Ken Anderson desperate to sell Bolton within two days to avoid paying wages
Anderson is close to doing a deal but still conducting an auction between Parminder Basran and Peter Kenyon
KEN Anderson wants to sell Bolton Wanderers in the next 48 hours - so that the next owner pays the players wages.
Anderson is close to doing a deal but still conducting an auction between Cheshire businessman Parminder Basran and former Chelsea and Manchester United supremo Peter Kenyon.
But as both groups look for a final decision part of the takeover costs will be to find the £800,000-plus for player salaries due for February.
And that cash has to be paid on Friday as Anderson prepares to walk away and save some cash from the sale.
Key staff were paid wages to ensure that the local council gave the crunch clash with Millwall the green light to be staged.
However many others are still waiting on money but that will have to be taken on by the next owners.
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Basran has been trying to seal a deal for the Trotters since December while Kenyon has also had backers keen on a buy in recent weeks.
The new owners will also have to pay a bill of around £1.2 million to HMRC to avoid a winding up order before March 20.
In a statement posted on the club's website, Anderson wrote: "I have decided to continue to financially support the club until someone else comes in and have today told payroll to process the staff salaries and to pay any amounts due to the police and others to ensure that the Millwall fixture and future games go ahead."
Bolton are facing the threat of relegation and sit seven points adrift of safety.