WORCESTER Warriors’ bosses have refused to rule out the possibility of a new owner relocating the Aviva Premiership outfit to another part of the country.

However, chairman Bill Bolsover insisted the controversial move was “highly unlikely” and had “not been discussed in any detail”.

Owners Sixways Holdings Limited are in the process of “almost certainly” selling the club which has a market value of £9.7million.

But Bolsover said it was “up for discussion” whether the 50-acre Sixways site, valued at £17million, would form part of a deal with a potential buyer.

If sold separately, there are concerns among fans that Warriors could be moved away from the city.

Wasps left its former base at Adams Park in High Wycombe to move to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry in 2014 which many critics felt set a precedent in the sport.

But Bolsover said: “(Relocating the club) has not been discussed in any detail.

“No one has said that’s what they want to do and I think it would be a long shot for something like that to happen.

“I can’t (completely rule it out) because until I have got an offer on the table I don’t know whether it is in or out.

“I think there are one or two (rules stopping the club from doing that).

“If we happen to go down that route which is highly unlikely then we would have to look at the rules within the PRL as to what we can do.”

Bolsover said ex-Saracens chief executive Edward Griffiths’ offer of an outright takeover of Warriors was “dead in the water”, insisting Greg Allen, who represents Sixways Holdings Limited on the club’s board, had declined his bid “many weeks ago”.

But Bolsover remained tight-lipped over speculation that Scottish Rugby Union were interested in taking a controlling interest.

“Lots of people have been to see the club,” he said.

“I can’t say which ones have been here as we are under confidentially (agreements) with whoever we talked to.”

Bolsover said there was not a preferred bidder at this stage and they were waiting for “official offers” to be put on the table.

“We are going through the process of almost certainly selling the club in total rather than investment,” Bolsover said.

“But that still depends on the deal we finally get to.”

Asked whether the owners were looking to sell the club and the Sixways site separately, Bolsover replied: “That’s up for discussion.

“Greg Allen is being very reasonable about the whole thing.

“If someone comes along and wishes to buy the club but can’t afford to buy all the facilities then he would certainly do something which meant he would keep the facilities for a number of years.

“If somebody came along as a developer and wanted to buy the complete facilities then he would discuss that as well.”

He added: “We have had discussions and people around the club and we are now in the process of people coming back with their official offers for what they want within the club.”