Wilde: I know of no deal (From Daily Echo)

Wilde: I know of no deal

6:00am Tuesday 6th May 2008 in

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NO sooner has the dust started to settle on Saints' dramatic final day survival than the focus switches to what is about to happen off the pitch.

It is set to be another pivotal week for the future of Saints with so many possibilities currently up in the air.

After Sunday's win, Saints chairman Leon Crouch said that he was talking to serious investors and is hoping they will come in with a bid for the club this week.

The Daily Echo understands the group to which he refers is the consortium featuring Jonathon Fulthorpe, John Cousins and Dave Merrington.

They have set a target of this week to try to approach the club over a deal and it is believed it is partly in the hope this will come that has encouraged Crouch to name the EGM requisitioned by Michael Wilde and Rupert Lowe for Friday, May 16, the last possible day it could be held.

However, Wilde insists he and Lowe have not been approached about the deal at this stage.

That does not mean it can't happen - the consortium can just go straight to Saints' financial advisors Seymour Pierce and make the bid - but it wouldn't be unusual to seek an agreement in principle for a deal.

Wilde said: "I haven't had any contact with Leon for months and if there's a deal on the table I'm not aware of it."

Full story in today's Daily Echo.