David S. Blitzer, an American businessman, is about to invest in the Danish company Bröndby.
The 53-year-old is part-owner of the New Jersey Devils, Crystal Palace and Augsburg, among others. This makes the alpha fan group angry.
You can’t expect all Bröndby fans to clap their hands when you get a foreign investor,” fans wrote on a banner, Ekstrabladet reports.
Bröndby’s supportive Alpha group has been highly critical of potential investors.
Rumors spread that the support group might close its operations on Twitter, as it does not support the model with an investor who owns several clubs, according to Ekstrabladet.
Brondby met Viborg yesterday in a match that ended 0-0. Then the fans raised a banner in protest.
“You cannot expect all Bröndby fans to clap their hands when you get a foreign investor for the club,” the letter read.
The buyer rumored to be investing in the club is David S. Pletzer, 53, according to Extrabladet. The American businessman’s fortune is around 1.3 billion euros, according to Marca.
He is someone who has a hand in many clubs.
The American is part owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Devils, Cleveland Guardians, Crystal Palace, Augsburg, Alcorcón, ADO Den Haag and Real Salt Lake.
The club confirms interest
Following the successful 2020-2021 season for the club in which the club won the Danish League, support group Alpha has set a series of criteria for new ownership at the club.
None of the points conflict with the approaching deserted Bröndby.
“Those who own Bröndby have no other football club – neither in Denmark nor abroad”
The discontent was so great on the part of the fans that the club issued a statement of its own today. There, the club confirms that it is in dialogue with the buyer of the share of the current owner Jan Beck Andersen.
– Referring to the persistent rumors in the media that Brondby IF For discussions regarding a potential investment in Bröndby IF. We would like to hereby announce that Bröndby IF regularly receives inquiries from interested investors, and continues to conduct a dialogue with investors regarding a potential investment in Bröndby IF, the club writes on its website.
Bröndby is working hard in the league and is currently 10th in the table. The club also failed to qualify for the European Conference League after the Swiss Basel proved very difficult in the third round of qualifying.