Oldham Athletic's deal to sign convicted rapist Ched Evans is off.
Oldham Athletic Football Club confirmed to Sky they reneged on a deal to sign Evans despite pushing it for the last four days.
An Oldham director has claimed that board members and their families were threatened during talks to sign the convicted rapist, according to Sky's Paul Kelso.
The football club had come under increasing pressure to turn its back on Evans with tens of thousands of people signing an online petition, local police and politicians voicing their concerns and the club's main sponsor ZenOffice threatening to pull out if they signed him.
"The board of directors has been keen to pursue this deal despite the criticism so this has come as a test of their resolve", Kelso said.
"Evans may have to go further down the football pyramid to get back into the game."
The Wales international has been unable to find a team since being released from prison in October after serving half of a five-year sentence for rape.
He had trained with his previous employers Sheffield United after leaving jail but any hopes of him rejoining them were dashed by fierce opposition from influential figures including Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis-Hill.
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