£1.6m sale of Wigan Athletic's training ground set to be confirmed

The sale of Wigan Athletic's Euxton training ground may be confirmed today when administrators provide an update.

By Phil Wilkinson

Published 26th Aug 2020, 14:41 BST- 1 min read

Updated 27th Aug 2020, 09:14 BST

Wigan Athletic played a game against Bolton at Euxton on Tuesday

Administrators have called a press conference late this morning, days before their self-imposed deadline for finding a new buyer.

It is understood they have accepted an offer of around £1.6m from Preston North End for the Euxton site.

Latics still have their facility at Christopher Park, which is currently used by younger players.

Their first team also trained at Christopher Park until the club bought Euxton from Bolton Wanderers, for around £2.2m, four years ago.

Administrators in charge of Latics have been selling their biggest assets - until now, the players - to keep the club running and to reduce their debt.

As previously stated, Warriors chairman Ian Lenagan has made a bid for the DW Stadium.