Right to Dream Academy founder, Tom Vernon, has opened up about how he acquired the Danish club, Nordsjaelland.
The former scout for ManUtd said he borrowed ten million pounds (£10m) from a friend at the time to purchase the Danish club, Nordsjaelland in 2015.
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Speaking to JoySports, he explained the rationale behind the acquisition and how he sought to promote the growth, development of football in these parts of the world.
“I borrowed 10 million pounds from a friend in London [to buy FC Nordsjaelland]. And it was a huge risk.
“We just decided to do that, otherwise we’re just going to stay in the status quo. We think our kids have so much potential. We were so frustrated seeing some of the challenges that we couldn’t overcome.
“One day, I was in a board meeting and then one of the board members, Kofi Anku, said, Tom, what’s the solution? I said the only solution is to buy our club in Europe.
“He was like, okay, go and do it. I knew a guy who’d always said, look, if you ever wanna make a real player or anything, just call me. His name is Bob Finch.
“I said, look, I’ve got this idea. Me and a guy, Joe Mulberry, we’ve done a lot of analysis of all the markets. We think Denmark is unique for a number of reasons and no one’s really like thought about it before. And so we wanna like to take this big step.
“We went and made a pitch to him and we thought like it would take some months.
“We went and sat in the pub in Wimbledon after the pitch. He called 30 minutes later and said I’ll give you all the money.” He ended.
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The Danish side has become a hub for many players from Africa to secure a dream move to their dream clubs.
In recent times, the club has become a production line for players such as Mohammed Kudus, Kamaldeen Sulemana, Ernest Nuamah, Simon Adingra, and Ibrahim Osman.
