Ray Trew to withdraw sale of Notts County if buyer not found by end of June

I dont think so, no. 

 Not that I follow the trials and tribulations of other football clubs in any great detail but I don't think I've ever heard of a club being put up for sale and then not finding a buyer.

Rarer still, i'd have thought, to appoint yet another manager on a 3-year deal, prior to sale, whereupon a new buyer might have had their own candidate in mind, is a move I just can't quite comprehend.

I am not lambasting our owner. I never have, in spite of everything, there is, I feel, much to be grateful for. That said, I grow wearisome of the ongoing theatrics in this footballing episode of 'deal or no deal'.

A few seasons ago, if memory serves, we had a five year plan, the brainchild of Mr Trew. I am not a perfectionist and I realise that the best laid plans often go wrong but it seems hard to believe any of this current guff is the result of any plan. To me, this looks like an unscripted, adhoc piece of absurdist farce.

Should there not turn out to be a sale, and I'm preparing myself for exactly that, I am now to understand that Mr T is to begrudgingly continue to bankroll the club, akin to hanging a dead albatross around his neck as punishment.

I guess it is the realism of Trew's vision for the club that I query most. Is he in or out? It strikes me it has been interchangeable. And this, I reckon, is the reason for the choppy waters we are in.

You summed up the goings on very well there  @Piethagoras.What's next in the Notts soap opera ? Hopefully things will  be sorted out OK soon and JS can build a team you can all be proud of.

Colour me surprised!

Derek Pavis had the club "on the market" for years without finding a buyer. He even had talks with Reg Brearley! So the idea that RT was fighting off serious bids from all over the world always seemed a little fanciful. As for taking the club off the market, surely he will listen if a good offer does come in.

Ray Trew's vision should be to take care of the finances and otherwise stay in the background and let John Sheridan do his job.