中国富豪将收购英国雷丁足球队
The prominent Chinese businesspeople behind a proposed takeover of Reading Football Club were previously subject to a Premier League investigation that raised “red flags” over their commercial background.
对雷丁足球俱乐部(Reading Football Club)拟议中的收购交易幕后的著名中国商人，此前曾受到英超(Premier League)调查，对其商业背景“亮起红灯”。Earlier this month the English Football League, the governing body for the country’s lower professional divisions, provisionally cleared the acquisition of Reading by Dai Yongge and sister Hawken Xiu Li.
这个月早些时候，英格兰足球联赛(EFL)暂时批准了戴永革和他的姐姐戴秀丽(Hawken Xiu Li)对雷丁的收购。英格兰足球联赛是英国较低级别职业球队分组的管理机构。Chinese companies have invested in or acquired more than a dozen European football clubs during the past year, including Manchester City, Inter Milan and Aston Villa — a spending spree that followed President Xi Jinping’s call to transform the country into a football superpower.
去年，中国企业投资或收购了十几个欧洲球队，其中包括曼城队(Manchester City)、国际米兰队(Inter Milan)和阿斯顿维拉(Aston Villa)。这是在中国国家主席呼吁将中国建设成为足球强国之后出现的收购热潮。
The Dai family were also behind a recent bid for Premier League club Hull City. At the time, Mr Dai was quoted in the Daily Mail newspaper saying: “We have a love for the game and we want to learn about European football.”
最近对英超球队赫尔城队(Hull City)的竞购，幕后也有戴氏家族的身影。当时，《每日邮报》(Daily Mail)援引戴永革的话表示：“我们热爱足球，我们希望学习欧洲足球。”Their most high-profile investment is based on transforming unused air-raid shelters in China into shopping malls. The family’s main listed vehicle, Renhe Commercial Holdings, has a record of financial difficulties and related-party transactions that last year led rating agency Standard & Poor’s to describe its corporate governance as “weak”.
他们最受瞩目的投资，源自将中国废弃防空洞变为购物中心。戴氏主要的上市机构人和商业控股(Renhe Commercial Holdings)曾有过财务困难和关联交易的记录，这曾导致评级机构标普(S&P）在去年评价其企业治理“疲弱”。Before the takeover of any club in England’s top tier, the Premier League undertakes an extensive review into a proposed owner’s finances before approving any transaction. According to people briefed on the deliberations over Hull City, Premier League investigators found a series of “red flags” related to the Dai family’s proposed takeover via a consortium.
在任何英格兰顶级球队被收购前，英超会对拟议中的持有人的财务状况开展广泛调查后才批准交易。根据曾告知有关赫尔城队审议情况的人士的说法，英超调查人员发现，在戴氏姐弟提出的通过一财团开展的收购交易中，有多处财务上的“红灯”。In particular, there were concerns that the acquisition involved offshore companies that made it difficult for the Premier League to understand the family’s sources of funding, or whether they had sufficient income to maintain a large football club.
尤其值得注意的是，有人担心这一收购涉及英国境外企业，这令英超很难弄清楚戴氏的资金来源、以及他们是否有足够收入维持一个庞大足球队。Hull City and the Dai family abandoned the deal before the investigation was completed. But the findings have been shared with the EFL after the Dais sought to acquire Reading, according to people close to the process.
在调查完成之前，赫尔城队和戴氏就放弃了这一并购交易。不过，根据密切了解相关程序的人士的说法，在戴氏试图收购雷丁之后，上述调查结果被分享给了英格兰足球联赛。
The family has satisfied the EFL that it is structuring its Reading deal in a different manner to the Hull City proposal, according to one person close to the club.
根据一位与雷丁关系密切的人士的说法，戴氏已向英格兰足球联赛证明，他们正在以和赫尔城队交易方案不同的方式组织对雷丁的收购。This has allowed the EFL to announce last week that it has provisionally approved the takeover “subject to the agreement of a number of specific conditions” that have not been made public. The structure of the deal has not been shared with the Premier League, according to people with knowledge of the deliberations.
这令英格兰足球联赛在上周宣布，该机构暂时批准了这一收购，“不过还要满足多个具体条件”，至于条件的内容则并未公布。根据了解审议过程的人士的说法，交易的方式并未知会英超方面。Reading, the Premier League and the EFL declined to comment. Renhe did not respond to requests for comment. Attempts to reach the Dais through representatives and at a London address were unsuccessful.
雷丁队、英超和英格兰足球联赛拒绝置评。人和没有回应置评请求。记者试图通过代理和一个伦敦的地址与戴氏姐弟联系，也未能成功。
