Birmingham City chairman David Gold is convinced Carson Yeung cannot raise the funds to complete his takeover.
"Yeung's people say we're being negative, but what else can we be? We've heard nothing from them for over a month. It's probably been my worst three weeks in football. But with Alex McLeish [Bruce's successor] here and David Sullivan [the plc chairman and fellow co-owner] saying he wants to stay, I'm excited about the future. I'm willing the deal to fail."