ESPN.com · Jan 24, 2017
Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson rejects China stake bid - report
Aitor Karanka defends Middlesbrough's style of play, saying his team didn't use long balls at all en route to promotion.Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson has said he has no intention of selling the club after rejecting a £50 million offer for a stake, Press Association Sport has reported.
It said Gibson, who saved Boro from the brink of financial ruin in 1986, is not interested either in a full sale or a partnership, but is open to potential new commercial avenues.
Sources on Teesside said Gibson and consultant Peter Kenyon met Chinese businessman Chien Lee, whose OGC Nice Investment Group Ltd owns French club Nice, and associates in October.