Derby County fan Niall Horan has reportedly been in talks with a Moroccan businessman to buy Salisbury City football club.
It has been claimed that the One Direction heartthrob has spoken to the Moroccan businessman who thinks he owns it. However, a group of investors said they have finally managed to wrestle back control of the club.
A statement from a consortium of five local investors – including former co-owner Mark Winter – said they have been successful in taking legal action against Outail Touzar over the way he took control of Salisbury City.
But Touzar then issued a statement saying he had hired an Argentinian manager, and had been in talks with One Direction singer Niall Horan about joining him in owning the Wiltshire club.
In the month since he took over as chairman of the club, the 31-year-old has claimed to have signed a Saudi prince to play in midfield, an Emirati international striker to play up front and a Swiss coach and six new players, before blaming the attempts to take back control by local business people for scuppering his attempts to attract big investors.
