{"id":19427,"date":"2014-10-17T21:23:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T04:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=19427"},"modified":"2014-10-17T21:28:40","modified_gmt":"2014-10-18T04:28:40","slug":"iranian-business-tycoon-lines-up-getafe-takeover-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2014\/10\/17\/iranian-business-tycoon-lines-up-getafe-takeover-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian business tycoon lines up Getafe takeover bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TehranTimes, TEHRAN-<strong>Iranian business tycoon Hossein Hedayati is lining up a takeover bid of Spanish top-flight club Getafe.<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/tehrantimes.com\/cache\/multithumb_thumbs\/c_330_235_16777215_0___images_stories_edim_Iranian_business_tycoon_lines_up_Getafe_takeover_bid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"235\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Discussing the &#8220;ins and outs of his bid to buy&#8221; the Madrid-based club in an interview with Spanish daily Marca, 51-year-old Hedayati confirmed talks are already underway.<br \/>\nSteel magnate Hedayati, who is reported to be worth $2.5 billion, has been involved with numerous clubs in his native Iran, most notably the country&#8217;s biggest club, Persepolis FC.<\/p>\n<p>But he is now keen to expand his considerable portfolio with a bid for Getafe, who were the subject of a well-publicised takever attempt by Dubai-based Emirates Royal Group in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Hedayati is hopeful of concluding a deal shortly after claiming an agreement is already in place with the club&#8217;s CEO Angel Torres. But why Getafe, a club currently 14th in La Liga and without a major trophy in their history?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re one of four top-flight clubs in Madrid and are the third biggest of the four,&#8221; Hedayati told Marca. &#8220;They&#8217;re a mid-table side, which is a good thing, and they have a good academy and try to produce their own players, which is a plus.<\/p>\n<p>Hedayati is already a owner of Steel Azin FC, who are named after his steel company and currently play in the second tier of Iranian football. But he&#8217;s determind to raise his profile and give something back to his country.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ranklogos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Getafe-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"220\" \/>&#8220;I want to get into Spanish football because of my love of the game and the positive energy inside it. I also want to do something for my country and for the people of Madrid and Iran.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He continued: &#8220;We want to nurture children, helping them grow while teaching them to play football. Just being in La Liga isn&#8217;t enough, though: I want to be successful.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As for the timeline to a potential deal, Hedayati could yet join the likes of Sheikh Mansour (Manchester City) and the Al-Hasawi family (Nottingham Forest) as a Middle Eastern owner of a European club by the end of the year.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;I&#8217;ll be travelling to Spain alongside my advisors in November. We reached an agreement when the club&#8217;s CEO came to Iran and Mr Torres has signed it via email. We&#8217;ll talk face to face when I&#8217;m in Spain.&#8221;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TehranTimes, TEHRAN-Iranian business tycoon Hossein Hedayati is lining up a takeover bid of Spanish top-flight&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,92,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c47-featured-news","category-c21-international-football-news","category-c20-other-news"],"views":6779,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}