Four bids have been lodged for Coventry City Football Club Limited

Four bids have been lodged for Coventry City Football Club Limited, the joint-administrator has confirmed.

Holdings, or a related company, are reported to be one of the bidders interested, while ACL - who have handed CCFC Ltd the opportunity to play at the Ricoh Arena rent free next term - have also shown an interest, but it is not known whether final offers have materialised. American multi-millionaire Preston Haskell IV, a property tycoon, is another suitor believed to be in the running for the financially-stricken club, with former City vice-chairman Gary Hoffman and suspended life president Joe Elliott at the forefront of the consortium. Speaking to Press Association Sport last month, Holdings chief executive Tim Fisher revealed controversial plans to move into a new stadium having claimed City had been given no choice but to leave the Ricoh, with a proposal to groundshare on an interim basis for three years while it is being built. Fisher's plans to groundshare, and those regarding a new stadium, cannot be announced until CCFC Ltd comes out of administration - sparking fears over where City could be playing next term with the new season just over seven weeks away.