{"id":839661,"date":"2026-09-07T16:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/839661\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T16:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:44:15","slug":"shrewsbury-town-takeover-by-american-consortium-approved-by-efl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/839661\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrewsbury Town takeover by American consortium approved by EFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Shrewsbury Town&#8217;s long-running takeover saga is set to end after an American consortium was granted approval to buy the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The League Two club received written confirmation from the Independent Football Regulator (IFR) and the English Football League (EFL) on Monday confirming the as-yet-unidentified group&#8217;s takeover had been approved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The club said the new owner and principal investors will be announced &#8220;when we are able to do so&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Now the regulatory processes have been successfully completed and approved, we move towards finalising the remaining documentation and concluding the takeover process as soon as possible,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shrewsburytown.com\/news\/2026\/september\/07\/club-statement--shrewsbury-town-confirms-regulatory-approval-for-prospective-new-owner\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said a club statement., external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The chairman remains fully committed to finalising the transaction and ensuring a smooth takeover process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Salop chairman Roland Wycherley put the club up for sale in 2024, but the collapse of potential takeovers had led frustrated supporter groups to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/ckgv5n6x5rzo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">send him an open letter demanding answers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Our detailed response to the open letter which we received on Sunday, 6 September, will be made after due consideration,&#8221; the Shrewsbury statement added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We thank all of our supporters for their patience, and we will update you as soon as we are able to do so.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shrewsbury Town&#8217;s long-running takeover saga is set to end after an American consortium was granted approval to buy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":839662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-839661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}