Inverness Caledonian Thistle may have to go into administration having failed to secure new investment.
The P&J reports that this season the League One team stands to lose £1.2m.
Former chairman of Caley Thistle, Alan Savage has been searching recent months for a buyer for the team.
Savage kept the club running in August with his own £200,000.
According to the article, leading football administrator Bryan Jackson has assigned Inverness to BDO, the accounting company handling Rangers’ insolvency and serving as administrators for Dunfermline Athletic and Hearts.
With repetitions and a point deduction hanging, this will instantly cause problems on and off the pitch.
With a 15 point deduction from the SPFL, Caley Thistle’s chances of promotion back to the Championship would be seriously undermined.
Already five points off Queen of the South at League One, Duncan Ferguson’s squad is might find themselves lowest on minus six points.
The club has meanwhile declared Charlie Reilly’s loan from Dundee signed.
Joining on a temporary loan until January next year, the 22-year-old
As Reilly was nominated for Scotland League Two Player of the Year, he scored an amazing 24 goals and gave Albion Rovers 19.
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