Sheffield United Is Latest Football Club to Get US Takeover (1)

An American consortium has agreed to buy Sheffield United, one of the biggest English football teams outside the Premier League.

Resilience Capital Partners co-founder Steven H. Rosen and Helmy Eltoukhy, chairman of biotech firm Guardant Health Inc., signed a deal with Sheffield United owner Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud on behalf of a group of investors, according to a statement from the buyers confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report.

The consortium, COH Sports, has received full clearance from the English Football League, it said. The financial details weren’t disclosed.

Helmy Eltoukhy and Steven Rosen at Sheffield United’s Bramall Lane stadium on Nov. 10.

Source: Rosen and Eltoukhy

The takeover, if completed, ...