Tag: owner

Tom Wagner: Birmingham City owner recovering from stroke
12 February 2026 Off

Tom Wagner: Birmingham City owner recovering from stroke

By Total Football News

Birmingham City chairman Tom Wagner has suffered a stroke, the Championship club have revealed.

The 56-year-old American, who took control of the Blues in 2023, is recovering and will step back from his daily responsibilities “for a period of time”.

A club statement said: “Thanks to rapid medical intervention, he received immediate treatment and is now receiving excellent care. We are pleased to share that he is making

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Steve Lansdown: Bristol City owner says they cannot ‘do everything’ immediately
31 January 2026 Off

Steve Lansdown: Bristol City owner says they cannot ‘do everything’ immediately

By Total Football News

The Robins have brought in players such as on-loan goalkeeper Radek Vitek who has thrived at the club so far this season, as well as Emil Riis and Adam Randell last summer, while Middlesbrough forward Delano Burgzorg is among four players signed so far this month.

But among the exits is Harry Cornick, who has struggled with injuries and made just one appearance this season and has gone on loan

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Leicester City: Owner Khun Top takes blame for Foxes’ decline
27 January 2026 Off

Leicester City: Owner Khun Top takes blame for Foxes’ decline

By Total Football News

The club’s finances have been top of the repair list.

Khun Top insists wages, which were outstripping the club’s turnover in recent years, have been “reduced a lot” and that he expects the club to comply with spending rules in future.

As for charges the club faces for alleged PSR breaches relating to the 2023-24 season when Leicester were promoted as Championship title winners, Khun Top was hesitant to go

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Portsmouth: Owner Michael Eisner says EFL pyramid ‘financial disaster’
26 November 2025 Off

Portsmouth: Owner Michael Eisner says EFL pyramid ‘financial disaster’

By Total Football News

Eisner said Pompey, who are 19th this season after 16 games, would be active in the January transfer window but vowed to continue “the path” of buying young players with a view to enhancing the team before being sold on to help offset losses.

On the topic of backing head coach John Mousinho with big-money buys, Eisner referenced the cautionary tale of the expensive signing of Major League Baseball (MLB)

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Leicester City: Owner Khun Top addresses Foxes fans and signals changes at club
14 November 2025 Off

Leicester City: Owner Khun Top addresses Foxes fans and signals changes at club

By Total Football News

The shake up comes just weeks after Khun Top stepped in to become interim chief executive following the departure of Susan Whelan, who had been with the club for 15 years.

Rudkin has been with the Foxes for more than a decade and helped bring about unprecedented success to a club that won a previously unfathomable Premier League title in 2016.

As well as the English crown, Leicester have won

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Doug King: Coventry City owner defends decision to set ticket prices for some games at £45
4 November 2025 Off

Doug King: Coventry City owner defends decision to set ticket prices for some games at £45

By Total Football News

Coventry City owner Doug King says the decision to set ticket prices for the Championship game against West Bromwich Albion later this month and the Boxing Day match with Swansea City at £45 is down to the club “optimising where we can optimise”.

Adults will be charged £45, seniors £40 and under-18s £35 to watch the games against the Baggies on 22 November and the Swans on 26 December, both

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Norwich owner Mark Attanasio gives backing to Manning
30 October 2025 Off

Norwich owner Mark Attanasio gives backing to Manning

By Total Football News

Attanasio announced that proposed changes at Carrow Road, which would have involved moving 3,000 season ticket-holders who sit in the lower tier of the River End and part of the South Stand, had been paused.

The plans to improve and expand the stadium would also have involved the creation of a fan zone behind the Barclay Stand, but have been met with vocal opposition by supporters.

He said the management

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Coventry City owner Doug King on being ‘hands on’ at club
15 October 2025 Off

Coventry City owner Doug King on being ‘hands on’ at club

By Total Football News

Coventry City chairman Doug King has said he thinks he is likely “too hands on” when it comes to his involvement with the Championship club.

King secured full ownership of the Sky Blues after buying out previous owners Sisu in January 2023.

“I’m very hands on, it’s a big deal,” King told BBC Radio 4.

“It’s really important for the community, it’s obviously a huge financial undertaking as well. It

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Milan Mandaric: Former Portsmouth, Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday owner dies aged 87
6 October 2025 Off

Milan Mandaric: Former Portsmouth, Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday owner dies aged 87

By Total Football News

Mandaric took control of his father’s engineering business in the Serbian city of Novi Sad at the age of 21.

Five years later it was one of the largest firms in Yugoslavia and on a collision course with Marshal Tito, country’s communist dictator.

Tito denounced Mandaric as a “capitalist traitor” when the entrepreneur took his family to Switzerland.

Mandaric spent a year there, desperately trying to get his cash out

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Ange Postecoglou: Nottingham Forest boss ‘expects’ talks with owner
5 October 2025 Off

Ange Postecoglou: Nottingham Forest boss ‘expects’ talks with owner

By Total Football News

Something had to change.

Forest had looked so vulnerable defensively that Postecoglou’s side even conceded on a counter-attack from their own corner kick in a 3-2 defeat by Midtjylland at the City Ground on Thursday.

It was a night where a section of fans turned on their manager.

A shift to a more pragmatic approach brought back memories of what proved to be Postecoglou’s finest hour – Tottenham’s Europa League

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