"Further contact has been made with the League in the last half hour"
Sorry, but that sounds too 'casual' for my liking. As per my questions earlier about how much 'time-of-day' the Football League are giving to this, I rather suspect Pinnacle have not been in a locked room all day with the Football League, much like the RMT and London Underground would be in an 11th hour dispute situation, rather they are having to 'pester' the Football League to divert some of their time scheduled on other matters to deal with the Saints issue(s).
All supposition on my part but that's the impression I get.