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We should have known better than to assume our present owners would go quietly and a stream of tweets from Mr Fordham this afternoon have once again but a dampener on any hopes that this will be a quick and painless takeover.
Looks like Samrit Bunditkitsada’s deal to buy #readingfc is hanging in the balance after goalposts moved
— Jonny Fordham (@JonnyFordham) July 16, 2014
Bunditkitsada has the cash ready to go and had hoped to complete his takeover today #readingfc
— Jonny Fordham (@JonnyFordham) July 16, 2014
Madejski is keen to sell to Bunditkitsada - so will be interesting to see what happens #readingfc
— Jonny Fordham (@JonnyFordham) July 16, 2014
But now I’m told that Bunditkitsada’s group are being asked to pay sellers legal fees of £500k which has caused the hitch #readingfc
— Jonny Fordham (@JonnyFordham) July 16, 2014
The story has also been reported by Charles Watts on Get Reading's website.
Meanwhile the BBC's Tim Dellor has also been reporting this morning that there may be another interested party from Thailand monitoring the situation, although at this stage it's believed that it's an outside interest rather than anything concrete.
So buckle yourselves in Reading fans, this bumpy ride looks set to drag on....