Woody Johnson agrees to purchase a stake in the Crystal Palace football team

Jets Woody Johnson has once worked as an ambassador to the United States in the United Kingdom as he is now buying the largest sports league in England.

The Crystal Palace team in the Premier League announced on Monday that Johnson had agreed to purchase a stake in the team. He was appointed to buy a 43 percent stake in John Tinor, when Mark Obdeen is from ESPN.com reports A $ 254 million deal.

“While the completion is awaiting the approval of the Premier League and the Premier League, we do not imagine any problems and we look forward to welcoming Body as a partner and director of the club,” Crystal Palace said in a statement.

This step makes Johnson Partners with two other US Football Association owners as a major owner of leaders Josh Harris, and the minority owner David Plezer has a majority share in the team alongside Steve Parish.