The bankrupt co-star of the secretly recorded phone calls with Michael Lowry looks to be on the verge of leading a €9.5m takeover of Doncaster Rovers football club.

Denis O’Brien has said he has nothing to do with the Irish consortium currently looking to take over Doncaster Rovers football club.

A private equity firm that recently secured rights to the infamous Lowry tapes from property scout Kevin Phelan has bizarrely emerged as the leading bidder to buy Doncaster Rovers.