Having been linked with a possible purchase of his former team Jordan earlier this season, Eddie Irvine could now elect to make a bid for perennial back markers Minardi accord꧟ing to reports.

Talk of a possible bid for Jordan surfaced at the Monaco Grand Prix, but no deal has been reached between Irvine and the team - leading to reports in British tabloid The Sun - for whom Irv𓂃ine writes regularly - that he will jet into Hockenheim to hold talks with Paul Stoddart ꦑabout making a bid for Minardi.

A source close to Irvine told the tabloid that 'silly cash demands' brought any chance of a deal for Jordan to a close, w💙hile Stoddart himself confirmed Irvine had been in contact regarding his team.

"Irvine has been in touch with me," he said. "Bu💖t we can only start serious talks to moment he puts a ?20m deposit on the table."

Any possible bid for the Italian team wouldn't be funded by Irvine 🎃himself, but by Russian billionaire Roustam Tariko - the man Irvine introduced to the Midland F1 grღoup at the Monaco GP while Jordan was still his preferred target.