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)
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.
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.
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