Kenilworth Road: Light at the end of the tunnel
Luton Town administrator Brendan Guilfoyle has revealed that a deal has been agreed with Luton Town Football Club 2020 Ltd.
The Hatters have received a loan from the Nick Owen-fronted consortium, with Luton Town Football Club 2020 Ltd granted exclusive rights to purchase the club up until the end of February.
Luton are in are in administration, and manager Kevin Blackwell has handed in his resignation following the sale of players to generate revenue.
But Guilfoyle is 'hopeful' that a transaction will be completed in the coming weeks, while voicing his hope that the 'fire sale' of players is over.
"I am pleased to be able to announce that I have received a loan from Luton Town Football Club 2020 Ltd, to help me fund the club going forward," he revealed on Sky Sports News.
"In return I have granted them the rights to negotiate with me exclusively to purchase the club until the end of February.
"I think this a light at the end of the tunnel. It is a further progression in my attempts to sell Luton Town football club.
"I'm certainly hoping [that this is an end to the drama]. The Luton Town Football Club 2020 is a consortium of businessmen who have the support of the three fan groups.
"They are giving me every indication that they have the ability to complete the transaction, hopefully, before the end of February.
"I am very hopeful that we will be able to affect a sale of the football club, which of course will be conditional on the Football League and the Football Association agreeing to transfer the share.
"I think the fire sales have come to an end. I have largely secured the funding I need to get to the end of the season."
On the possibility of that Blackwell could still have a future with the League One outfit, Guilfoyle said: "I think Kevin has made his position fairly clear, you would have to ask him about that."
Guilfoyle went on to dismiss reports that goalkeeper Dean Brill and forwards Calvin Andrew and Drew Talbot are set to leave the club.
"Those transfers are not pending," he stated
On the developments, Blackwell told BBC Radio Five Live: "It's good news. It's a positive move for the club and let's see where it takes us.
"Once the Liverpool game is done we'll see what it all means."
Asked whether he might change his decision to resign next month, he said: "Who knows?"
Owen added: "I'm very happy and I'm very relieved. I'm extremely proud of what has been achieved by the consortium.
"We've been given exclusive principle priority bidder (status) and have a free run to take over the club fully by the end of February if we get approval from the FA and the Football League.
"The initial bid revolves around a figure of £10million but in the long term the funding is there in a big way."

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| 12:45 | Southampton vs Millwall |
| 15:00 | Brighton vs Walsall |
| 15:00 | Bristol Rovers vs Leyton Orient |
| 15:00 | Carlisle vs Brentford |
| 15:00 | Charlton vs Wycombe |
| 15:00 | Gillingham vs Swindon |
| 15:00 | Leeds vs Exeter |
| 15:00 | Milton Keynes Dons vs Hartlepool |
| 15:00 | Norwich vs Colchester |
| 15:00 | Oldham vs Stockport |
| 15:00 | Southend vs Huddersfield |
| 15:00 | Yeovil vs Tranmere |
| Saturday 15th August | |
| Coca-Cola Football League One | |
| 15:00 | Brentford vs Brighton |
| 15:00 | Colchester vs Yeovil |
| 15:00 | Exeter vs Norwich |
| 15:00 | Hartlepool vs Charlton |
| 15:00 | Huddersfield vs Southampton |
| 15:00 | Leyton Orient vs Oldham |
| 15:00 | Millwall vs Carlisle |
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| Sunday 24th May | |
| Coca-Cola Football League One | |
| Millwall 2 - 3 Scunthorpe | |
| Friday 15th May | |
| Coca-Cola Football League One | |
| Milton Keynes Dons 0 - 0 Scunthorpe | |
| Thursday 14th May | |
| Coca-Cola Football League One | |
| Leeds 1 - 1 Millwall | |
| Saturday 9th May | |
| Coca-Cola Football League One | |
| Millwall 1 - 0 Leeds | |
| Friday 8th May | |
| Coca-Cola Football League One | |
| Scunthorpe 1 - 1 Milton Keynes Dons | |
| Saturday 2nd May | |
| Coca-Cola Football League One | |
| Brighton 1 - 0 Stockport | |
| Peterborough 2 - 2 Swindon | |
| Yeovil 0 - 2 Colchester | |
| Hereford 0 - 1 Milton Keynes Dons | |
| Carlisle 2 - 0 Millwall | |
| Bristol Rovers 4 - 1 Hartlepool | |
| Leyton Orient 1 - 1 Huddersfield | |
| Crewe 0 - 3 Leicester | |
| Scunthorpe 1 - 1 Tranmere | |
| Walsall 1 - 2 Oldham | |
| Southend 2 - 0 Cheltenham | |
| Leeds 3 - 0 Northampton | |
| Tuesday 28th April | |
| Coca-Cola Football League One | |
| Northampton 0 - 1 Milton Keynes Dons | |
| Scunthorpe 3 - 0 Cheltenham | |
| Saturday 25th April | |
| Coca-Cola Football League One | |
| Colchester 0 - 1 Peterborough | |
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| 1 | Brentford | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Brighton and Hove Albion | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Carlisle United | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Colchester United | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Exeter City | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Gillingham | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Hartlepool United | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Huddersfield Town | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Leeds United | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Millwall | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Milton Keynes Dons | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Norwich City | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Southend United | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Stockport County | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Swindon Town | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Tranmere Rovers | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Walsall | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Yeovil Town | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Southampton | 0 | -10 |
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