Crawley's owners have admitted they made mistakes in the running of the club.

But Chas and Azwar Majeed have not ruled out making a bid to regain control of the Conference National side.

Potential buyers must register their bid by Wednesday and administrator Rob Sadler will then decide if any offers are suitable.

Buyers must be able to pay back all the money owed to the players from last season and a significant amount of the other creditors' debt, as well as prove they can run a full-time outfit.

Sadler says he has a figure in mind that offers must be over but is not prepared to disclose it.

Former diamond dealer John Goodwin has already put a bid on the table and is thought to be the front-runner to take over but up to five other parties are also believed to be interested.

Surprisingly, despite a disastrous year in charge that has given them nothing but bad press and condemnation from fans, the Majeed brothers claim they still want to make the club a success.

They would find it very hard to justify any bid because for the last five months they have claimed they do not have enough money to pay wages, rent or tax.

The Majeeds' spokesperson Gil Roberts said: "We are thinking over whether to make a bid and will be taking financial advice. We will make a decision by Wednesday.

"If they (the Majeeds) did make a bid and it was accepted, things would be better next season.

"Mistakes have been made and they accept that but they have learnt from them and want to build the club and make it a success.

They have put in a lot of time, money and effort and want it to succeed.

"It would take time to build up a trust with some fans but we would hope they would see a good foundation and we could build faith with those supporters."

Manager John Hollins. meanwhile, is quietly going about the business of trying to ensure he stays in his post whoever takes the reins in the boardroom.

He guided the club from second-bottom to ten points clear of the relegation zone last season despite a series of off-field problems.

The experienced former Chelsea boss has also given a taste of his extensive contacts during the summer by attracting in a number of decent trialists.

A significant number of fans stayed away from Reds' latest pre-season friendly against League One Brentford, even though the boycott in protest of the Majeeds had been called off.

They did not miss much. Both teams hit the crossbar in the second half, Alex Rhodes for Brentford with a looping header and substitute Mark Rawle for Reds with a close range volley. Apart from that, there were few moments of excitement.

One of the positives for Crawley was that, even with the continuing behind-the-scenes problems, the trialists who began pre-season two weeks ago turned out again.

Most people thought established Conference players like Ben Strevens and Jake Edwards would have gone elsewhere by now.

Hollins has revealed how he has attracted high calibre players but says he could lose them at any time.

He said: "I say to their agents that if they bring them to me, they will improve as players. I believe we have shown that by making steady progress over pre-season.

"The problem is that by doing that you put them back on the map and other clubs can come along and take them.

"If they were going for a million pounds a time you would not mind so much but they can go for nothing.

"All we can do is keep working with the players, wait to see what happens with new owners and then take it from there."