Exclusion for criminal offenses
Anyone who has been sanctioned for human rights abuses will no longer be allowed to be a director or owner of a Premier League club. The clubs in the English top flight approved a corresponding change in the rules on Thursday, as the league announced.
Accordingly, people for crimes such as violent crime, corruption, fraud, tax evasion and hate crime will no longer be allowed to head Premier League clubs. Also, people who are sanctioned by various organizations in the UK are automatically excluded from club leadership.
The Premier League has recently been heavily criticized by human rights organizations such as Amnesty International for allowing the Saudi Arabian investment fund PIF to take over responsibility for Newcastle United.
Boehly, Foley & Co.: The Premier League club owners
Chelsea FC – Todd Boehly (USA), Mark Walter (USA), Hansjörg Wyss (Switzerland)
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Year of entry: 2022 | Info: Here you can see the respective majority shareholders of the clubs, who do not necessarily have to own 100% of the shares.
Bournemouth AFC – Bill Foley (USA)
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Entry year: 2022
Newcastle United – Mohammed Bin Salman* (Saudi Arabia)
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Year of entry: 2021, as Chairman of the Public Investment Fund
Nottingham Forest – Vangelis Marinakis (Greece)
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Entry year: 2017
Fulham FC – Shahid Khan (USA/Pakistan)
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Entry year: 2013
Everton FC – Farhad Moshiri (Iran)
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Entry year: 2016
Aston Villa – Wes Edens (USA) & Nassef Sawiris (Egypt)
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Entry year: 2018
Arsenal – Stan Kroenke (USA)
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Year of entry: 2008
Liverpool FC – John Henry (USA)
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Entry year: 2010
West Ham United – David Sullivan (Wales), David Gold (England), Daniel Kretinsky (Czech Republic)
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Entry year: 2010, Kretinsky from 2021
Southampton FC – Dragan Solak (Serbia)
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Year of entry: In 2022, Dragan Solak bought 80% of the club shares from Jisheng Gao (left) for £100m. Katharina Liebherr (right) continues to hold 20% of the shares.
Brentford FC – Matthew Benham (England)
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Entry year: 2011
Brighton & Hove Albion – Tony Bloom (England)
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Entry year: 2011
Crystal Palace – Steve Parish (England)
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Entry year: 2011
Leeds United – Andrea Radrizzani (Italy)
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Entry year: 2017
Leicester City – Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha (Thailand)
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Entry year: 2019
Manchester City – Mansour Al Nahyan (UAE)
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Year of entry: 2008
Manchester United-Joel Glazer* (USA)
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*and family
Entry year: 2003
Tottenham Hotspur – Daniel Levy (England)
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Entry year: 2000
ENIC Sports and Development Holdings Limited owns 85.55% of Tottenham. Levy owns 29.4 percent of the company and Joe Lewis owns 70.6 percent. Levy is chairman of the club.
Wolverhampton Wanderers – Guo Guangchang (China)
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Entry year: 2016
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