The Wigan club, which is competing in the English Football League, started to cut its employment, after the club was placed under administrative guard in the beginning of this July. Said Gerald Krasner, one of the three officials for administrative custody of the club, today announced that it was dispensed with 75% of the workers club this weekend. Krasner added that the club also lodged an appeal against the penalty of deduction of 12 points from its balance, imposed by the English Football Association, based on the argument that "force majeure" had caused the situation in the club.
"This situation was totally unpredictable, so we consider that this (force majeure) applies to this issue," Krasner said in comments to the BBC.
Compulsive conditions include those conditions that cannot be prevented by one or more parties that result from natural disasters or wars, and in the case of Wigan Club, the compelling conditions are the pandemic of the emerging corona virus (Covid-19). Wigan Club, which crowned the FA Cup in 2013, has seen its ownership move more than once.
In 2018, Dave Whelan sold the club to the International Entertainment Corporation, based in Hong Kong, before transferring his ownership last May to the Next Leader Fund, which is also based in Hong Kong. Krasner expects to receive the latest offers for the club no later than July 21. He said: "Through the interest we received, we expect to receive between three and five offers."
It is expected that the club receives an offer by the owners club Wigan Warriors in the rival rugby league, which is partnering with Wigan in the stadium. A rugby club statement said: We think it would be better if the ownership of the Wigan Football Club was local. The statement added: "We intend to quickly locate other investors and start measures to meet the requirements of the football club in preparation for bidding in a timely manner. The security officials have informed us of our interest and we hope to explore the matter further with them in the coming days."