Kia Joorabchian is a British-Iranian businessman. He is the president of Media Sports Investments, which has a partnership with Brazilian football club Corinthians. His company was behind the controversial transfer of Carlos Tévez and Javier Mascherano to West Ham United in August 2006. He was previously in takeover talks with West Ham, which collapsed in early November 2006. Following this, he was alleged to be considering a bid for Wolverhampton Wanderers, … Wikipedia
For a man who has been told by his lawyer not to give interviews, Kia Joorabchian likes to talk. football.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1864232,00.html
The Tvez deal is, however, a remarkable coup for the London-based Joorabchian, whose firm Media Sport Investment has promised to plough another 35m (18.2m) into the team. football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,1563,1370763,00.html
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