But it would be better to have the football club's owner in our tent p-ssing out, rather than outside p-ssing in all over us.

No, Oxford United own us.

Quote: ROBINSON "It's worth Lenegan buying Latics just to get ownership of the stadium. I don't care what anyone says, any soccer club that turns over naff all in gate receipts, struggles to attract sponsorship, relies on Sky money and is staring relegation in the face is worth................f@@k all. Lenegan is astute, Whelan is bored of his plaything and wants rid. He knows it's over. Watch this space.'" Piers Morgan certainly thinks so. twitter.com/#!/piersmorgan/statu ... 1567333376

Quote: ROBINSON "It's worth Lenegan buying Latics just to get ownership of the stadium. I don't care what anyone says, any soccer club that turns over naff all in gate receipts, struggles to attract sponsorship, relies on Sky money and is staring relegation in the face is worth................f@@k all. Lenegan is astute, Whelan is bored of his plaything and wants rid. He knows it's over. Watch this space.'" Piers Morgan certainly thinks so. twitter.com/#!/piersmorgan/statu ... 1567333376

You've not read what I wrote, have you?

It will take a miracle for them to still be in the Premier League next season.

Yes i did. Its shown above and it is wrong.

If they get relegated, Latics' value will be low.

Sheff Wed was sold to Mandaric for £8m last year (well, technically for a pound, but he had to pay-off the Bank to the tune of £8m).

If Sheff Wednesday - a vastly bigger club, and with a much bigger stadium - are worth £8m, a relegated Latics would probably be worth £2m at best.

I don't think that would be out of IL's price range, despite the mutterings on Cockneymuppet.com that he is not wealthy.

I wouldnt be too sure. At the end of the 2009-10 season, the Guardian did an article on what debt levels were in the Premier League. Latics total turnover was £43m (of which £37m came from the TV pot) and their expenditure on wages was 91% - only beaten by Man City. Their only saving grace was that of the £73m debt, they only paid £900,000 in interest, largely because their debt is to Whelan. Even then, they posted an overall loss of £4m.

The parachute payments are now over 4 years - £16m in Y1 & 2, with £8m in Y3 & 4. Notwithstanding, that leaves a £21m shortfall in Y1, which can only be made up by cutting wages and selling players - something that any potential new owner is going to consider when making an offer.

The debt being to Whelan is the key point. Theres no debtor there that will call in their money and close them down. Half the squad will be instantly off contract if they get relegated anyway.

You are D Whelan and I claim my £5.

I wish i was I would be straight on the phone to IL to donate the stadium to Wigan RL.

Under one condtion that we renamed it though