I've got a lot of Vasco da Gama fans tweeting to say how happy they are about the possibility of being taken over by 777, the Miami-based financial services group.
david hellier
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david hellier
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Financial journalist, who has landed at the mighty Bloomberg. Said I would never tweet about football but now I also write about it. Views my own.
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Joined July 2009
- 777 Partners agrees terms on Brazilian football acquisition first reported by Bloomberg last month. 777 is finalizing its acquisition of Vasco da Gama, in what will be one of the highest-profile takeovers of a Brazilian football team bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets
- Apollo Global Management won't take a stake in Manchester United FC, distancing it from a report it was in exclusive talks with the Glazer family about buying into one of the biggest brands in world sports bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business
- Exclusive: Ares Management — an investor in Inter Miami and Atletico de Madrid — is in talks with Chelsea FC, which is seeking to raise funds after a tough year bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business
- Exclusive: Chelsea Football Club is considering the sale of a stake in its highly successful women’s team after receiving interest from investors, according to a source bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business
- 777 appointed Don Dransfield, former chief strategy officer of City Football Group, to spearhead the development of the investment firm’s fast-growing network of football teams around the globe. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @technology
- US businessman Todd Boehly is dialing back his involvement at Chelsea FC as he refocuses on other ventures after a difficult first season in charge of the football club bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business
- Not the share price reaction I expected as Ratcliffe bid nears. Manchester United shares fall as much as 22% in premarket trading following the news that the Qatari group was stepping back from a potential takeover bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business
- How about this for the power of the BBC and Newcastle United, target of a Saudi bid. The cup match v Oxford United was watched by 3.5 million. Only one Premier League match on Sky (Man City v Utd) has ever had a larger audience than this, 4.04m, in 2012, according to The Mag.
- I would expect a statement on Vasco da Gama's proposed sale to 777 fairly soon. Will be reported on Bloomberg.com website.
- Paul Canoville was Chelsea’s first Black player in the 1980s when English crowds would regularly taunt players of color. Now, he’s a man potential buyers of the club want to meet bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bbgequality
- British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe's £4.25 billion bid for Chelsea Football Club has been rejected bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business
- One of the most bizarre takeovers I have ever reported on.Rio Ferdinand: "Manchester United takeover is imminent, We're hearing the Sheikh Jassim bid is the one which will be accepted and go through.”
00:00 - US billionaire Dan Friedkin is closing in on a takeover of Everton FC, the Premier League team that has been struggling to find a buyer, sources say bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @luxury
