New Latics buyer Simon Corney said, “It’s nothing to do with us. We would certainly consider Steve McMahon if he was available but we were as surprised as anybody by what happened yesterday. It wasn’t connected with us looking for a new manager and, in fact, we’ve already arranged interviews with three other people.”
As the former England man is under contract, the Latics would be hit with a compensation payment to Blackpool if they were to take him on board.