Two U.S. Buyers Purchase English League Club
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The $340 million acquisition of the Liverpool club of the English Premier League is the latest foray by Americans into English soccer.
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Newcastle United were reported to be on their way to becoming the latest English Premiership club to be taken over by foreign investors.
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Kansas City Wizards owner Lamar Hunt plans to sell the team and is looking for a local buyer who will build a soccer-specific stadium for the club.
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US tycoon Malcolm Glazer makes a fresh approach to buy Manchester United, which could lead to a bid valuing the Premiership club at Â£800m.
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As part of the trade that sent Christian Gomez to Colorado, D.C. United acquired the option to sign a second marquee international player.
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Russian billionaire Boris Zingarevich plans to buy 40 percent of English Premier League soccer club Everton for 20 million pounds ($36 million), the Sunday Times reported, citing an `agent&#39; involved in the talks.
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The timing of Clint Dempsey's move to Fulham FC was optimal for the Revolution. Dempsey's transfer was worth $4 million, a Major League Soccer record, and it happened to be the first significant move of a player since the league's board of governors voted to increase teams' shares in transfer fees.
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In the wake of American sports investorsâ incursion into English soccer, the powerful N.F.L. arrived in London talking about globalizing and branding and showcasing the sport.
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American duo George Gillett and Tom Hicks reach an agreement to buy Liverpool in a deal thought to be worth Â£470m.
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Will the passel of American businessmen who have bought clubs in England inevitably become emotionally involved in their teams and the game of soccer? Businessman Dan Jones thinks so.
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Thomas O. Hicks, who owns the Texas Rangers baseball team and Dallas Stars of the N.H.L., and Montreal Canadiens owner George N. Gillett Jr. completed a deal to buy the storied English soccer club.
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Manchester United Plc, the world&#39;s biggest sports franchise, said it has been approached by US billionaire Malcolm Glazer about a new proposal to buy the soccer club.
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The English Premier League team says it had received a &quot;preliminary approach&quot; containing a number of significant conditions for a financial takeover.
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International Management Group, a leading sports and celebrity management and marketing firm that has represented athletes such as Tiger Woods, Joe Montana and Derek Jeter, is being sold to funds assembled by a New York buyout specialist firm for an
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American duo George Gillett and Tom Hicks reach an agreement to buy Liverpool.
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Major League Soccer is teaming up with Germany's Bundesliga to promote the sport in the United States and exchange knowledge on stadium construction and player development.
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The British soccer club Manchester United said on Monday that it had received a preliminary takeover offer, which one person close to the talks said was from the owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Malcolm Glazer.