Football Finance

Swansea City are suing Russell Martin for “breach of contract” following his defection to Championship rivals Southampton.

In a rare interview Dragan Šolak talks to Shaun Walker about top-10 hopes for Saints, fears over Serbia’s media and missing out on Premier League rights

By David Owen
March 29 – Premier League Southampton have posted a hefty profit for the year to end-June 2017, its last under the control of Katharina Liebherr. In August, Liebherr’s vehicle, St Mary’s Football Group, sold out to Lander Sports (UK), bringing the club under the control of Jisheng Gao, a Chinese property magnate.
The club, which has developed a reputation over recent seasons for successful – and profitable – player development but which now finds itself in the thick of a relegation scrap, Read more …

By Paul Nicholson
August 14 – Southampton owner Katarina Liebherr has finally concluded the sale of control of the club to Chinese investors. In a letter to fans Liebherr said that she has entered into partnership with the Gao family.
“Today is the start of a new and exciting chapter for our club. Mr Jisheng Gao(pictured) and his daughter, Mrs Nelly Gao, with whom I have built a close relationship, Read more …

Lander Sports Development is fighting his case and will learn if he can continue with move

Lander Sports Development are interested in taking the club off Swiss owner Katharina Liebherr's hands but the sale is not likely to be completed soon, according to The Times

SAINTS have announced that their Women’s programme will turn full-time after they achieved promotion to the second tier of English football.

SOUTHAMPTON FC is “marching on” to new beginnings after being taken over by a company backed by a Serbian billionaire and television tycoon.

Katharina Liebherr will not sell her stake in Southampton despite majority shareholder Gao Jisheng being in talks with Joseph DaGrosa over a takeover.

The cost of on-pitch failure has been laid bare in the latest set of Saints accounts.

The owner of a Chinese firm behind a bid to take over English club Southampton said on Friday the deal was being held up and that he wasn't sure if the current owner still wanted to sell.

Southampton owner Katharina Liebherr has been looking for new investors for over a year in a bid to take the club on

EXCLUSIVE: Sportsmail can reveal that CITIC Securities — China’s largest investment bank — have drafted the terms of a takeover bid and are set to make a formal approach at the end of this month.

English Premier League football club Southampton is reportedly in exclusive takeover talks with Chinese company Lander Sports Development, while Hong Kong-listed GreaterChina Professional Services today (Wednesday) said it has entered into a non-exclusive memorandum of understanding (MoU) to acquire Hull City.