Oldham call off Ched Evans deal after threats against staff

Oldham had claimed that deal would go through as you 'have to stick to your principles'

Ched Evans rapist

Oldham have pulled out of a proposed deal to sign convicted rapist Ched Evans after reports of death threats to members of staff and their families.

The club had already been put under "intolerable pressure" from their sponsors, reports the Daily Telegraph. "But it was reports of threats to staff and their families that may have proven the final straw... There were even suggestions one director was told the address where his daughter worked and that she would be raped if Oldham proceeded."

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