He Antequera CFwhich plays in the First Federation, the third tier at the national level, began an exciting new phase with the arrival of Mike Garlick, a British businessman who bought the club to try to bring it to the top of professional football, as he did in Burnley in the Premier League.
He Antequera Football Club It has a new owner since last Monday, when the billionaire became official Mike Garlick He presented his sports project in the Museum of the city of Malaga, together with the current president, Ángel González, who celebrated his arrival because he thought it was the best for the immediate future of the team.
For this sales movement, for which exact numbers have not yet been released, the entity needs to be Sports Joint Stock Company (SAD) so that Garlick gets one hundred percent of the shares, making him the sole owner.
Mike Garlick is known in the football world for being the owner of Burnley FC, a team that rose to the Premier League and even during his time as president he managed to achieve a historic qualification for UEFA Europa League.
The English businessman explained his plan and the reasons that led him to choose this municipality with more than 41,000 inhabitants within the province of Malaga: “I’m looking for a club near where I live, Marbella. I have seen a few clubs in the south of Spain,” he admitted, one of them being Real Balompédica Linense.
“I felt I could do something like Burnley because it’s a community that lives football from the heart,” he added. Garlicwho emphasized that this will not be his personal project, “but that of Antequera“, because he wants to “continue the current project” based on two areas: prudence and sustainability.
“I came to evolve the club little by little, not to make a revolution,” he summarized. Your intention is “Take the club to the top” and he does not leave aside other initiatives related to the stadium and infrastructure, the creation of a quarry or a women’s section, because he wants “to have players from Antequera playing for Antequera and for that to also be a team of women”, so he goes to her. to try.”
His greatest achievement as president and owner was the successful period at English Burnley FC, where it owns 49.24% of the shares. He arrived there in 2015, achieved two promotions, joined it in the Premier League and even experienced qualification for the UEFA Europa League in 2018, until in 2021 he sold his majority stake.
Mike Garlick He also owns another club, St Joseph’s of Gibraltar, which is currently fighting for the lead against the competition’s usual dominators, Lincoln Red, where it is tied on points at the top of Gibraltar’s first division table. .
There is excitement among Antequera fans, enjoying the good moment their team, a recently promoted First Federation occupying seventh place in Group II and five points away from the playoff zone, showing remarkable and remarkable football.
Source: La Verdad
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