English football club ready for sale to ‘criminal’: report
An investigation by the Al Jazeera broadcaster to be released Monday found that middlemen were prepared to enable a fictitious criminal investor to buy a storied English football club. The investigation found that, with the help of a fixer, Derby County FC was prepared to go through with a £99 million ($137 million) sale to a fictitious Chinese buyer, despite a ban on serious criminals purchasing a club. Under the English Football League’s owners and directors’ test, anyone with an unspent conviction... Читать дальше...