YORK Knights chairman Clint Goodchild has confirmed his interest in purchasing a majority shareholding in York City, and has confirmed there has been ‘positive conversations’.

Goodchild has been the chairman with the Knights since January 2022, and has helped oversee the progression of the club in the Betfred Championship under both James Ford and Andrew Henderson.

City are looking for a new majority shareholder at the club alongside the York City Supporters’ Trust after Glen Henderson agreed to sell his shares in December, with Henderson also holding talks with interested parties in April.

Goodchild confirmed his interest in purchasing into the club, and admitted that positive talks have been held between the parties.

“I think the club has got as much potential as the rugby club does.” Goodchild told YO1 Radio.

“York is an incredible city, the opportunity of the facilities and it’s got an incredible fan base.

“Some of the numbers in attendances this year that they were drawing, it’s very positive. I don’t like to sit and judge until we’ve got our house clean.

“There’s positive conversations taking place.

“There’s a lot of moving pieces. It’s so hard to comment on, there would be a lot of positives in having a unified front, but there’s also a lot of questions.

“It has to work for everyone involved, there’s positives, there’s question marks there.

“The conversations I’ve had with the football club since I’ve moved here have always been positive, they are working incredibly hard.

“They’re neighbours and we’ve got a great relationship.”

The York City Supporters' Trust commented, saying: "The Trust continues to speak with various parties to facilitate the purchase of Glen Henderson's shares."