Football’s insolvency rules and its regulations on foreign ownership may need to be looked at to prevent a surge in clubs going to the wall during the coronavirus pandemic, the administrator of Wigan has said. “We’re living in such peculiar times that the EFL and the Premier League may in the short term have to revise their insolvency rules if a number of clubs start going over, and also start looking at foreign ownership a bit more. He asked: “If six clubs go into administration are they going to start really penalising all of the clubs because of this pandemic? “But if they penalised Wigan and didn’t penalise someone else, that becomes a bit unfair doesn’t it? The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “We hope that a buyer can be found for Wigan Athletic.

Source: Express July 02, 2020 13:41 UTC