Morecambe Cease All Football Operations As Owner Urged To Complete Sale

Morecambe’s prospective buyers person implored nan proprietor of nan crisis-hit nine to waste up and announced that each first-team shot operations person stopped there.

Morecambe were suspended from nan National League connected Monday aft a deadline passed for Jason Whittingham of Bond Group Investments to outline really nan nine would meet its financial obligations for nan 2025-26 season. Whittingham had claimed successful a connection released nan erstwhile time to beryllium moving “with nan consortium led by Jonny Cato” connected a woody to get nan mostly shareholding successful Morecambe. He besides claimed Bond Group had been incapable to interaction Panjab Warriors, nan London-based finance institution who received clearance from nan EFL to acquisition Morecambe successful June.

Panjab Warriors person since declared they are consenting to proceed pinch a takeover pinch contiguous effect. But successful a further objection of nan mounting situation astatine Morecambe, who were relegated from nan Football League aft 18 years past season, it was revealed connected Wednesday that each first-team operations person travel to a halt.

A associated connection issued by Panjab Warriors, nan Shrimps Trust, number shareholders and nan Morecambe and Lunesdale MP, Lizzi Collinge, said: “As each time passes, nan debts of nan nine are mounting, pinch wages now outstanding astatine complete £316,000, and further important debts that request to beryllium paid to guarantee endurance of nan club, which Panjab Warriors person already committed to salary wrong hours of completion pinch Bond Group.

“In further developments today, nan first squad person had to extremity each shot operations arsenic nan required security which was successful spot has now lapsed arsenic costs has not been made. As a consequence of this escalating situation, much first-team players person near nan nine pinch further players group to time off by nan extremity of this week.”

The connection added: “We implore Bond Group to complete nan waste of nan nine instantly truthful that this anguish tin beryllium ended and nan nine tin look to a brighter early nether Panjab Warriors.”