Louis Tomlinson has been left "gutted" after his deal to take over his hometown football club Doncaster Rovers fell through.
The One Direction hunk and lifetime supporter of the League One side had planned to invest money into the club and take over with former owner John Ryan, but the deal fell through before it was set to be signed off today.
Louis, 22, has posted a series of tweets about the disappointment and insists he was "misled" by bosses who told him the deal was not dependent on how much cash was raised by the Crowdfunder project, which was unable to gather the funding required for the takeover.
He posted: "I'm absolutely gutted the Doncaster Rovers deal is not going ahead. I am desperate for the club to be given the recognition it deserves :(.
"I was explicitly told that the deal to buy the club was not dependent on the money raised by Crowdfunding . Unfortunately I was misled.
"My passion for Doncaster Rovers remains as strong as ever, and I hope that I can still be involved with the club moving forward!
"And to all the Doncaster Rovers fans, I will do all in my power to help the club succeed. I really do love the club!"
He then added: "For the record, I insisted contractually I would never earn a penny from DRFC. I simply wanted to help club & community. Still hoping I can."
The star's bid to raise £2million for his beloved footie team was believed to be heading for defeat after Louis failed to sell selfies for £250-a-go and at the end of last month they had only raised £624.271 of their target.
According to The Sun newspaper, Ryan, who previously saved Rovers, also said: “To toss me away like that is very arrogant.”
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