Jason Whittingham insists he is still “working towards a successful sale” of Morecambe , even as the crisis-hit National League club’s prospective owners and supporters trust warn of the dire consequences of the saga dragging into next week.

The situation at Morecambe is the definition of desperate.

Many of the club’s staff have stopped working after going unpaid, players are leaving, Morecambe have been suspended by the National League until 20 August and prospective owners Panjab Warriors claim the club will “officially shut” on Monday with no money left to continue its operations.

The club’s minority shareholders say it faces “total collapse” if a sale isn’t agreed within 72 hours and the Shrimps Trust, who have been working manfully to try and broker a deal to save it, have begun

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