Ex-poker player Bord is preferred Sheff Wed bidder

According to BBC Sport, former professional poker player James Bord has been chosen as the preferred bidder for Sheffield Wednesday.

The Owls have been in charge of Dejphon Chansiri’s household for ten years, ending in October.

The troubled Championship club’s administrators announced on Wednesday that a deal had been struck with a potential buyer.

Before claiming a $4.3 million (£3.18 million) poker win, the London-born Bord began his career with the gambling houses Starlizard and Smartodds.

He was an advisor to COH Sports after its acquisition of Sheffield United in the summer, but he now has no connection to the Owls’ rivals, and he now runs the data company Short Circuit Science, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) for sports analytics.

Bord also owns shares in Bulgarian club Septemvri Sofia and Spanish Segunda Division side Cordoba CF, both of which operate under the name Park Bench SFC LLC.

For almost a year, Bord, a Las Vegas native, and partner Evan Sofer have owned Dunfermline. He was present for his first game at home over the weekend, which was a 3-2 defeat to Ayr United.

It’s not known at this time whether Bord’s consortium will buy Wednesday, who are currently at the bottom of the Championship table with -9 points owed, or whether it will be affiliated with Park Bench SFC LLC.

The statement continued, “That work has advanced significantly since the early stages of the process, and it has included a thorough analysis of funding sources, ownership structure, and governance.”

The consortium “also brings existing experience in football ownership, including majority and minority interests in clubs operating within regulated league systems,” the statement stated.

Mike Ashley, an ex-Newcastle owner, and former CEO of American aviation David Storch are two other bidders for the club.

Tom Costin, a shareholder in Le Havre, joins Storch in his bid for Mexican club Cancun FC, who is an investor in Blue Crow Sports Group, a multi-club football ownership and investment platform with controlling stakes in French club Le Havre.

There were reportedly only about 10 parties left when the initial stage of the takeover process was completed on November 21.

BBC Radio Sheffield’s Rob Staton

Supporters have had a mixed response to this news online.

There is a feeling at Bramall Lane that Bord’s consulting at Sheffield United wasn’t successful, and it has a negative effect on the Blades’ chaotic summer, which has resulted in a difficult season just months after they were so close to achieving Premier League promotion.

Who is funding this offer financially? Beyond the anticipated preference for an analytical approach to recruitment, what is the plan? Do they have the ability to identify signings that can be used as assets?

Some people, on the other hand, believe that the analytics at least provide a plan, and that the consortium’s involvement with other clubs at least provides some experience.

After a period of rumors and rumors, some people are happy that the process has ended.