Dragan Solak, the tycoon behind cable-TV operator United Group, has struck a deal to buy the EPL club Southampton from a Chinese businessman Gao Jisheng, who took control in 2017.As per Sky Sports, Southampton have been seeking a new owner for months, and Solak will purchase the club in a KSh15,3 billion deal. 🚨 BREAKING 🚨Serbian-born businessman Dragan Solak agrees deal to buy controlling interest in Southampton for £100M pic.twitter.com/4l1tYgccte— Football Daily (@footballdaily) January 4, 2022 He is behind a new holding company that will examine offers for clubs in other international leagues, replicating a strategy employed by the owners of Manchester City.Rasmus Ankersen, the former Brentford co-director of football, and Henrik Kraft, a London-based investor, are also involved in the Southampton takeover.Whichever superstition you believe in, being at the Premier League top at Christmas does not guarantee ending the season thereIt is the first deal to have been approved by the Premier League since a government-commissioned report by the former sports minister, Tracey Crouch, called for more rigorous scrutiny of club takeovers.22.00: (4.50) CREWE (3.50) ROTHERHAM (1.75)
