Takeover

[Ted Maul]

From the snippets (which could of course be bollocks) I hear and putting 2 and 2 together...

Patel has been wading through the due diligence and he's seen enough to either put him off or at best added time to the process.

In the meantime, Hearn and Farnell have offered an alternative deal which is more attractive to Lai and he's been taken in. Rumours of a partial sale to begin with providing Lai funding and no need for EFL scrutiny.

It's like going on holiday to a 4 star hotel after looking forward to it all year to find out the brochure was absolute bollocks and you have ended up in some 2 star shithole 3 miles from the nearest bar or beach.

As long-term Albion fans, anyone who expected some mega rich knight in shining armour to swoop in, save us and return us to the top half of the Premier League is beyond help.