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Group that Owns Burnley in England Also Taking over Spanish Club Espanyol

CATALONIA, SPAIN, JUL 14 – Velocity Sport Limited will hold majority shares in Espanyol while Rastar Group stays involved, creating a strategic alliance with Burnley under the same investment group.

  • Velocity Sport Limited, owners of Burnley FC, agreed on July 14, 2025, to acquire Spanish LaLiga club Espanyol.
  • This takeover follows a strategic alliance where Rastar Group, Espanyol's majority shareholder since 2015, will join the new investment vehicle.
  • Espanyol and Burnley will remain independent clubs under the same financial group, with the integration expected to strengthen Espanyol’s economic and sporting structure.
  • Espanyol finished 14th last season and was twice relegated under Rastar, whose shares will become part of the joint investment vehicle holding stakes in both clubs.
  • The deal expands VSL’s portfolio to include a team in Spain and England, pending officialization after administrative procedures are formalized.
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Burnley FC Owners Strike Deal With Chinese Toy Firm for Espanyol

The owners of Premier League team Burnley FC have struck a deal with the Chinese backers of RCD Espanyol de Barcelona SAD, with the two football clubs becoming part of a new multi-club structure.

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Burnley’s owners to take over LaLiga club Espanyol

China’s RASTAR Group took over Espanyol in 2015, overseeing two relegations and promotions as well as a seventh-placed finish in the 2018-19 season.

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J.J Watt, Burnley owners part of Espanyol takeover

The owners of Premier League club Burnley, led by the Alan Pace, have reached an agreement to take over Espanyol, the Catalan team announced on Monday.

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El PaisEl Pais
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American Alan Pace, Owner of the Burnley, Buys the Espanyol for 130 Million

The Anglo-Saxon group Velocity Sport executes the payment to become the majority partner of the club. Rasar Group remains provisionally in the shareholding

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Alan Pace agrees takeover of Spanish side Espanyol as Burnley joins multi-club model

Alan Pace – through investment arm Velocity Sport Limited – has agreed a takeover of Spanish side Espanyol, with Burnley becoming the latest side to join the multi-club model.

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St Catharines Standard broke the news in Welland, Canada on Monday, July 14, 2025.
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