Cherries fans face an anxious wait over the club's future
Bournemouth's administrator Gerald Krasner has revealed that preferred bidders EU UK Ltd have withdrawn their bid to buy the League One club.
Krasner had announced last week that a consortium - later unveiled as EU UK Ltd - had made a successful bid and had until Monday to complete the purchase.
However, they withdrew after Krasner asked them to deposit funds in order to be given an extension to the deadline.
Krasner is now set to meet another potential bidder on Tuesday.
If there's no bid on the horizon, the club should start worrying about folding at the end of this week
Bournemouth administrator Gerald Krasner
However, he has warned that he may have to sell players if no new deal has materialised by the end of the week.
Krasner told BBC Radio Solent: "The bidder was due to lodge the money by 1700 BST today [Monday] which they haven't.
"Over the weekend they asked for an extension - I said if they lodged the money even if it was to their order, and released me enough to do some funding, they could have the extension until 22 April.
"They seemed to be upset at this and have withdrawn their offer. I am now talking to one and a half people - I know what that means! - about putting in a bid and I'll be seeing part of them on Tuesday.
"If I get nowhere this week I will seriously review player sales. If there's no bid on the horizon, the club should start worrying about folding at the end of this week."
BOURNEMOUTH IN CRISIS
8 February: Club enters administration and are deducted 10 points
13 March: Chairman Jeff Mostyn's consortium's bid accepted, subject to CVA
1 April: Marc Jackson splits with Mostyn's group. Bid is withdrawn.
7 April: Two new bids tabled - one from Mostyn, one from a group fronted by Jackson
8 April: Mostyn bid initially accepted, but then Jackson group's bid announced as preferred bidders with 14 April deadline to buy club
10 April: Jackson's group revealed as EU UK Ltd
14 April: EU UK Ltd withdraw bid to buy club
Bournemouth, who have debts of around �4m, have been in administration since early February - a move which cost them a mandatory 10-point deduction, and may be a crucial factor as they battle to avoid relegation to League Two.
The Cherries are currently six points from safety with just three games remaining.
Krasner had originally accepted in principle a bid from a consortium led by current club chairman Jeff Mostyn, and also containing vice-chairman Steve Sly and businessman Marc Jackson - subject to a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA).
But before that bid could be put to a creditors' vote, the bid was withdrawn when Jackson left the consortium.
Two fresh bids - one from Mostyn and Sly, and another fronted by Jackson - later revealed to be the EU UK Ltd bid - were then submitted.
Last week, the administrators initially announced in a press release that Mostyn's group had won the bidding - only to announce later that day that Jackson's group had won.
However, Jackson is no longer involved with EU UK Ltd - whose four directors include former football agent Ian Mathison and fellow directors John Frost, Gary Oates and Simon Jordan.
Mathison and Frost were unveiled to the media at a news conference last Thursday, having distanced themselves from Jackson.
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