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SOLUTION TOMORROW
QUICK CROSSWORD 8,316
MONDAY’S SOLUTION (NO 8,315): – ACROSS: 1 Classmate. 6 Nip. 8 Retina. 9 Argon.
10 Chisel. 11 Epitaph. 13 Pro rata. 16 Rimini. 18 In tow. 19 Nicole. 21 Ego. 22 Xylophone.
DOWN: 1 Cue. 2 Aries. 3 Scarlet. 4 Alkali. 5 Enigma. 7 Punchline. 8 Receptive.
12 Parsnip. 14 Outfox. 15 As well. 17 Macho. 20 Lee.
ACROSS
1 Plans or projects (7)
5 Ill (4)
7 Glass container for
jam (3)
8 Sweet paste on a
wedding cake (8)
9 Artificial
waterway (5)
10 Chooses (4)
13 Plant ovule (4)
14 Consumes food (4)
18 Maori war chant (4)
19 Operators (5)
21 Sloppy (8)
22 Something curved
in shape (3)
23 Slippery fishes (4)
24 Bacon slices (7)
DOWN
1 Miserable (8)
2 Physical power (8)
3 Risky
undertaking (6)
4 Long moralising
speech (6)
5 Walking posts (6)
6 Sticky earth (4)
11 Romantic song (8)
12 Mismatched
hosiery items (3,5)
15 People who put
money away (6)
16 Rush in an
uncontrolled
way (6)
17 Ruptures (6)
20 Cook cakes (4)
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BOLTON, one of the founding
members of the Football
League, are in a desperate fight
to survive with the club hurtling
towards liquidation if a deal to
buy it cannot be revived.
The League One outfit’s joint
administrator, Paul Appleton,
warned yesterday that Bolton
could go out of business if a deal
with Football Ventures, which
collapsed over the weekend,
cannot be rescued and pushed
through at the last minute.
Bolton have until 5pm today to
satisfy the EFL or face a
fortnight’s expulsion notice.
Liquidation would see more
than 150 employees lose their
jobs and Bolton facing the
prospect of reapplying for
non-League status next year.
‘In just over 24 hours, the club
will have its membership of the
EFL revoked,’ said Appleton in a
statement. ‘Over and above
that, the club is currently not in
a position to carry on trading
and, as such, the process of
closing down the company will
commence on Wednesday.
‘This will ultimately lead to its
liquidation, the expulsion of the
ERIKSEN SET TO STAY
CHRISTIAN ERIkSEN
is all but resigned to
staying at Tottenham in
the short-term, with his
dream of joining Real
Madrid or Barcelona
this summer failing to
materialise.
The Denmark midfielder had
set his heart on a switch to
either one of the Spanish
giants but neither have made
concrete moves and have not
provided any indication that
they will do so before the
European transfer window
closes on Monday.
It means that after a
summer of huge uncertainty,
Eriksen is increasingly likely
to stay in north London until
at least January. He is in the
final year of his contract and
can leave Tottenham for noth-
ing at the end of the season.
Spurs have offered Eriksen a
new deal — Sportsmail under-
stands it is worth more than
£200,000 per week — that
would make the midfielder the
second best paid player at the
club behind Harry kane. But
Eriksen has insisted that his
decision will not be motivated
by money.
Sources close to the player
have indicated he wants a
new challenge in a different
country at one of European
football’s elite clubs.
As it stands, Eriksen’s repre-
sentatives have made it clear
that they do not want to hold
further talks over a contract
extension.
The scenario leaves Spurs in
limbo as they risk losing one
EXCLUSIVE
By SAMI MOKBEL
Football News Correspondent
TURN TO PAGE 68, COL 1
«
Spurs are left in limbo
as no big offers arrive
By JACK GAUGHAN
and IAN HERBERT
TURN TO PAGE 70, COL 5
«
Bolton on
the brink of
liquidation
BEN STokES’ England heroics
that levelled the Ashes series
attracted record viewing figures
for Sky.
They drew a peak audience of
2.1 million in Sunday’s dramatic
Headingley finale, their highest
ever figure for a Test match.
England’s World Cup final
victory in July — when Stokes
was also the star — drew in 8.3m
viewers when Sky shared
coverage with Channel Four.
Meanwhile, Stokes, 28, is wanted
back at the scene of his Ashes
miracle by the Leeds-based
Hundred team.
Contact has been made with the
player, though the ECB will
decide who will go where when it
comes to England players on
central contracts.
By RICHARD GIBSON
ASHES ANALYSIS
«— PAGES 71-75
Box-office
Ben: Stokes
is English
cricket’s
superstar
attraction
BPI/REX
SKY HIGH
STOKES
TV FIGURES GO
THROUGH ROOF