Burnley owner ALK Capital secures £150m injection following Espanyol takeover Sport Business Burnley’s owner, Alan Pace’s ALK Capital, has attracted a further £150m injection from an early backer of its Premier League project, Dave Checketts. Checketts, who enjoyed success with Pace as president of his Major League Soccer side Real Salt Lake, has invested in ALK Capital following its takeover of Spanish club Espanyol. It is among [...]
Burnley director creates $1.2bn sport investment fund Sport Business Burnley FC director Dave Checketts is fronting up a new $1.2bn (£900m) private equity fund with a wealthy Utah family. Checketts, part-owner of the Clarets, is teaming up with the Eccles family – whose prominent member Spencer is on the Salt Lake organising committee for the 2034 Winter Olympics – to form the Cynosure | [...]