Todays SUN running a story on potential new owners
For the latics, and how they could b on collision course with
Football league, wonder were we would come into any
discussions if it turns out to b t rue

Papershop 30p sun, page 73, too owd b that clever

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And that tells you all you need to know about that one.

IL to buy Latics. Conflict of interest with him owning Wigan Warriors and being a shareholder in Oxford United.

He's certainly had a lot of private meets with DW of late...

Something seems to be going on.
Time will tell.

Which means he can't buy the Latics until he gives up his holding in Oxford.

If it did happen Wigan RL owning their own ground could lead to the biggest instance of mass suicide ever seen.

To his son?

Is it not now his son who is the director at Oxford? If not he could probably just give it to him and he buy latics himself.

Or maybe he could just put it in his dogs name? A la Harry Redknapp?

Likely to be a problem as well, especially so as it will still be IL money.

Interesting. If I was a Wigan fan I'd rather ownership was kept separate. No real facts to back that up, just a gut feel around independence and financial risk.

Whatever happens, here's hoping its to the RL club's benefit.

They would be two separate "holding" companies, maybe even three.

I appreciate that, but you'd have one bloke funding both clubs regardless of the legal entity status and funding requirements within a Group can impact on distinct limited companies very easily indeed - especially when they share the use of a substantial asset.