MU’s change of owner is about to be completed and the new owner of the Old Trafford team, Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani will join the list of the richest owners in world football as well as in the Premier League. Older brother.
Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani, son of a former Prime Minister of Qatar, trained at Britain’s elite Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst. He is a member of the Royal family with an estimated net worth of around £270 billion.
According to British media reports, Sheikh Jassim recently made an offer for MU’s final bid of £5 billion, the highest in world football history to completely own the Old Trafford team. Importantly, in addition to giving that money to the Glazers, Sheikh Jassim says there is another major source of funding to strengthen the MU squad, improve infrastructure including the stadium and invest in the community. local community.
Sheikh Jassim’s takeover of MU will help the Red Devils become one of the teams with the richest owners in the world in general as well as in the Premier League arena in particular. Let’s take a look at the teams with the richest owners in English football at the moment.
Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (Newcastle) – £320 billion
In early October 2021, the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF) headed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Newcastle club for £ 300 million. Transferred to a new owner, Chic Che is like a step into a swan, surpassing even Man City or PSG to become the richest team in the world.
As revealed, up to now, PIF’s assets have exceeded 320 billion pounds. Meanwhile, it is estimated that Mohammed bin Salman’s personal fortune is also up to 13 billion pounds. In addition, the crown prince also owns a superyacht costing more than £400 million and many other expensive properties such as an ancient castle in France with a total value of up to £240 million.
Sheikh Mansour (Man City) – 23.3 billion pounds
The successful period of Man City is associated with the owner Sheikh Mansour – the head of the Abu Dhabi United Group. Having been with the Etihad Stadium team since 2008, Mansour has spent huge amounts of money on the transfer market to strengthen his strength and build up a world-leading empire as it is now.
In addition to Man City, Sheikh Mansour is also the owner of a chain of City Football Group clubs such as New York City (USA), Melbourne City (Australia), Mumbai City (India), Lommel SK (Belgium), or Montevideo City Torque (Uruguay).
Todd Bohley, Mark Walter and Hansjorg Wyss (Chelsea) – 10.86 billion pounds
The alliance of Todd Bohley, Mark Walter and Hansjorg Wyss completed the takeover of Chelsea FC at the end of May 2022. To acquire The Blues, a consortium of US and Swiss investors (led by Todd Boehly) spent £4.25 billion. Of that, £2.5 billion was used to buy Chelsea shares. All the money will be deposited into a bank account managed by the UK Government and will be used for charitable purposes. This information has been confirmed by billionaire Abramovich himself.
Todd Boehly is 49 years old, is a German-American businessman. Boehly owns an estimated fortune of £4.72 billion. Boehly is the Chairman and CEO of the private investment firm Eldridge Industries. In addition, he also served on the board of directors of a number of companies in different fields such as entertainment industry, real estate, catering business, employment services…
Stan Kroenke (Arsenal) – £6.8 billion
From being a shareholder in 2007, Stan Kroenke has become the majority owner of Arsenal from 2011 to present. Kroenke owns the Gunners through his company Kroenke Sports & Entertainment and has seen the end of the Arsene Wenger era.
After years of being lost, Kroenke’s Arsenal is on the verge of revival with coach Mikel Arteta, while challenging for the Premier League title with Man City.
Guo Guangchang (Wolves) – 5,2 t bảng
Perhaps it is surprising that Wolves make it to the list of wealthy owners in the world of football. Guo Guangchang took over at Wolves in 2016 and helped turn the club into a mid-tier Premier League side and ended a 39-year absence from European competition as they reached the quarter-finals of the Europa League 2020.
Nassef Sawiris (Aston Villa) – £5 billion
Mr. Nassef Sawiris, Egypt’s second-richest billionaire and Fortress co-founder Wes Edens spent around £30 million to buy a majority stake in Aston Villa in 2018. According to Bloomberg, Mr. Sawiris and Wes Edens will take over. about 55% of the shares when spending a large amount of money to buy back Aston Villa from a Chinese.
Sawiris is worth an estimated £5 billion, according to Bloomberg. He has several high-profile investments in German shoe manufacturer Adidas AG, LafargeHolcim company and OCI NV company.