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The owner of New York Jets Woody Johnson is come back through the pond For its new investment.
Johnson, a former American ambassador to the United Kingdom, agreed to buy a participation in the English football club Crystal Palace of the American businessman John Textor, the club announced on Monday.
ESPN said Johnson bought a 43% stake from Textor as part of an $ 254 million agreement.
“Although the completion is awaiting approval of the Premier League and the female Super League, we do not envisage any problem and we are delighted to welcome Woody as a partner and director of the club,” said Crystal Palace in a statement. “We would like to be recorded to thank John Textor for his contribution in the past four years and wish him any success for the future.”
Johnson was the American ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2021 at the first administration of President Donald Trump. He previously declared himself a supporter of his colleague English club Chelsea and made an unsuccessful offer to buy Chelsea in 2022.
The Crystal Palace ownership group also includes other NFL owners in Josh Harris, the main owner of the Washington commanders, and David Blitzer, owner of the commanders minority, as well as the English businessman Steve Parish.
Crystal Palace won the FA CUP 2024-25, an annual national competition which offers teams through the English football divisions against each other, and finished 12th in the Premier League table last season.
The club is now ready to play in the UEFA Europa League. He was potentially in danger of breaking the rules of multi -clulty property with the Eagle Football Holdings of Textor also having a majority participation in the French club Lyon, which has also qualified for the Europa League.
