Patriots owner Kraft has interest in owning Liverpool 26/10/2009 |
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Robert K. Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots, is a billionaire who does business in more than 80 countries. So it is only natural that his interest in sports ownership also crosses continents.
After the Patriots defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, 35-7, Kraft said that he was unable to attend an English Premier League soccer game while he was visiting. He did say that he watched the day’s biggest sporting event in England, Liverpool’s 2-0 victory over Manchester United, on television.
Kraft has expressed interest in purchasing Liverpool, which is owned by George Gillett Jr. and Tom Hicks, but has said that he would not do so unless the league had a salary cap.
“We don’t want to be a business where the wallet determines what kind of player you have,” he told British reporters Friday.
On Sunday, he said generally of ownership in the Premier League, “At some point in the future there’s a good possibility we could be involved.”
He added: “I’m a very big fan of the Premier League. I would probably want to see some kind of salary-cap potential to get into it, but we have all kinds of opportunities come to us in this area.”
(Source: nytimes.com)
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