CHESTER City owner Stephen Vaughan may sell part of his multi-million pounds empire to become the full-time supremo of the Nationwide Conference title favourites.

As the Blues took a step nearer promotion with a 2-0 win at Telford on Tuesday, he revealed he had received a bid for Vaughan Trading, one of the many companies which operates under his holding company.

The man who was once investigated for his links with childhood friend Curtis Warren, now serving a long prison sentence in Holland for drug trafficking and manslaughter, will go into semi-retirement at the age of 42 if the deal comes off in the next few months.

Vaughan, who has spent more than £2m since he bought the club in a bid to restore it to its Football League status, has plans to develop the Deva Stadium, including the provision of a social club and gymnasium and, maybe, increasing its capacity if he achieves his ambition to take the club to the first division.

Vaughan's family business is now run from the stadium with the help of wife Pat and brother-in-law, Dave Burford, the Chester City general manager and secretary of Vaughan Trading.

'We have a 90% chance of the sale going through and if it does I will put my efforts into being the full-time chairman of Chester City,' he said.

He added: 'I didn't buy the football club for ego, I bought it because it was a city club that was bottom of the Conference and had more bad experiences than any club I know. '

'I came into it with my eyes open, knowing how much it would cost and if we are promoted the figure will rise to just under £3m. And if we get back in the League I don't think we will see non-league football again.

'My companies have a turnover of £95m which helps support the football club, but if we are promoted we will receive extra income from television and other sources.'

'But I am not in it for a return on my money. I am in it for the silverware.'

Vaughan rejects the popular opinion that Chester is not a football city. 'I beg to differ,' he said. 'If we can bring some silverware to the club people will come out and support the team and pack the Deva Stadium.

'I am proud to be the owner of the football club, but we have to make sure the ego part doesn't step in and we keep our feet firmly on the ground and take this club forward.

'I have had lots of offers from other clubs since I have been at Chester, but I want to take this club on and if we continue to have the response from the city and we continue to bring the right players in as our manager Mark Wright has done, I see no reason why we can't finish the job.'