Melbourne Heart might have sacked their head coach, but behind the scenes, it is ironing out a new deal that will see the club sold to the highest bidder.
The Heart have received several offers in the past year and came close to selling to a Shanghai-based consortium, which offered around $9 million for a full takeover.
Now media speculation says the club is in talks with a consortium led by New Zealand entrepreneur Bart Campbell to sell the club for $12 million.
It is believed the new proposal includes a 100 per cent takeover of the club and could be concluded in January, in what would comfortably eclipse any previous sale of an A-League club.
Mr Campbell is well known in the global sporting world with ties to NFL and baseball, but is known in Melbourne as the new owner of Melbourne Storm. Witha base in London, Campbell Campbell works as chief operating officer for the sports division of Chime, the fourth-largest sports marketing and communications group in the world.
Source: Herald Sun.
