MORTON chairman Crawford Rae has broken his silence over a potential takeover of the club by a consortium led by Greenock businessman Sandy Easdale.

Speaking exclusively to the Tele this afternoon, Mr Rae says he would never stand in the way of anyone who wants to invest in the Ton and that former Newcastle United managing director and Rangers chief executive, Derek Llambias, and ex-Magpies chief scout, Graham Carr - dad of TV comedian Alan Carr, were 'impressed' with what they saw during a visit to Cappielow this week with Mr Easdale.

The trio were in the stand to watch the club's reserve team, including Mr Easdale's son Alexander, in action before being given a tour of the ground.

Easdale family spokesman, Jack Irvine, has confirmed that there has been no bid for the club as yet, but 'there's a good chance' one will be tabled.

Speaking exclusively to the Tele, Mr Rae said: "They were up to watch the reserve game with Sandy.

"They were impressed, they got a wee tour of the stadium and they were impressed with the set-up and they were impressed with the boys.

"It's incredible over the last couple of months the number of agents and scouts coming up and to get the likes of Graham Carr and Barry Silkman and people like that who have been up at Cappielow or who are coming to Cappielow to see the talent is brilliant.

"These are high-calibre individuals within the game, for them to have an interest shows we must be doing something right.

"We're always delighted to have dialogue with any interested parties who are prepared to talk about investment in the club so that's never going to be turned down.

"There's nothing more really to say at this point."

The Tele was told that Mr Easdale is unavailable for interview but his spokesman, Mr Irvine, confirmed that a Morton takeover could be in the pipeline.

He said: "It's early days.

"There's been no bid, it's exploratory at the moment.

"There's a good chance a bid will be made.

"The brothers are very close to the owners."