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Sam MarsdenJul 11, 2025, 04:02 PM ET
Innovatio Capital person completed the takeover of Querétaro FC to go the archetypal majority-U.S. ownership radical successful Liga MX.
Marc Spiegel, the president of Innovatio Capital, finalised the acquisition of the Mexican broadside from Jorge Alberto Hank connected Friday.
Innovatio Capital is simply a sports and information concern steadfast that uses exertion to place concern opportunities successful undervalued markets, get those assets and to make operational edges.
"I could not beryllium happier," Spiegel said successful a statement. "We identified Liga MX arsenic a contention we wanted to put successful a agelong clip ago, and erstwhile the accidental came up to sojourn Queretaro and spot the metropolis and the club, we knew that this was wherever we wanted to be.
"To implicit this woody successful the week of the club's 75th day is evidently particularly meaningful to us. We can't hold to spot the fans astatine La Corregidora for the [first location crippled of the season] against Pumas."
Sources told ESPN determination has been an accrued involvement successful investing successful Liga MX up of the centralization of media rights and a league-level concern by backstage equity elephantine Apollo Global, who are successful precocious negotiations to put much than $1 cardinal successful the league.
Wrexham co-owners and Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney precocious joined Eva Longoria successful taking a involvement successful Liga MX broadside Necaxa, but Querétaro go the archetypal squad to beryllium bulk owned by an American group.
Spiegel, who unsuccessfully bid for English Championship broadside Charlton Athletic successful 2023, is joined by Chris Spooner, who volition relation arsenic the CFO, and Ed Malyon, who volition oversee information and sporting strategy.
Querétaro footwear disconnected the caller Liga MX play distant astatine Club Tijuana this play and past question to Necaxa adjacent week, with the archetypal location crippled nether the caller owners against Pumas connected July 25.
