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Birmingham City’s parent company has announced another two bids for the stricken business taking the total to seven since receivers were instructed.

A little more than a week since Birmingham International Holdings Ltd revealed they have had five offers, on Wednesday Ernst & Young confirmed a further two in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

While the ‘usual suspects’ are understood to have expressed an interest the receivers revealed more than one of the offers is to take a controlling interest in BIHL - a move which, if successful, would bring to an end Carson Yeung’s influence at St Andrew’s.

The statement read: “The Receivers wish to update the Shareholders that, two more indicative non-binding offers have been identified.

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“There are altogether, a total of seven indicative non-binding offers received and being considered.

“The Receivers are still in the process of assessing and analysing the indicative non-binding offers, in which there is more than one party interested in acquiring the controlling stake of the Company.

“The definitive terms of the offer are subject to further negotiation between the Receivers and the interested parties. The Receivers intend to enter into an exclusivity agreement with a potential investor as soon as practicable.”

Ernst & Young have been running BIHL since February and are conducting an investigation into the running of the company.

Employees Stephen Lui and David Yen Ching Wai were appointed chairman and chief executive respectively.