John Textor has teamed up with the football financier Keith Harris in an attempt to buy Sheffield Wednesday. Harris, a former investment banker, has brokered takeovers at West Ham, Manchester City and Aston Villa and put together a consortium to buy Everton last year, although that bid was unsuccessful.
Textor was granted exclusivity in his attempt to buy Everton through his investment vehicle, Eagle Football, but also failed to complete. The American was not working with Harris, but they got to know each other through the Englishman’s work for Sportsbank, which this year offered Textor £230m to buy 45% of Eagle. The multiclub operation owns Lyon, Botafogo, the Belgian club RWD Molenbeek and was the biggest shareholder at Crystal Palace until selling to Woody Johnson last month.
