

If Wigan were a cash generative profitable business they wouldn't have gone into administration. 

Thanks. A complicated situation and the sort of thing that it is difficult to devise rules to counter.

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11 minutes ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

Thanks. A complicated situation and the sort of thing that it is difficult to devise rules to counter.

Very difficult to devise rules to counter especially when a club is with a holding company with other businesses. The first thing a new company will do is going through loss making or negative cashflow businesses to try and increase funds and improve the ROI of a venture. I am not sure if the Wigan owner had taken loans out to buy the 51% of the fund he did not own?

It could well be that a stipulation of receiving the funds from banks to complete the acquisition was to divest the fund of Wigan and improve the funds standing and cash generation.

There are a multitude reasons of why you want to buy a business, i have bought several companies to close them down and remove a competitor from the market place, just normal business practice really.

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27 minutes ago, OnePhilT said:

9 of Wigan's 11 starters in their last league game have now gone. That's what Administration can do to a club, and it seems as though they've gone for peanuts. No state of the art training ground (also sold for peanuts). No more decent players (I'm sure Morsy will be off, too). At this rate, Wigan will end up being sold for 10 quid and a pack of L&B.

They are down to just 12 players.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigan_Athletic_F.C.#Current_squad

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4 hours ago, yellowsubmarine said:

Jesus...good time to loan some of our youngsters to them to get League One experience? Wouldn't be any money or savings in it for us of course.

I suppose there's still too much uncertainty anyway over who will run them, and whether tha person will buy players, to know if they'd get game time.

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Was reading a Bolton News the other day and it was doing a flashback piece to this time of the year when Hill had no players and almost had to sign an entire team.  I think loads came in at the last min so it looks like Wigan are in a similar boat and it's impossible to prosper like that.

Coyle had to scrabble around here in a window that i think delivered Wes Brown, Gordon Greer, Stokes amongst others. No way to run any club.

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13 hours ago, tomphil said:

Was reading a Bolton News the other day and it was doing a flashback piece to this time of the year when Hill had no players and almost had to sign an entire team.  I think loads came in at the last min so it looks like Wigan are in a similar boat and it's impossible to prosper like that.

Coyle had to scrabble around here in a window that i think delivered Wes Brown, Gordon Greer, Stokes amongst others. No way to run any club.

It’s starting, two brought in on ‘short term contracts’

https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/football/wigan-athletic-complete-friday-signings-hat-trick-2962152

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5 minutes ago, JHRover said:

Nixon reckons Simon Grayson getting the Wigan job in time for Saturday. Pretty steady appointment for a side in their position. About as good as you can get at that level.

Still think he's better than our manager.

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