by JAKE NUTTING

NASL expansion side Rayo OKC still has one more fixture left in its 10-game Spring Season, but recent rumblings out of Madrid suggest primary investor Raul Martin Presa may already be mulling a sale of the young club following Rayo Vallecano’s recent relegation from La Liga.

At a general meeting with fans and media members on Tuesday, Presa — also the owner and chairman of Rayo Vallecano — revealed that the Spanish club is exploring ways to possibly “retract the sails” when it comes to their strategy regarding the club in Oklahoma City, as tweeted by Maite Martin of AS.com.

Se buscan fórmulas para "replegar velas" del Rayo OKC. Dijo Yáñez. — Maite Martín (@AS_MMartin) June 7, 2016

The tidbit that is sure to raise some interest both in Oklahoma and the NASL front office is Presa’s blunt confession that selling Rayo OKC is on the table following his Rayo Vallecano’s relegation. According to Toni Lopez of Deportes Cardena, Presa is unsure what path they will take with the NASL side, but they’d look to lose as little money as possible if they did put the club on the selling block.

Presa confirma que se estudia qué hacer con la franquicia del Rayo en Oklahoma. Venderla a lo mejor, perdiendo el menor dinero posible. — Toni López (@ToniLopez93) June 7, 2016

Today’s revelation stands in stark contrast to the assertion Rayo OKC’s Managing Partner Brad Lund gave Neil Morris of The Inverted Triangle Podcast exactly two months ago on April 7. In the interview, Lund held firm that the looming relegation of Rayo Vallecano would have “absolutely nothing” to do with the Oklahoma City team and that the majority of Vallecano’s investment was already “in the bank.”

Lund pointed out that the NASL requires new ownership groups to commit to at least three years of competition in the league before they can approval, and that Rayo Vallecano was no exception.

“It’s a fair question,” Lund told Morris. “I was just asked it earlier today by a fan that’s following those standings very closely. When you enter the NASL, you sign an agreement, or two or three, as an ownership group. There’s some minimum standards that you have to live up to. We have a three-year lease with the stadium that we play in, with options. And we have a minimum three-year agreement to complete three seasons in the NASL.

“It doesn’t mean after three seasons we all sit around and figure out which league we’re gonna go into. That’s just a minimum standard. So for the minimum, they’re committed to three full seasons.”

As Lund’s closing lines indicate, though, those standards are just minimums. There is no guarantee what happens to Rayo OKC after those three years are up and Rayo Vallecano no longer has interest in keeping the club alive, and it certainly doesn’t prevent Rayo Vallecano from shopping the team around in the meantime.