WEIR JAGS BID

FROM BACK PAGE EuroMillions dosh, has joined forces with Jags campaign group Thistle For Ever to try to secure a majority shareholding in the Championship club.

Record Sport understands Weir, who won Britain’s biggest jackpot of £161million back in 2011, has agreed to personally finance a deal which would see the 72-year-old place the club back in the hands of the supporters.

In an intriguing twist to the ongoing Thistle takeover saga, the SFA are currently digesting details of proposals from ChineseAmerican businessman, Chien Lee, and US tycoon Paul Conway to take control at Firhill.

The NewCity Capital consortium are facing questions over dual ownership concerns as they have a controlling interest in Barnsley.

Jags chairman David Beattie has been in talks with the investment firm for weeks but was last night sifting through a detailed light proposal from Weir and Thistle For Ever after they threw their hat in the ring.

The return of Weir into the picture at Partick comes just two months after he walked away from the club in an act of solidarity towards Jacqui Lowe for being ousted as chairman by Beattie and his board.

Jags fan Paul Goodwin has fronted Thistle For Ever. He said: “Change is in the air at Firhill, on and off the park.”