Dutch star Sneijder in bid for Blackpool

A SInGAPORE consortium involving Wesley Sneijder has held takeover talks with Blackpool owner Owen Oyston.

Sportsmail understands two meetings took place between vSport, founded by Qiang Bai and former Real Madrid midfielder Sneijder, and Oyston last month. Oyston is likely to sell the Seasiders after a court ordered him to pay former club president Valeri Belokon £33million. Oyston, 84, still owes £24m to Belokon, who also wants to gain control of the League One club. Bai is on the hunt to purchase a Football League club using vSport, a cryptocurrency platform backed by blockchain technology. He has discussed buying the football and property companies and removing all Oyston involvement. The meetings took place at Bloomfield Road and at Oyston’s estate. Sources suggested that Sneijder would be open to becoming hands-on with the running of a club after he retires. The former Holland midfielder, 33, signed for Al-Gharafa in Qatar in January. Oyston released a statement on Blackpool’s website on April 6 claiming ‘an agreement is close to being finalised for an investment group to have an active and serious financial involvement’ but that never materialised. Sources close to the owner branded the statement ‘bizarre’.