That's incredible. Gives Latics a lifeline but also would be massively beneficial for us too in terms of stadium income and shared sponsorships.

Very sad to see all the redundancies today, hope this is sorted quickly or any vacancies within our club are prioritised for ex-Latics staff.

We suddenly need to remove the off topic bit in the title thread. Fantastic news.

It just make sense.

Latics might not want to hear it, but they aren't a PL level club as they don't have the support to sustain it. I'd argue the same about them being a championship level side too. They'll always need a big financial backer and, just like under DW, that isn't going to last forever.

They could however be a bit of a force in L1 as they've got great facilities, a good stadium and a decent youth setup too.

IL is a savvy operator and they'll make sure they are competitive, but not overly stretched.

Bold, but fair play if he does make it happen...

Makes total sense for both clubs and I genuinely think both will see huge benefits such as split season tickets which will work for both clubs and neither with rent to pay which will definitely increase revenues

Some of the knuckledraggers that have wished ill on WW will have to eat a whole mountain of humble pie if this comes off.

I’m a fan of both but I do lean more towards the rugby and I just can’t see Latics fans in the main going for it. I honestly think there’s a pretty large element who’d rather go bust and form a Phoenix club than jump in to bed with Lenagan and the rugby club. It’s a sad state of affairs but from what I see when I go away watching the football club that will be the case. I don’t think the majority of these guys are old enough to understand why they dislike the rugby club but that doesn’t seem to come in to their thinking.

Good job the fans don't have that much of a say. You only need to look at our own fan base to understand fans shouldn't be involved in the running of a club.

They don’t but if there is enough ill feeling you could understand if Lenagan had a wobble and wondered if it’s all worth it. It’s a ridiculous situation to start with. Some Latics fans don’t like the rugby because of an incident with Maurice Lindsay nearly 40 years ago and comments made by him. He’s not been involved with the club for nearly 15 years now and you hear nothing but praise for Latics from the rugby owner and staff.

Will he take a Latics game to Asia or Timbucktoo?