Billionaire Brighton owner Tony Bloom buys the importance in the Scottish club hearts

The billionary owner of Brighton Football Club, Tony Bloom, invested in the heart of Midlothian of the Scottish Premiership on Wednesday, with the aim of breathing new life into another non -retarded team.

The former professional poker player is seen as one of the smartest investors in European football, so that he helps to lift his hometown club Brighton and the current Belgian champion Union Saint-Gilloise as unexpected success with data-driven research and management.

Hearts said that Bloom paid 9.86 million pounds ($ 13.4 million) for «an interest of 29% in the club in non-voice shares.»

The size of Bloom’s minority stake must be within the UEFA-in-house threshold to comply with rules designed to protect the integrity of European competitions when clubs in shared ownership both qualify.

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UEFA required Bloom to reduce its importance and decision -making influence on Union in 2023, when the club from Brussels created at Brighton to qualify for the second Europa League.

Union won its first Belgian league title in 90 years this season and will make his debut in the main phase of the Champions League. Brighton missed the qualification for UEFA matches through one place that ended eighth in the Premier League.

Hearts played in the third-layer Conference League last season, but was not eligible for a European competition next season after placing the seventh in the Scottish League.

The Edinburgh club won the last of its four titles in 1960 in a competition that is now being monopolized by Glasgow -Rivalen Celtic and Rangers. They have combined to win the last 40 titles.

«I am absolutely happy to invest in hearts,» Bloom said in a club statement. «I am firmly convinced in the power of the club to disturb the pattern of rule of Scottish football, which has been present for far too long.»

Hearts has been second before 1960, the most famous in 1986 after months of the rankings in Leiden. Hearts lost on the last day by admitting two late goals in Dundee and was overtaken by Celtic.