Wigan Athletic are being taken over with a £22m buy out and former Latics boss Joe Royle and his son Darren will be joining the board. Current Chairman David Sharpe and ex-Manchester City chief executive Garry Cook will be will leaving the club. Big Joe is now 69 and also managed Manchester City, Ipswich and Everton.
The move will end 23 years of ownership by former chairman Dave Whelan, who is David Sharpe's grandfather. In that time Whelan took Wigan up through the League from the fourth level to a Premier League outfit who, in 2013, beat Manchester City in the FA Cup final just three days before being relegated.