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Crystal Palace owners reportedly exploring potential of club sale

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Reuters

Published 1 week ago

The US billionaire owners of Crystal Palace are exploring ⁠a sale of the English Premier League club, the Financial Times reported on Monday, ‌citing people with direct knowledge of the matter.

[p]The club ‌had appointed bankers at Raine Group ‌to handle the process and was open to ‌a variety of options, including a full ‌sale, the report added.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/crystal-palace/AovF1Mia/"]Crystal Palace[/a] did not immediately respond to a request for comment.[/p][p][b]Palace are led ‌by four 'significant shareholders' - American investors Josh ⁠Harris, David Blitzer ‌and Woody Johnson, alongside lifelong fan Steve Parish, ​who has served as the club's executive chairman since 2010.[/b][/p][p]Johnson, a former US ​ambassador to the UK and co-owner of the New York Jets, completed his purchase of ⁠Eagle Football Holdings' ​stake in Crystal Palace in July 2025, with British media reporting that the deal was worth close to 190 million pounds ($120.70 million), ‌with Johnson purchasing a 43% stake.[/p][p][b]The report came on the day that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/crystal-palace-announce-appointment-of-pierre-sage-as-new-manager/l2YOUnfA/"]Palace appointed Frenchman Pierre Sage[/a] as manager to succeed Oliver Glasner after a historic, trophy-laden period for the South London club.[/b][/p][p]Glasner, who departed last month at the end of his contract, guided Palace to the first major silverware in ‌their history by defeating Manchester City to ​lift the 2025 FA Cup, before doubling ‌the club's trophy tally in May with a victory over Spain's Rayo Vallecano to capture the Conference League.[/p][p]The [i][b]FT[/b][/i] report has not been verified.[/p]

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