The former owner of Wigan Athletic, Au Yeung Wai Kay, sought to put the club into administration before he had even completed his controversial takeover, key documents reveal.
A new timeline of the Wigan takeover is pieced together in the written reasons detailing the rejection of an appeal against the clubs 12-point deduction for insolvency, a punishment that led to their relegation from the Championship.
According to the documents, which have been seen by the Guardian, Kay contacted the company Begbies Traynor about putting Wigan into administration the day before he informed the EFL that he had become the sole shareholder in the club. A week later, they were duly declared insolvent.
The documents also reveal that Kay failed to inform…
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