A group of Thai entertainment companies was reported in discussions to
take over Bolton Wanderers, a second division football club in England,
after being approached by the cash strapped strugglers, according to
Thai media.
The group includes BEC-Tero, an
entertainment conglomerate which runs television Channel 3 and radio
stations in Southeast Asia as well as concerts and sports events, and
Siam Sport Syndicate, a sports media giant company. They will join hands
for the purchase.
BEC-Tero and Siam Sport will send their
executive officials to England to discuss further about the possible
deal with Bolton.
They could become the third Thai
owners of an English soccer club after Premier League side Leicester
City and Reading, a Bolton rival in Football league championship.
Bolton finished sixth in the Premier League in 2005 and qualified for
European competition but has fallen into a hard time with huge debts.
However, BEC Director Bryan Marcar said that the club remains an
attractive prospect, Bangkok Post newspaper reported.
BEC-Tero now owns BEC Tero Sasana club, a former Thai Premier League
champion, while Siam Sport Syndicate is a multi-media company
specialising in all type of sports information and a sports event
organising unit as well.-VNA