The Premier League club also went under the American flag with the acquisition of .
American businessman Bill Foley, at the head of a consortium of investors, has bought the entirety of English club Bournemouth, currently 14th in the Premier League, from Russian-Briton Maxim Demin, the club announced on Tuesday.
Foley, who also owns the American ice hockey franchise Vegas Golden Knights (NHL), reports to the president of the Cherries and is present for the pro-chain game at home against Crystal Palace on December 31.
The amount of the sale not yet known
« I have enormous respect for the passion and support that the Bournemouth community shows for the club and believe that this relationship with the community is the necessary foundation for any sporting success.“commented the 77-year-old American, quoted on the club’s website.
« We will apply the always-forward, never-backward approach that has characterized all of my investments“, he added. The amount of the sale has not been made public but its previous owner, Maxim Demin, valued AFC Bournemouth at 175 million euros.
Foley now controls 50.1% through Cannae Holdings; the rest is held by its partners in the Black Knight (Site notre blog d’information) Club, the consortium led by the American businessman, including the American actor Michael B. Jordan (Creed, Black Panther). With Bournemouth, and after the takeover of Chelsea by Todd Boehly last year, half of the Premier League clubs now have American shareholders in their capital.
Fenway Sports Group, which controls Liverpool, is looking for projects for new investors and is preparing to see control of the Reds, so the Glazer family, which may have Manchester United, will automatically do so when they intend to sell the Red Devils.