Burnley in line to join multi-club scene after owner bids for stake in Espanyol

• Advanced negotiations with Barcelona-based club
  
• Burnley would get preferential access to players

Burnley?s owner is in advanced negotiations about buying a stake in the Spanish club Espanyol in what would become the Premier League?s latest multi-club operation.
Espanyol would be the second club owned by ALK Capital, the investment company operated by Burnley?s owner, Alan Pace, whose website says its ambition is to establish a multi-club sports platform. The American businessman previously owned Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer before selling up to buy Burnley, paying ?170m for 84% of the club in December 2020.
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