The Rovers Return is soon set to be on the market again, and a Coronation Street star has hinted that their character could be a potential buyer.
Next week, Carla Connor (Alison King) is set to tell Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews) that she’s decided to sell the pub, as she can’t wait any longer for Jenny and Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan) to pay back the money they stole from her.
Viewers will remember that Daisy and Jenny pocketed almost £250,000 of Carla’s money, after tracking down the funds that serial killer Stephen Reid had stolen from Underworld, before using it to buy back the Rovers.
Carla was beyond furious when she found out, and Jenny and Daisy agreed to gradually pay her back.
However, their plan was derailed earlier this year when Carla had to go private for another kidney transplant and desperately needed all of her money back.
With Jenny and Daisy unable to fork out, Carla borrowed the money from Betsy Swain (Sydney Martin), but upcoming scenes will see her tell Jenny that she needs to pay her back, so she’s putting the Rovers on the market.
Jenny tells her that she wants first refusal on buying the pub, though Corrie has hinted that the ownership of the iconic boozer could end up going to someone else – DS Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers).
In a clip from the Off Script… Coronation Street & Emmerdale podcast posted to the ITV soap’s Instagram account, host Liz Fletcher asked actress Vicky if Lisa could end up behind the bar, pointing out that Vicky herself grew up in pubs.
With Lisa’s daughter Betsy constantly begging her to give up her work as a detective and put her family first, Liz was keen to know if being pub landlady could be on the cards for Lisa in the future.
‘100 percent!’ Vicky replied, explaining that she’d have ‘absolutely no problem’ pulling pints behind the bar.
Reflecting on her childhood, Vicky explained how her publican parents were commonly known among locals as Bet and Alec – a nod to the iconic Coronation Street characters.
Will Lisa end up leaving the force and become the new landlady of the Rovers?
