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...John Textor’s Eagle Football Holdings acquired Lyon in December last year at a valuation close to €900mn, by far the highest price ever paid for a French team and part of a wave of US investment into European...
...John Textor called for the Premier League spending rules to be relaxed — or ditched altogether — so that rich owners can pump their own money into clubs and cut the gap with the top teams....
...“The collapse of our championship campaign was painful,” says John Textor, the US tech entrepreneur and football investor who owns Botafogo....
...So it turned out once again for the Rio de Janeiro club now owned by serial soccer investor John Textor, after its dreams of a first national championship in nearly three decades were dashed....
...“I love the assets John has.”...
...That’s also a potential problem for Ares Management, the alternative lender that backed US businessman John Textor when he bought French football club Olympique Lyonnais last year....
...In that context, John Textor’s decision to invite offers for the LDLC arena seems to buck that trend....
...Ares also provided the bulk of the financing for John Textor’s €800mn purchase of Olympique Lyonnais last year....
...Smart reads Playing for keeps US investor John Textor bought four football clubs in two years. So far it has been one big expensive mess, The Wall Street Journal reports....
...US investor John Textor completed the takeover of French football club Olympique Lyonnais, the latest side to join his network of teams around the world despite several delays....
...We have an incredible line up of speakers already confirmed, including Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis, Eagle Football chair John Textor, LaLiga President Javier Tebas and Newcastle United director...
...John Textor has another job title to add to the CV. This week he took up the role of president of RWD Molenbeek, the newly-promoted Belgian club that forms part of his multiclub entity Eagle Football....
...US investor John Textor recently bought Olympique Lyonnais in France, joining his holdings in Premier League Crystal Palace, Brazil's Botafogo, and Molenbeek in Belgium....
...The Lyon-based club said that US investor John Textor had told its shareholders that his company would close the €327mn deal in the coming days after it was delayed three times since its announcement in...
...US businessman John Textor’s Eagle Football Holdings acquired French team Olympique Lyonnais in December for €800mn but also owns Brazil’s Botafogo, Belgian tier-two side Molenbeek and a 40 per cent stake...
...Current table toppers Botafogo are owned by Eagle Football Holdings, the multiclub group controlled by tech entrepreneur John Textor, while Vasco da Gama is owned by Miami-based fund 777 Partners....
...John Textor, whose Eagle Football Holdings owns a 40 per cent stake in Crystal Palace, was greeted with protest banners at one recent home game following a report in the Financial Times that he was planning...
...Eagle Football Holdings, a London-based company controlled by US businessman John Textor, completed the purchase of Lyon on December 19 in a deal valuing the Ligue 1 club at €800mn....
...John Textor, a businessman with a background in technology, led the acquisition by Eagle Football Holdings. Private equity firm Ares Management provided most of the financing....
...Transfer Market Five months after buying Olympique Lyonnais, John Textor has taken on the day-to-day running of the club, replacing Jean-Michael Aulas, Lyon’s long-time president....
...Crystal Palace co-owner John Textor and Authentic Brands founder Jamie Salter are in talks to acquire French football team Olympique Lyonnais in a deal valuing the club at €800mn, underlining the appetite...
...You can read more on the Lyon deal in our profile of multiclub operator John Textor....
...The American investor betting he can solve football’s money problem John Textor, the man fronting the €800mn takeover of French football club Olympique Lyonnais, is betting he can solve football’s money...
...Textor and Authentic Brands founder Jamie Salter has been pushed back....
...On Monday, American investor John Textor added to his sporting empire with the acquisition of French football’s Olympique Lyonnais, valuing the group at €884mn and extending US influence in European clubs...
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