The owner of the Lakers raises suspicions: what he wants to do with Xabi Alonso’s Chelsea
The sale of the Lakers by Mark Walter to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner just a year after acquiring the Los Angeles franchise raises more suspicions every day. And Walter, still owner of the Lakers until the NBA approves the transaction, would have used the historic purple and gold team simply to make money in order to cover holes for breaking the law.
The businessman is under federal investigation in the United States for alleged tax fraud after failing to declare amounts that could amount to up to 20 billion of dollars and that he transferred between his companies.
Walter’s idea of selling the Lakers for 12.5 billion After acquiring them for 10,000 it could have been to obtain liquidity in order to cover part of the million for which he is being investigated. A liquidity that he would also be looking for with the sale of his shares in the Chelsea team that he coaches. Xabi Alonso.
According to the Financial Times, Mark Walter and the Chelsea president Todd Boehlywith whom it owns 12.8% of the shares of the London club, have spoken with the private equity firm Clearlake Capital – majority owner of the entity – about selling that percentage. Clearlake owns 60% of Chelsea, but shares control and governance of the club with Boehly, president.
Boehly also bought the Lakers last year with Mark Walter and is a shareholder in Los Angeles Dodgers current MLB baseball champions of which Walter himself is also the owner. The fleeting owner of the Lakers is starting to see his feathers.
