Brentford owner Benham weighs up minority investment in Bees
Brentford have received multiple offers of minority investment from American groups who value the club at around £400m.
Owner Matthew Benham has been seeking additional investment for over a year. Rothschild was appointed to oversee the sales process but City AM understands that the merchant bank is no longer working on the Brentford deal.
The interested parties are all believed to have proposed buying differing stakes, leaving Benham with a range of options over which partnership to pursue.
Benham wants to retain control at Brentford having transformed their fortunes since buying the club 13 years ago.
The 56-year-old data and betting guru has overseen Brentford’s move to the GTech Community Stadium and established them as a Premier League club under manager Thomas Frank.
Brentford are currently 11th in the table with European qualification a possibility, and they will begin their fifth successive season in the Premier League in August.
Burnham to lobby for Ratcliffe?
Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has already begun the process of lobbying government contacts for public money to secure land required to facilitate the building of Manchester United’s proposed new £2bn stadium.
Burnham is a member of the Old Trafford Stadium Task Force created by United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, along with Lord Coe and Gary Neville, and is seen as the key to securing government backing for the project.
