I've watched Trinity since 1975 and seen them lurch fromm financial crisis to financial crisis - I don't care who takes over as long as they stabilise the club & let us move on & prosper

Hope your right Dave Whelen would be a cracking owner.

Yeah right course he would (not!)

Yeah because hes done a real terrible job at Wigan football. Dont talk rubbish you clown he will be great a damm sight better then TED !!!!

im lost for words.

I'm with you there Mopsey. Now we know where they all went to when the Royds closed down.

Theres only one clown on here you need to look in the mirror

I am not shooting the messenger as like you say its what you have heard.

BUT ITS UTTER PONY, Whelan has no interest in RL he proved that at Wigan over the years he was there. He has only one interest and that is the footy club.

HE SHOWED HIS TRUE COLOURS WHEN HE MADE WIGAN PLAY (I THINK IT WAS A SEMI FINAL PLAY OFF) AT WIDNES BECAUSE IT WOULD MARK THE PITCH FOR THE FOOTY TEAM. AS A RUGBY FAN THAT WAS THE FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN AS FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED IN RELATION TO HIM. IT ALSO SHOWS WHAT POWER WIGAN HAVE AT THE DW STADIUM...DIDLY SQUAT.

NO WAY JOSE

Must be rubbish. No-one had made an offer for my shares yet!

only one i heard about was the guy behind yorkcourt. dont know his name tho.

cant see any truth in the dave whelan thing at all

Can't somebody tap Parky up? He must be worth a few quid now!

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I'd be surprised by interest from any major player in the absence of planning permission for NM, but get that and you beggars may well be choosers for once.

This has been mentioned before, however, any investor would be able to buy the club cheeper now than after planning permission has been granted so somebody may be willing to take a risk.

Just heard the guy who owns Pro Star is in for the club.

Could we put up with them collers again

Heard the Queen is interested or at least Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

No he has given it away. He signed it over to the football club, and signed a long lease for the rugby club. He said its because he is getting a bit old for it all. So I would find it difficult to believe he is planning to come back into the sport.

not to put anyone in any trouble,i will not release names,but a friend of mine,who is company secretary for a ''local'' business,says her boss has tendered his ''families'' interest in taking over wakefield,on the basis,that the current board,ALL leave,and that ''they'' gain a 100% shareholding in the club.they have asked for access to the clubs accounts.personally i don't know a lot about them,but my friend says they are nice and honest people.don't know what any of you lot know on this,but i hope you get sorted out,as we enjoy visit's to your place.

Sounds like the France family to me, we all know there has been interst in the past and that one of the conditions of them buying the club was that Ted and family leave.

I sit here with my shares waiting for the call to be bought out…100% control of the club sounds a dangerous was to go down, not that it's much different to 'the family' owning the controlling share now.

your not far away there!!!!! from what i have been told,they expect to be able to have an offer accepted,below the price indicated by the current board,which is pretty obvious!!! my friend sent me a text earlier,saying that the ''family'' are in a important business meeting away from the company premises.

she seems to think it sounds quite promising.

I am a shareholder of the club, all be it very minor but shareholder all the same. Where would this leave me with my shares?

I suppose it depends on how much of the club any potential investors want to buy, if he just wants to buy out the majority shareholder then you keep hold of your shares, if they want 100% of it then I'm sure a paltry offer will be made to the many smaller shareholders.

Of course if they buy out the majority shareholder and who happens to own over a certain percentage (90%?) then the new investor will be forced to purchase the remaining shares.

Jimmyfivebellies - you've not really done well in keeping the name of your friend secret when revealing their job title and all but confirming who they work for!

If somebody buys a certain percentage of a business ( i can't remember the exact amount) then they are obliged by law to make an offer for the remaining shares.

I think Jonathan France would be a superb new owner of the club!

He's a local man and has what now amounts to a long term interest in buying Wakefield Trinity, I'm sure he's spent enough time around the club and in the company of its employees to have a decent view on what’s good and bad about the place.

He can also call on the knowledge of Steve Ferres for further insight into people and processes at the club.

His financial commitment is unquestionable when it comes to backing his sporting assets and he will mix and rub shoulders with people who are of the same ilk and affluence as himself. That may lead to further investment from other parties at some point in the future!

I would hope that he's not the only potential new owner but if he were I wouldn’t be disappointed.