He RCD Espanyol It is at the gates of a change of historical direction. As Marca, Velocity Sport Partners (vsp), has been able to know, The investment fund led by the entrepreneur Alan Paceis finalizing the acquisition of a majority participation in the Perico Club for an amount that could reach 200 million euros. The operation, one of the most ambitious of Spanish football in recent years, will mean an almost total change in the blue and blue and white shareholder.
After more than three months of intense work, Pace and his team have successfully completed the process of Due Diligence – a exhaustive review of accounts, contracts and internal structures— and are preparing to take control of just over 99% of the club. The initial investment is at 180 million euros, although the agreement includes a series of incentives linked to sports and sports objectives that could raise the final figure to the 200 million.
VSP will be in Barcelona next week to sign the final contracts and start a new stage in the Catalan club. One of the first steps will be to establish conversations with a view to strengthening the team for the 2025-26 season, after the first permanence of the Catalans.
The process, personally led by Alan Pace – also the owner of Burnley FC in the Premier League—has involved more than twenty professionals, among VSP employees, external auditors, lawyers and sports consultants. It is a thorough analysis that has covered all aspects of the club: from its accounts and heritage to the sports and organizational structure.
It is striking that all negotiations have remained at the strictest managerial level: the conversations have been developed exclusively between the highest VSP responsible and the current owners of Espanyol, without involving members of the Club staff during the process. This underlines the strategic and confidential nature of the operation, designed to reconfigure from the base the future of the club.
If last minute setbacks are not arise, the VSP land Espanyol, which faces the return to the elite of Spanish football with the illusion of consolidating a solid sports and financial project, backed by one of the most active investment firms in European football.
