Newcastle United takeover: As Saudi Crown Prince beats Manchester City, meet the 10 richest Premier League clubs, owners
There is a bigger shark in the sea and Manchester City's Sheikh Mansour is no longer the richest football club owner in English soil. Newcastle fans are hoping for a huge facelift as more 'oil money' spills into Premier League with the Saudi Crown making an investment. But money alone can't decide your virtue in the league it seems. If you find it difficult to digest, have a look at the top-10 wealthiest men to own a Premier League club and compare it with their riches on the ground.
There is a bigger shark in the sea and Manchester City's Sheikh Mansour is no longer the richest football club owner in English soil. Newcastle fans are hoping for a huge facelift as more 'oil money' spills into Premier League with the Saudi Crown making
Chinese Gao sealed the deal to own 'The Saints' in 2017 spending £210 million.
The Glazer family owns the Red Devils and the two sons of late Malcolm Glazer now run the club together.
It was in 2001 that Lewis' English National Investment Company bought Spurs.
The demise of his father Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha led to the 34-year-old Aiyawatt taking over as the King Power CEO, and Leicester Chairman in 2018.
Hailing from one of Egypt’s wealthiest families with mass investment in engineering and building companies, Nassef Sawiris, took over Villa from Tony Xia in 2018.
Chinese Guo Guangchang is the chairman and co-founder of Fosun International Limited, and a representative of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
The owner of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, 72-year-old American billionare Enos Stanley Kroenke joined the Arsenal board of directors in 2008 and completed a full takeover in 2011.
Israeli-Russian billionaire businessman Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich is the primary owner of the private investment company Millhouse LLC, and is best known outside Russia as the owner of Chelsea FC.
Sheikh Mansour, who bought the club in 2008, is one of football's wealthiest owners. His family fortune is worth at least $1 trillion.
After the new takeover, 80 percent of the deal would be funded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund with Staveley providing 10 percent and the other 10 percent coming from British billionaire brothers David and Simon Reuben.
