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Rumours are surfacing that Sven Goran Ericsson is to buy or, at least, front a bid to buy Notts County.
The Mirror claims the club has been put up for sale by owners Munto Finance for £3million, with the Telegraph suggesting that Executive Chairman Peter Trembling is assembling a group to buy the club - with Ericsson an interested party.
Ericsson remains in deadlock over his paycheck from Munto, which represents the majority of his wages for representing the League Two side, while rumours persist that Munto are not as rich as they originally claimed.
The press have run articles debunking claims from the mysterious Middle Eastern based group ever since they appeared on the scene. Claimed investors have refuted the suggestion that they have been involved in the project, while a complex ownership tangle has seen even the likes of Bernie Ecclestone deny them access to his sport because they were unable to provide acceptable proof of funds. The likes of Sol Campbell and the - slightly less stellar - Matt Lorenzo have walked out within weeks of high profile appointments due to the reality apparently not matching the brochure.
Some even suggest that Munto have not invested a single penny into the club - using a series of outlandish statements and legally dubious documents to get the club for nothing, then signing a series of players to lucrative contracts on the hope of doubling gates to cover the wages. The 'ploy' has almost worked, with gates at the club up 74% - bucking the League Two trend by some considerable distance even if results on the pitch have not been quite so impressive.
Should Munto wish to clear out as fast as they arrived then the 'ploy' (if there was one) may have worked. Their owners, who may - or may not - involve the convicted fraudster Russell King, depending on which document presented to which organisation you prefer to believe, would walk away with the £3million asking price with a negligible visible investment.
Nice work, if you can get it.
