Philadelphia Union in Talks on Bid for Danish Football Club

  • Co-owner Thomas Hitzlsperger looking for control of Aalborg BK
  • Union owned by real estate entrepreneur Jay Sugarman

While US owners have proliferated throughout European football, investments by MLS teams have been rarer.

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Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union is considering investing in a takeover of Danish club Aalborg BK, people with knowledge of the matter said.

The US club is one of several potential backers of a transaction being put together by SSE22, a Hamburg-based company managed by former German player Thomas Hitzlsperger, according to the people, who asked not to be named discussing ongoing talks.