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IMAGO | Co-owner of Norwich City, Mark Attanasi, became a joint majority shareholder in April

Norfolk's american dream: Norwich City's co-owner, Mark Attanasio, eyes long-term success and potential Benfica investment

Mark Attanasio, co-owner of Norwich City, became a joint majority shareholder alongside TV chef Delia Smith and her husband Michael Wynn Jones in April.
Attanasio, who transformed the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team, aims to replicate his success in English football by focusing on infrastructure and long-term planning.
Why it matters: With plans to redevelop Carrow Road and potential investments in Benfica, Attanasio's vision for Norwich extends beyond the immediate challenges of promotion and relegation.
The perspective: A possible stake in Benfica, subject of reported interest by Attanasio, remains on paper one of European football’s great bargains, but political and structural issues are likely to limit ownership of it to that of a silent partnership.

The staged takeover is a recent development in English football, taking in 49ers Enterprises gradual takeover of Leeds United last year, and – very possibly – Daniel Kretinsky and West Ham in the near future.

But almost unnoticed, in April, the American investor Mark Attanasio, formally became joint majority shareholder of Norwich City, increasing his shareholding from 15.9 per cent to 40.4 percent of th

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