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In an online Q&A with supporters, the husband and wife team spoke about a number of issues at Penton Park with the current form of the side, the proposed takeover and the club's financial status the main topics on which fans demanded answers. In October this year, news broke that hip hop star A$AP Rocky, the 36-year-old boyfriend of pop icon Rihanna, was reportedly part of an investment group, led by celebrity lawyer Joe Tacopina, interested in purchasing an 80% stake in the Birkenhead club. Since then, chairman Mark Palios, who became Tranmere owner in 2014 alongside his wife Nicola, has remained tight-lipped on the proposals with rumours swirling that any deal may have fallen through. On the pitch Rovers' form has deteriorated to such a degree that they now find themselves in 21st place in League Two just four points off the relegation zone heaping pressure on manager and former teammates of the chairman, Nigel Adkins. Addressing the supporters, Mark Palios, said: "The first thing to say is the speculation that a deal to buy the club has collapsed is entirely wrong. "We are limited by non-disclosure agreements around the sale and that's entirely normal so we're not allowed to put out there what is happening or is not happening. "These things are complex and as a reference point you can look at Everton where even though they've recently said they've completed a deal it still hasn't gone through. "We can't communicate freely or give a blow by blow account as to what is happening but part of the delay is that we want the incoming people to add value and increase the potential of the club. "I think that the parties we are talking to can do that and we'd rather that happened than people just come in and put money into the playing budget or put money into an ego trip or asset strip which has happened to other clubs over the yeas and we don't want to see that." Putting a time scale on the takeover was something Mark Palios said was difficult but he did have encouraging words for those who want changes fast. "It's difficult to identify exactly when this will happen," he said. "People have to go through the officers and directors tests at the EFL and they have to make sure they have the funds to do what is necessary but we're reasonably confident that this deal will close by the end of quarter one next year. "Whether I stay on to aid the acquisition is up to the incoming consortium - if they want me to stay on to affect a smooth transition I will. If they don't I will shake hands and say goodbye." The husband and wife began the session by addressing what they have achieved in their ten year tenure. "Our strategy since we came in has always been that at some point we would have to hand over the club," said Mark. "In terms of what we could do it was about 'can we put ourselves in a better position so that there's interest from people in taking over the club and building on the increased potential of the club and could those people coming in have aspirations to take the club into the Championship. "The difficulty in that is keeping the on-field performances going but I think over time we've built the potential - we have our own ground and a training ground in which £3.6m has been invested and that would enable us to play in the Championship without significant further investment and that's attractive to people who are coming in and looking at clubs that don't have their own ground or training ground. "Over a period of time not everything has been great but what we wanted to achieve was to get interest from people investing in the club and that is certainly what we're seeing at this point in time. "The club is in a better place and people recognise that - I don't think we will go into the National League but if we did I'd point at Wrexham who were in the National League and I think we ae actually in a better place than Wrexham were." Addressing the club's performances on the pitch this season, both Mark and Nicola could not hide their frustration with Rovers' recent form which has seen them win just one game in the last seven. Mark said: "For a lot of fans the disenchantment and unhappiness they feel is around this area and it won't surprise you that it's the most difficult question to answer. "No one in situations like this can put their finger on one thing that you can fix like in a normal business and it's all the more perplexing because this is the highest playing budget we've had and when you back to the optimism of pre-season and our stat to the season, optimism was high and yet here we are in 21st place. "This happens in football and it happens all over the world in football in every league. Good players don't become bad players overnight and good managers and coaches don't become bad managers and coaches overnight. "I appreciate you don't see what I see in terms of what the manager and the players are doing to try and make themselves better and fix the problems but they do work on it and they are as unhappy as everybody else around the club and in the stands. "It's hard to accept but sometimes you've just got to stick together, look at what you're doing and seek to improve. Everybody is working hard and they are not complacent." Mark confirmed that Andy Crosby would be joining the coaching staff on a short-term basis. Crosby, who was most recently manager at Port Vale, worked previously with Adkins at Scunthorpe, Southampton, Sheffield United and Reading as the current Rovers' boss' assistant. "He brings an experienced but new set of eyes that may see things that other people don't see," said Mark. "No one is happy with the results and where we are in the table - they all came to the club with an ambition to get promoted and enhance their careers. "We have three home games coming up and it is about everyone helping out on this if you accept that all the players are trying really hard, the staff are really trying hard and at the end of the day everyone is working to achieve the same thing. "If you go home happy on a Saturday afternoon I go home happy on a Saturday afternoon because that's what everyone wants to achieve."CHICAGO, Dec. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Monroe Capital Corporation (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: MRCC) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a distribution of $0.25 per share for the fourth quarter of 2024, payable on December 30, 2024 to stockholders of record as of December 16, 2024. 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