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Friday briefing: Three bidders table offers for John Textor’s stake in Crystal Palace

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13 June 2025 - 4:30 AM

Crystal Palace have received three separate bids for the 43 per cent stake in the club owned by John Textor’s Eagle Football Holdings, according to UK media.

Among the bidders is a consortium led by Bejan Esmaili, a former executive at Morgan Stanley, and ex-Roc Nation lawyer Wajid Mir. This group had entered a period of exclusivity with Textor in January, however that ended without a final agreement. Jason Kidd, the head coach of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, had been a part of said con

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