Maxi López retired from football in 2021, but decided not to walk away from the sport. Today it was confirmed that he will be the new owner of Birmingham, a historic English football team, and will be accompanied by Paul Richardson and businessman Christian Codoma.
“It’s our money, I’ve been working on this for almost a year, I think it’s a great project. believeWe believe that we can do a great job in the city, for our fans and for the team”declared upon confirming his arrival at the English second division club.
“The objective this year is to lay the foundations to start growing and take the club back to the place it deserves.“He added about what is coming. It should be noted that the team is experiencing difficult times and in the last season it was on the verge of relegation to the third division.
Although there is no official information on how much they paid to stay with the club, the institution belonged to Birmingham Sport Holdings (BSHL) and they were willing to sell a part of its shares for 30 million pounds. The truth is that Maxi López is the first Argentine to buy an English club and now he will seek to make his mark in this new role.
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