Tag: takeover

Exeter Chiefs and AFC Bournemouth sharing expertise after Black Knight takeover
18 September 2026 Off

Exeter Chiefs and AFC Bournemouth sharing expertise after Black Knight takeover

By Total Football News

Meanwhile, Baxter said the club’s new owners have brought some financial stability to Sandy Park.

The deal, worth about £25m, meant Black Knight took over what had been a members-owned club in Exeter and settled a number of their outstanding debts.

In the three months since the takeover, Baxter said the club has already invested in new training and medical equipment.

“The most important thing that’s changed is that we’re

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Derby County takeover: Deal off as Turki Alalshikh shelves plans
10 August 2026 Off

Derby County takeover: Deal off as Turki Alalshikh shelves plans

By Total Football News

A deal for Alalshikh, the co-founder of boxing promotion company Zuffa, to take a controlling stake in the Championship club had been on the table with the football regulator since May.

An IFR spokesperson said: “The IFR has a statutory duty to thoroughly test all prospective owners of a club in the top five divisions of men’s football.

“The assessment was completed in 55 days out of the 90

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Storch consortium completes Sheffield Wednesday takeover
3 May 2026 Off

Storch consortium completes Sheffield Wednesday takeover

By Total Football News

Storch’s son, Michael, and Tom Costin complete the three-man consortium.

Costin brings football experience to Wednesday through Blue Crow Sports Group – a multi-club football ownership and investment platform with controlling interests in Leganes from Spain, Le Havre in France and Mexican club Cancun FC.

Arise had set a deadline of 1 May, aware that there could further delays if the takeover was not completed before the Independent Football Regulator

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Birmingham City’s US owners complete takeover of women’s team
17 February 2026 Off

Birmingham City’s US owners complete takeover of women’s team

By Total Football News

Birmingham City’s owners have completed the purchase of the women’s team, with England and Blues legend Karen Carney part of several independent investors involved in the deal.

Shelby Companies Limited (SCL) are a subsidiary of Knighthead Capital Management – an investment firm co-founded by Blues chairman Tom Wagner.

They bought a controlling share of the Championship club in July 2023 before increasing that to a full takeover last November.

They

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Sheffield Wednesday fans deserve transparency over takeover writes Rob Staton
29 December 2025 Off

Sheffield Wednesday fans deserve transparency over takeover writes Rob Staton

By Total Football News

There are still a lot of questions to be answered at Sheffield Wednesday, after administrators chose a consortium which we understand is being led by James Bord as the club’s preferred bidder.

What isn’t known are the other people who are part of the consortium and where the bulk of the financial backing, or influence, will come from. Bord is the name fronting the group but it’s a mystery as

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Sheffield Wednesday: Captain Barry Bannan says club need ‘boost’ of takeover
19 December 2025 Off

Sheffield Wednesday: Captain Barry Bannan says club need ‘boost’ of takeover

By Total Football News

Wednesday have been deducted a total of 18 points this season; 12 for entering administration and a further six for financial regulation breaches.

On Friday, the EFL formally confirmed that there would be no further sporting sanctions applied this season.

The Owls have won only one Championship fixture, losing 13 of their 20 games. They are rock bottom and 29 points from safety, with relegation to League One looking

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Bristol City CEO confirms club held takeover talks with Turki Alalshikh
17 October 2025 Off

Bristol City CEO confirms club held takeover talks with Turki Alalshikh

By Total Football News

Alalshikh, 44, is a Saudi Arabian government official who is among the most influential people in boxing and has previously owned football clubs in Spain and Egypt.

City fall under the Bristol Sport umbrella which also comprises the Bristol Bears men’s and women’s rugby union teams and Bristol Flyers basketball.

It also included the women’s football team until it was sold in September to American investment group Mercury13.

“It’s no

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Tottenham: American tech entrepreneur Brooklyn Earick rules out formal takeover bid
6 October 2025 Off

Tottenham: American tech entrepreneur Brooklyn Earick rules out formal takeover bid

By Total Football News

American tech entrepreneur Brooklyn Earick has ruled out making a formal takeover bid for Tottenham.

Tottenham “unequivocally rejected” an informal expression of interest from a consortium led by Earick last month and insisted the club was not for sale.

But UK takeover and merger rules dictated that, having had an expression of interest rejected, Earick’s consortium needed to make an offer by 24 October or announce they would not do

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Newcastle: What’s changed since takeover of Premier League club in 2021?
5 October 2025 Off

Newcastle: What’s changed since takeover of Premier League club in 2021?

By Total Football News

Matt Ritchie sensed it.

He knew what could happen if Howe “got hold of them” and “had some firepower”, after previously working with the manager at Bournemouth.

“When I first arrived, I would talk about Eddie Howe and Bournemouth,” said the 36-year-old winger, who played for Newcastle between 2016 and 2024 and now at Reading.

“The lads would say, ‘come on, drop it, he can’t have been that good’. But

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Bristol City ‘not close’ to takeover says owner Steve Lansdown
24 February 2025 Off

Bristol City ‘not close’ to takeover says owner Steve Lansdown

By Total Football News

Bristol City owner Steve Lansdown has revealed the club are “not close” to a potential takeover or new investment.

Lansdown’s comments come two and a half years on from when he first discussed the idea of selling Bristol City for the “right deal” which could end his 28-year affiliation with his hometown club.

In his first interview with BBC Radio Bristol since April 2023, Lansdown detailed why a purchase for

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