The club moved to install the mayor, an outspoken critic of the would-be owner, after James Derry's resignation on Friday - saying it was an interim appointment.

But controversial businessman John Batchelor, who says he has made both Stags owner Keith Haslam and chief executive Stephen Booth aware of his bid 'on more than one occasion', sees the appointment as a deliberate snub.

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And he warned them that the club will be missing out on his various commercial ideas if they do not accept his takeover offer.

Mr Batchelor - whose idea to rename the Stags as Harchester United after a fictional TV team created a furore on Friday - wants the buyout to be completed quickly to give him a chance of influencing the club's relegation fight.

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He told Chad: "The club is aware that there is a deal there to be done and that I want to do this quickly for the good of the club, to try to keep us in the Football League.

"They know of my plans for a pre-season tournament involving European teams and for a rock concert - all commercial opportunities that the club could cash in on.

"That, together with the interest I have generated in this club in just two weeks, shows what I can do.

"What will the mayor bring to the club?

"I have other clubs wanting me to do this elsewhere.

"Then there comes this stupid idea to appoint the mayor and they didn't even have the courtesy to tell me about it.

"How to win friends and influence people is not a book Stephen Booth should write."