Plenty of Bolton Wanderers fans have reacted on social media, after the club released a statement in response to Laurence Bassini's claims that he is back in the running to buy the club.

Bassini tried to buy Bolton earlier this year, but the takeover collapsed after he failed to provide proof of funding and the club were placed into administration.

The English businessman has now claimed during an interview with TalkSPORT that he is back in the running to buy the club and that he has been given £25million by West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan to help him complete the takeover.

Bolton have now released a statement on their club website in response to his comments, insisting that he will not be buying the club and revealing that he has sent the club a number of threatening emails and text messages.

The statement read: "We note with dismay the interview given by Laurence Bassini to TalkSPORT this morning.

"The simple fact is, for several reasons, Mr Bassini was not the successful bidder under the process we have carried out to sell Bolton Wanderers.

"His bid was not the best for the club. Moreover, he was not able to satisfy either the proof or source of funding to the satisfaction of the process or within the proscribed timeframe. That remains the case.

"Subsequently, Mr Bassini has sent a vast number of erratic and threatening emails and text messages, as well as making threatening calls, to the point where we have instructed lawyers to deal with them.

"We will be making no further comment about Mr Bassini or his claims."

Bolton released a statement earlier this month confirming the Football Ventures consortium as their preferred bidder for the acquisition of the club.

Fans are hopeful that the takeover deal will be finalised within the next few days, after significant progress in talks was made last weekend.

Plenty of Bolton fans have reacted to the statement on social media, with some fans concerned at the fact that the takeover has not been completed yet.

Here is a look at the best reactions to the statement from Bolton fans on Twitter...