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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jamie Jackson

Salford City taken over by new consortium led by Gary Neville and David Beckham

David Beckham poses with Salford mascot Babs in 2019
David Beckham poses with Salford mascot Babs in 2019. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA

Salford City have been taken over by a nine-member consortium headed by Gary Neville and David Beckham, who has said the ambition is to take the League Two club into the Premier League.

The former Manchester United players were already co-owners but their fellow Class of 92 members Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Nicky Butt and Phil Neville have sold the respective 10% share they bought, alongside Gary Neville, in March 2014. Peter Lim, who bought the remaining 50% that September, sold 10% to Beckham in January 2019 and his remaining 40% to Gary Neville last August.

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