Trew agrees US deal “in principle” to sell Notts County
Ray Trew, the owner of Notts County, has agreed a deal “in principle” to sell the club to a US consortium, according to reports.
The US buyers remain anonymous this evening.
Rumours have been circulating of a local bid, thought to be from Paragon Interiors’ boss Alan Hardy, for the last couple of weeks, but this now seems dead in the water.
Trew, who will also see a delegation from China on Tuesday, put the club up for sale last month in an open letter to supporters.
The letter said: “It is with very mixed emotions that I announce the end of my tenure as Chairman of Notts County Football Club, as I put the club up for sale, having reevaluated my position in light of recent events.
“I must start by stressing that this is not me backing away from a challenge, I do not do that and, indeed, if I’d have wanted to I would have done so some time ago because it has been a difficult journey at times.
“However, when my family are subjected to kind of foul, mindless abuse that they have been in recent days, both in person and courtesy of the oh so brave keyboard warriors, regardless of whether this is just the minority ruining it for the larger supporter base, I have to make changes.
“That said, whilst I have a somewhat bad taste in my mouth from the vitriol spouted by some, I do not walk away lingering on any negativity but instead will take with me the many happy memories that I have accrued from my time at Meadow Lane.”
