Tag: investor

JJ Watt: NFL star and Burnley investor on life at Turf Moor
19 March 2025 Off

JJ Watt: NFL star and Burnley investor on life at Turf Moor

By Total Football News

From Stan Kroenke to the Glazers, Todd Boehly to Shahid Khan, and Ryan Reynolds to Tom Brady, North American entrepreneurs and celebrities have been buying varying stakes in British football for some time now.

But what tempted Watt to sink some of the fortune he made from a stellar gridiron career into Burnley?

“There’s plenty of people with advice on what you’re supposed to do and how you’re supposed to

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Everton: UK-based investor fourth to make bid for Premier League club
13 June 2024 Off

Everton: UK-based investor fourth to make bid for Premier League club

By Total Football News

A UK-based investment firm, backed by two ‘western billionaires’, has become the fourth party to make a bid to buy Everton.

Vici Private Finance began initial talks with Toffees owner Farhad Moshiri earlier this year and has now made an all-equity offer without taking on additional debt.

The firm has provided proof of cash, believed to be in the region of £1bn, which allows the capability of getting a deal

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