Wigan Athletic has gone into administration, with the club announcing the news this afternoon.
Wigan have become the first professional club in England to go into administration during the coronavirus crisis.
It comes just four weeks after a Hong Kong-based consortium took over the Championship club, with promises to secure Wigan’s future.
The club has appointed administrators Gerald Krasner and Paul Stanley from insolvency practitioners Begbies Traynor.
Krasner said in a statement: “Our immediate objectives are to ensure the club completes all its fixtures this season and to urgently find interested parties to save Wigan Athletic FC and the jobs of the people who work for the club.
“Obviously the suspension of the Championship season due to Covid-19 has had a significant impact on the recent fortunes of the club.
“Wigan Athletic has been a focal point and source of pride for the town since 1932 and anyone who is interested in buying this historic sporting institution should contact the joint administrators.”
