STANLEY Cohen has not ruled himself out of the running to buy Cherries, despite admitting such a move was unlikely.

At Thursday's press conference, administrator Gerald Krasner reopened the bidding for the Dean Court outfit after a "breakdown" in chairman Jeff Mostyn's consortium.

And former club president Cohen, who claimed to have had a £3million bid for the League One strugglers turned down by Krasner at the end of February, told the Daily Echo he was currently assessing his options.

"We're sitting on the fence," said Cohen.

"There was four of us all together but I haven't been back to my other investors.

"I don't think I'll be bidding, it's a very remote chance.

"I'm sitting on the fence to watch what's going on, then I'll consider it.

"I haven't bothered to ask my consortium again, I don't know whether to ask or not."

Cohen's apparent bid for the club when he met with Krasner in February was believed to have hit a stumbling block when the businessman refused to sign a confidentiality letter.

But Krasner is not asking for such an agreement now and told the gathered media on Thursday he would welcome a fresh offer from Cohen.

"Mr Cohen has not spoken to me since our interesting meeting here some weeks ago," said the former Leeds United chairman.

"I'm told that he's coming to the meeting on Monday. Whether it's to vote, ask questions or to bring another cheque with him we'll wait and see.

"Hopefully he'll bring a cheque with him. We don't need a confidentiality agreement this time, we're too far down the road for that."

Cohen, who is expected to attend Monday's creditors meeting, seems highly unlikely to make a move before the Dean Court talks.

He said: "I'll see what happens at the meeting and we'll have a look and see what the position is after Monday's meeting.

"But I'm not promising one way or the other.

"I should be down on Monday. I'll be an interested onlooker."

Meanwhile, Norman Hayward has quashed rumours suggesting he could be forming a bid for the club.

Wareham-based Hayward, who was Cherries chairman between 1991 and 1994 and is now an investor at Yeovil Town, said: "I'm very interested and want the club to survive, but I was forced out and have done everything I can to help."