Only that they approached Leeds United in 2008 and decided the business was simply haemorrhaging money and that it was not a business they wished to have anything to do with. MLSE have not approached any other European football business since (as far as I know).
Noticed on a few forums DOL being named as perhaps being involved, mainly due to his links with the middle east.
There's talk of O'Leary having some backing from Dubai from his time in the Middle East, and Phil Hay said that the other group "has links to England and Dubai".
They are very very wealthy men, from Chicago. Own many things, including Hyatt Hotel chain and Marmon Group (Holding Company). Interesting?
Book now:http://www.hyatt.com/hyatt/index.jsp Just found out the Marmom Group used to own Ticketmaster (sold in 1993), they also own Royal Caribbean Cruises.
On twitter, there's a few people making the distinction that the key guy is a billionaire and not a millionaire. Someone checked the Forbes list & found that there are 12 billionaires in Chicago, including Eric Lefkovsky, founder of Groupon, worth $2.9bn. No idea if this is in any way relevant, but I'm enjoying all this speculation. And it's sunny too!!
The Pritzker brothers could be the main people, they are now fully in control of the family business as their father died in November 2011. They may be wishing to move into new ventures.
Bollox speculation is part and parcel of the fun !! we have waited a long time for this so I for one am going to enjoy every minute of it.
