Textor makes billion-pound bid to buy Wolverhampton, says report | OneFootball

Amid legal disputes and uncertainty about his future at Botafogo, businessman John Textor continues to expand his plans in European football. According to information published by the newspaper The Athletic, the owner of the alvinegra SAF has made an offer to buy Wolverhampton, from England.

The offer involves around US$ 200 million (R$ 1.07 billion) in cash and another US$ 350 million (R$ 1.88 billion) in shares. The Fosun Group, a Chinese conglomerate that has controlled the club since 2016, has already received the proposal.

The Wolves, currently at the bottom of the English Championship, with only two points in nine games, are going through a delicate moment. The club features players known in Brazilian football, including former Flamengo player João Gomes and former Fluminense players André and Jhon Arias.

If the deal progresses, Wolverhampton would replace Crystal Palace, the English club in which Textor sold 44.9% of the shares in July, for about R$ 1.4 billion, within the portfolio of the Eagle Football Group, which also has stakes in Botafogo, Lyon (France), and RWDM Brussels (Belgium).

The proposal comes as Textor faces a series of impasses. The businessman is in an internal dispute with other investors of Eagle Football and is responding to actions in British and American courts, in addition to having relinquished control of Lyon after the French club faced serious financial problems.

According to the portal, even under pressure, the American maintains the goal of expanding his network of clubs and is still evaluating other opportunities in the English market.

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