Former Swindon Town chairman Andrew Fitton said that based on his actions, he believes Clem Morfuni is looking to sell the club.

Following TrustSTFC’s Open Letter to the ownership of Swindon, Morfuni responded with a letter requesting a meeting between fan groups and the club, but making no further commitment to the points raised in the original letter.

Morfuni has on multiple occasions denied that he is actively looking to sell the club, both in a club statement last November and during a BBC Radio Wiltshire interview in January.

When asked about the club’s response to external criticism, Fitton said that he felt the only real explanation for their actions would be because the Australian businessman was looking to sell.

He said: “I got the sense, and only from what I have read in the newspapers and seen online, some time ago that he had checked out.

“There could be lots of circumstances, and I understand that he has had some trouble with his business, and he has to attend to that.

“But you get to know the words people use when they are being disingenuous and when he made one of his denials about the club being up for sale, it was a bit like listening to Margaret Thatcher, who would say things like ‘At the present time, we have no current intention’ and you think, ‘What does that mean?’

“I would be surprised if he is not looking for a buyer. Very, very surprised.

“[Do you think he would actively be looking for a buyer?] If he knows how to go about it and that is not easy.

“I could be wrong, he could be focused on sorting out his business, which he would be wise to be, and hoping someone comes through the door.”

Fitton added that his general response to such an accusation from supporters were he still the chairman would have been to try and meet things head-on.

He said: “I thought it was very odd [the response letter], it was a bit like a politician answering the wrong question and answering something that wasn’t asked.

“If it had been me then I might well have come out fighting, but like a politician, I would have gone back to the positives and said that ‘We have done this, we have done this, and we have done this. But there is more still to do.’

"But I certainly wouldn’t be in denial about it.”