On 25 July 2012, it was announced on Portsmouth's website that the club was likely to have no alternative but to close (possibly go defunct) on 10 August unless the remaining senior first-team players agreed to transfers or signed wage compromise deals. On 27 July, Halford was the first of those transfers to leave the club, joining Nottingham Forest. The second, meanwhile, was Erik Huseklepp, who moved to Norwegian side SK Brann on 28 July; the third was Dave Kitson, who left on 3 August; the fourth was Tal Ben Haim, who left on 9 August; and last to leave was Lawrence, who did so on 10 August. This meant that the club would now survive, allowing the takeover process to continue. Chainrai then cancelled his offer, leaving the PST's offer as the only one remaining. However, he re-submitted the bid on 23 August 2012 and on the next day the PST announced that it was on track to submit a business plan and revised offer.