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Brisbane Roar coach John Aloisi is keeping a brave face despite reports the proposed sale of the A-League club has fallen through.
According to News Corp, Brisbane chairman Chris Fong is in Paris in a last-ditch attempt to offload the Bakrie Group-owned club to a new consortium of Australian and overseas investors.
The report also claimed an earlier move to sell the club for $18 million to a separate cartel based out of Italy and Germany had collapsed.
The developments leave the Roar at risk of being wound up, if they are unable to settle a $60,000 debt with the Queensland Rugby Union over unpaid rent by August 19, while there are also doubts over who will pay players and staff on the next due date for wages this Saturday.
Aloisi said he and the players have no choice but to ignore the Roar’s off-field turmoil and focus on Tuesday night’s FFA Cup clash with Western Sydney.
“It’s not ideal but it will come to a head. It has to,” Aloisi said.
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