- Club becomes most valuable in women’s sports history
- Sale more than doubles previous NWSL record
The most expensive takeover in the history of women’s professional sports has been completed after the NWSL formally ratified the $250m purchase of a controlling stake in Angel City FC to Bob Iger and Willow Bay.
Iger, the chief executive of Walt Disney, and television journalist Bay are also injecting an additional $50m into the club, which was only founded in 2020 by a group including the Hollywood actor Natalie Portman and venture capitalists Kara Nortman and Alexis Ohanian.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/sep/05/nwsls-angel-city-sold-for-record-breaking-250m-to-disney-ceo-bob-iger
Author : Tom Garry
Publish date : 2024-09-05 14:54:04
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