It sounds like even Rob Manfred thinks the Mets sale is dead.
"My belief is there's not going to be a transaction," the MLB commissioner said, via Newsday.
"I can tell you, and it's based on conversations with the buyer and the seller on an on-going basis, the assertion that the transaction fell apart because of something the Wilpons did is completely and utterly unfair."
The Wilpons had been finalizing a deal to sell a majority interest in the Mets to billionaire Steve Cohen.
The Daily News reported Wednesday night that Cohen backed out of the deal after the Wilpons tried to keep control of the team for more than five years, and SNY for more than 20.
If the sale indeed dies, it's the second time in a decade that the Mets will have botched a deal at the last minute. In 2011, the Wilpons had a deal with another hedge funder _ David Einhorn _ who backed out after the Wilpons changed terms late in negotiations.
Around the same time, Cohen tried and failed to buy the Dodgers.
Manfred spoke at the owners' meetings in Orlando.
