A former pupil of King Henry's, Michael Byng, is one of the eight bidders wishing to buy Coventry City and the Ricoh Arena.
Byng is born in Coventry lad and is the founder of Michael Byng Quantity Surveyors and is understood to have used former City employees Paul Fletcher and Mel Brannigan in preparing his bid which is back by money from Chinese investors.
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