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Football club investor Eagle files for US IPO, Bloomberg News reports
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Posted on June 14, 2025
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on June 14, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Eagle Football Holdings, led by John Textor, files for a US IPO to expand its global football club investments, including stakes in Olympique Lyonnais.
(Reuters) -Eagle Football Holdings, one of the most active investors in global football clubs, has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.
Reuters could not immediately confirm the report.
The France-based company submitted a draft registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the report added, citing a company statement.
The firm has been working with UBS Group AG on the potential IPO, the report said.
Eagle Football, run by U.S. businessman John Textor, holds stakes in multiple football clubs including Olympique Lyonnais, Crystal Palace and Brazil's Botafogo.
The SEC and Eagle Football did not immediately respond to request for comment outside regular business hours.
(Reporting by Ananya Palyekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler)
Eagle Football Holdings has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering.
Eagle Football is run by U.S. businessman John Textor.
Eagle Football has been working with UBS Group AG on the potential IPO.
Eagle Football holds stakes in multiple clubs, including Olympique Lyonnais, Crystal Palace, and Botafogo.
The SEC and Eagle Football did not immediately respond to requests for comment outside regular business hours.
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