Wigan Athletic goes into administration four weeks after takeover: Sports lawyer questions EFL's rules
PA Images | Wigan Athletic have become the first professional club in England to fall into administration during the Covid-19 crisis
Wigan will be handed a 12-point penalty by the EFL after the club announced they had entered administration.
It happens only four weeks after a Hong Kong-based consortium took over the Championship club. The club recorded a net loss of £9.2 million in their most recent annual accounts.
Sports lawyer raises doubt about the adequacy of EFL's rules and its ability to enforce them.
1 July 2020 - 12:36 PM
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