KARL Robinson says Oxford United's proposed takeover will not change day-to-day life for him or his players.

It emerged yesterday that the U's Indonesian investors have made an offer to buy a majority stake in the club.

The consortium, which Robinson suggested includes only existing backers, hopes to conclude the deal in the coming weeks, while eighth-placed United continue their Sky Bet League One play-off push.

But the U's head coach, who spoke to chairman Sumrith 'Tiger' Thanakarnjanasuth and the rest of the board this morning, is confident the off-pitch negotiations will not be a distraction.

He said: “I spoke quite openly when I joined three years ago that there was a journey to be had.

"I was quite lucky to be here at the start of that journey.

"I always knew where this football club wanted to go.

"People may think ‘why now, why stress the team out’, but there’s nobody else coming in.

"It’s just internal conversations that are going on.

"To what extent is down to the people who sit face-to-face to do the deals.

"About a month ago we spoke about how exciting times were and everything’s fallen into place.

"The dream that we have hasn’t changed.

“What broke yesterday won’t change people’s mentality.

"From our point of view, it's just carry on and enjoy what we're doing.”

The group is understood to involve U's directors Anindya Bakrie and Horst Geicke, the only two remaining board members other than Tiger.

Former United director Erick Thohir - who used to own Inter Milan and was the majority shareholder at American club DC United - is also thought to be backing the consortium.

Thohir was forced to stand down from United's board in October 2019 when he took up a role in the Indonesian government, but has a longstanding relationship with Bakrie. 

Tiger, meanwhile, became owner in February 2018 - one month before Robinson was appointed manager.

The U's boss was full of praise for his chairman, adding: “Down the line there’s going to be bumps in the road.

"Even when we were losing games, Tiger stood by what we were doing.

"I remember the Luton game (2-1 defeat in October 2018) being a very big moment – people were throwing season tickets at us and the songs that were being sung.

"That was right because we were underachieving, but we were getting rid of things we had to get rid of.

"When you’re looking at people that have owned DC United and Inter Milan, that’s a world-famous football club."