Exclusive: David Gold considering move to buy Crystal Palace
By Daniel Jones
Multi-millionaire David Gold is weighing up a move to buy Crystal Palace.
The local businessman has just sold his £82.5 million stake in Birmingham City to Chinese billionaire Carson Yeung and is actively looking for new opportunities within the footballing world.
Gold, 72, has gone public in his desire to stay in the game and a source close to the Caterham-based entrepreneur confirmed that Palace is a club that appeals to him.
"David sees Crystal Palace as an exciting proposition," said the source. "He wants to stay involved in football and after years of travelling up and down the motorway he wants a club that is local.
"There is nowhere more local to him than Crystal Palace, he lives eight miles away from the ground."
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INTEREST: David Gold pictured outside his Caterham mansion. The former Birmingham chairman is understood to be thinking about a move to buy Crystal Palace
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