Bristol City owner Steve Lansdown insists “nothing is imminent” regarding any potential sale or extra investment into the Championship club, but has confessed he’s open to the idea of selling the entire Bristol Sport portfolio, including Bristol Bears.
Lansdown first publicly mooted the idea of exploring external investment opportunities for City in April 2021, following the financial impact of the pandemic and as he was approaching his 70th birthday, while he reinforced those claims in August last year during an interview with BBC Radio Bristol where he said he was looking for the “right deal,” adding: "I'm looking for people to come in and invest, but some people might want to come in and do the whole thing and then it would be another discussion.”
Previously he’s spoken only in the context of City, with Lansdown having personally invested around £240m into the club without being able to reach the Premier League. But, in an interview with The Bristol Magazine, the Guernsey-based billionaire has indicated all his sporting clubs, the Bears plus British Basketball League team the Flyers, could also be up for sale.
