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Lancashire tycoon Paul Davidson turned his back on the English clubs to buy into the Spanish first division with £40m PAUL DAVIDSON, multi-millionaire manufacturer, was looking for a club to buy. He cast his eye up and down the Premier League. “Yeah, I did think about a club in England,” he says, “for all of 30 seconds.” In the space of little more than a weekend, the Englishman committed himself to become the new owner of Real Mallorca, of the Spanish first division. Provided Davidson is happy after the due diligence process, this 55-year-old Lancastrian will next season stir in La Liga the sort of debate that surrounded the takeover of the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool and Aston Villa by foreign owners. He will become Spain’s most prominent. “I’d say 99% of fans here are really pleased,” says Paco Soto,... [read full story]
