Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 3
Ares Management Is Owed $547 Million After Eagle Football Group Collapse
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 3

Ares Management Is Owed $547 Million After Eagle Football Group Collapse

2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 3

Summary

  • $547 million was owed to Ares Management after John Textor’s Eagle Football Group collapsed, according to an administrators’ filing released Wednesday.
  • Recovery on those loans now hinges on asset sales, making the value and timing of disposals central to what Ares ultimately gets back.
  • Key assets include Eagle Football’s ownership of French club Olympique Lyonnais and its stake in Brazilian club SAF Botafogo.
  • The filing underscores how the group’s collapse has shifted attention from Textor’s football empire to creditor recoveries tied to club-sale proceeds.

Insights

Is the spectacular collapse of Textor's empire the end of the multi-club ownership dream in football?
Can Brazilian courts block UK administrators from selling a champion football club to repay a billion-dollar debt?
How much can a US creditor actually recover from a fractured football empire that is actively fighting back in court?