Chris Kirchner, who came close to buying two English football clubs, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for fraud.
Kirchner, 36, was sentenced at Fort Worth courthouse in
Texas and also ordered to pay $65,415,938.12 in restitution. His sentence will
be followed by three years of supervised release.
The fall of Kirchner was sudden and spectacular. His deal to
buy English Football League (EFL) club Derby County collapsed in June
2022, just a few months after he walked away from a similar deal to
purchase Preston North End, another Championship club.
He was previously named as the preferred bidder to take over
Derby, who were then being run by the club’s administrators and was backed by
then-manager Wayne Rooney.
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