Notts County's takeover is to go ahead after over 93% of respondents voted to give the Supporters' Trust stake in the club to prospective new owners Munto Finance. Their 60% stake in the club, and all loans owed to it by the club, will now be written off. They are due to lose player of the year Myles Weston after he was reported to be training with Brentford.
Grimsby's in-demand defender Ryan Bennett has signed a new four year deal with the club. Crewe will wait to sign players as they have a limited budget to play with and are unlikely to offer transfer fees after spending £500,000 last summer. Bradford striker Michael Boulding will take a pay cut to stay with the club. He is one of a number of players that has been asked to leave as the Bantams will be operating on a reduced budget, but winger Joe Colbeck has turned down a new three year deal.
Morecambe have signed Shrewsbury defender Darren Moss on a two year deal. The Shrews are reported to have only offered the 28 year old a one year contract. Swindon have accepted a £2million offer for striker Simon Cox from West Brom, around ten times what they paid for him 18 months ago. York are to renegotiate their agreement to sign Michael Gash from Ebbsfleet after Darius Charles refused the double deal on travelling grounds.
Southampton face selling two more players this week to pay the bills. Heading the departures list is Andrew Surman, who will join Wolves for £1.5million, David McGoldrick, to Nottm Forest, and free transfer departee Kelvin Davies to West Ham, while the club has no management left from tomorrow with boss Mark Wotte's contract as manager expiring at midnight and his first team coaches already departed.
Bidder Marc Jackson has pulled out of the running after losing his Israeli backers over the cost of the club and the timescale to complete a deal. One fan site claims the club has less than 48 hours to find a buyer with Administrator Mark Fry telling the press he is 'not confident' that front runners Pinnacle will complete a deal. UPDATE: Pinnacle have pulled out of the deal, leaving only an unknown Swiss consortium in the running for the club.
Shrewsbury boss Paul Simpson expects to be without Ben Davies for next season, telling their official site he's told the player that he is planning for next season without him. They have signed young keeper Andreas Arestidou on a one year deal from Blackburn. Notts County have signed Bradford defender Graeme Lee on a two year deal. He was one of the players asked to leave by the Bantams due to financial constraints.