Does Jerry Jones Want to Buy British Soccer Team?

Would Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, be open to making an investment in a different kind of football? Evening Standard seems to believe

thus. The long-running British tabloid reported that shortly after Jones’ employees arrived at London Stansted Airport, Jones’ private jet touched down.

reached the city on his enormous yacht. Stansted is the “nearest airport to (the town of) Tottenham,” according to The Standard.

is represented by Tottenham Hotspur F.C., a well-known association football team. How on earth could he be doing this?

“City Spy speculates that he might be trying to acquire Spurs,” The Standard said via the website that tracks the “most recent London news, business, sport, showbiz, and entertainment.”

“Jones’s spokesperson declined to comment on why he was in London, and Tottenham did not respond to a request for comment on whether its execs had met with him.”

Tottenham, frequently referred to as the “Spurs,” currently completes in the Premier League, the highest level of English

football. The club is sometimes listed alongside the Cowboys as one of the most valuable professional sports franchises in the

world. Per Forbes, the club is currently valued at $2.8 billion. The Spurs are no secret to American football affairs: their pitch at

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has been a mainstay for NFL International Series games since 2019, hosting two games in each of

the past three seasons. Tottenham recently inked a deal that ensures that games will return through the 2030 season.

In September, Spurs chairman Daniel Levy told Bloomberg that the club would be open to selling ownership stakes.

“We handle this club like it’s a publicly traded company,” Levy said to Jamie Nimmo and Jonathan Ferro.

“If anyone wants to make a serious proposition to the board of Tottenham, we would consider it.”

Jones, 81, would not be the first billionaire from the NFL to make an overseas investment; the l

ate Malcolm Glazer’s Tampa Bay family still owns Manchester United, and Stan Kroenke of the

Los Angeles Rams made an initial investment in Arsenal in 2007 before taking over completely in 2018.

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