Sunderland owner ‘agrees to sell the club to consortium led by 22-YEAR-OLD Kyril Louis-Dreyfus’

Sunderland owner Stewart Donald has agreed a deal to sell the club to a consortium that is led by minority shareholder Juan Sartori and 22-year-old Kyril Louis-Dreyfus.

Donald will still retain a 15 per cent stake in the League One club, according to The Guardian.

Donald has been looking to sell the club all year. Sartori, meanwhile, currently holds a 20 per cent stake at the Stadium of Light.

Sunderland owner Stewart Donald has agreed a deal to sell the League One club

Donald has been looking to sell the club all year, but will keep a 15 per cent stake in the club

Louis-Dreyfus is the son of the former Marseille owner, Robert. His father also had a stake in Belgium side Standard Liege, where the club’s academy is named after him.

His mother, Margarita, is one of the richest women in the world with an estimated wealth of £5.7billion. 

Sunderland are currently sixth in League One, the third tier of English football and Sartori and Louis-Dreyfus will be expected oversee their revival as owners.

The club are very much considered a sleeping giant – they were last in the Premier League in 2017 and the Stadium of Light has a capacity of 49,000.  

Kyrill Louis-Dreyfus (right) is leading the consortium alongside a current minority shareholder

His mother Margarita (right) is one of the world’s richest women, worth an estimated £5.7bn