eBay is investigating after the business partner of TNS boss Mike Harris is believed to have made a £200,000 bid for sponsorship of the club.

The name of the Welsh Premier League side is up for sale on the auction site and last night the top bid of £250,000 was made by a bidder identified as “gilfachg”.

But the third largest bid of £200,000 was made by a website called txtchix.com, understood to be run by Mike Harris’s business partner Nicholas Maguire.

Mr Maguire and Mr Harris are both listed by Companies House as directors of the firm Icommunicate.

The bid boosted the price that other bidders had to offer during the ongoing eBay auction.

But Mr Harris insisted there was nothing improper about one of his business partners bidding to re-name his football club.

Mr Maguire echoed his partner’s sentiments, saying his eBay bid was being mounted through txtchix.com, a separate company unconnected to Mr Harris.

Txtchix.com is a website designed to appeal to women who enjoy using mobile phones and texting.

Mr Maguire said, “I am involved with Mike in Icommunicate, but it has nothing to do with Icommunicate. I’m involved with a number of businesses.

“Txtchix.com is a new entity and it’s that new entity that has bid.

Posted: 04|28|06 at 8:16 am. Filed under: UK News.