The League Paper

WIGAN TAKEOVER HITS THE BUFFERS

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The LeaguePaper Team
6 December 2020

LEAGUE ONE
By Tom Blackett

WIGAN’s future remains up in the air after the EFL blocked a takeover because the would-be new owners ‘failed to satisfy the League’s requirements’.
The Latics had been set for a safe finish in the Championship last season before owners Next Leader Fund, who had only taken over the club in May, suddenly placed them into administration, They were subsequently deducted 12 points by the EFL and went on to suffer relegation to League One.
A Spanish consortium were given a second extension to complete their purchase of the ailing third tier...

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