- Championship club taken over by Next Leader Fund in June
- Administrator wants to ensure fixtures played and buyer found
Wigan Athletic have become the first professional club in England to fall into administration during the Covid-19 crisis, only four weeks after a Hong Kong-based consortium took over the Championship club, promising to secure its future.
Any insolvency event such as administration carries an automatic 12-point penalty, which would send Wigan bottom of the table from 14th, although the EFL has not yet confirmed the penalty will apply.
Written by David Conn
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jul/01/wigan-go-into-administration-four-weeks-after-hong-kong-takeover under the title “Wigan go into administration four weeks after Hong Kong takeover”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
