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ON THE

BRINK

D-DAY FOR CASH-HIT CLUBS

TOON UP Dummett was full

of praise for his team-mates

BY JOHN CROSS

NEWCASTLE defender Paul

Dummett has taken a swipe

at Steve Bruce’s critics.

The Toon boss came

under fire after supervising

two straight defeats in his

first two games but

Dummett said the pressure

is now off after Sunday’s

1-0 win at Spurs.

“Being a club like

Newcastle, you always have

that pressure but we have a

good bunch of players,”

Dummett said. “We came

up with a game plan from

start to finish.”

Defensive pal Fabian

Schar said Sunday’s win

showed Newcastle aren’t so

“s**t” any more.

“Norwich was a s**t

game for all of us (Toon lost

3-1) but against Spurs we

showed again that we have

quality and can compete

against the big sides,” the

Swiss star said.

We’re not

Dumm-ies

SWANSEA striker Andre

Ayew is wanted by Werder

Bremen and Sampdoria.

But the loan is in doubt

as both are demanding City

pay some of his £80,000-a-

week wages.

The former West

Ham flop has played

in the last four

games, with

Swansea making a

flying start under

new boss Steve

Cooper, but the

Championship

club can no longer

afford him.

Ayew loan

pay hitch

BY JEREMY CROSS

BOLTON will go into

liquidation tonight unless a

new owner can be found.

The League One club are on

the brink of extinction after the

latest takeover deal stalled.

The Trotters have been given

until 5pm to complete a sale or

offer reasons for an extension,

otherwise they will be expelled

from the EFL.

Fellow crisis club Bury are

confident they will get an

extension to their own

deadline this afternoon

with owner Steve Dale in

advanced talks to sell to

C&N Sporting Risk.

But things look

bleak for Bolton, with

administrators

insisting the club is

not in a position to

continue trading

and “the process

of closing down”

could begin

tomorrow with

more than 150

people losing

their jobs.

It is understood

the latest takeover

was close to

completion over the

weekend, but a

disagreement between former

owner Ken Anderson and the

Fildraw Trust, which acts on

behalf of the late Eddie Davies,

saw the deal collapse.

Administrator Paul Appleton

said: “Unless there is a change

of position from any of the

parties involved, the process of

closing down the club and

ultimately placing Bolton

Wanderers into liquidation will

begin this week.

“At this stage, there seems

little point in apportioning

blame because that makes no

difference to the staff, players,

management, supporters and

the community who have once

more seen their club taken

back to the brink.

“On Sunday evening, there

was some tentative dialogue,

but we are still some way from

reaching a solution.

“Therefore, I am appealing to

those parties whose position

seems intractable to do

everything to reach a

compromise. In just over 24

hours, the club will have its

membership of the EFL

revoked.

“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.”

The Trotters, who knocked

Atletico Madrid out of the

UEFA Cup only 11 years ago (El

Hadji Diouf, right, celebrates

his winner), were founder

members of the Football

League in 1888 and seven years

ago were still in the Premier

League.

They have been in

administration since May and

had to postpone last week’s

game with Doncaster due to

concerns about the welfare of

young players in the squad.

Boss Phil Parkinson quit in

the wake of that decision and

the Trotters 5-0 home defeat by

Ipswich on Saturday was

watched by just 5,454 – their

lowest gate for a home

league game in 22 years.

EFL executive chair

Debbie Jevans said: “What is

really disappointing is that on

Saturday morning our

understanding was that all the

parties involved had signed off

and the deal was going to be

completed.

“Then something happened,

a signature wasn’t provided

and it was postponed again. It

is incredibly frustrating.”

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member of the

Football League,

face liquidation

unless a buyer

can be found by

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