Steven Rosen’s company liquidated after high court hearing
Previous owners claim they are owed fees from 2024 sale
The Sheffield United chair, Steven Rosen, is facing disqualification as a director by the English Football League after the company through which he bought the club two years ago, COH Sports Bidco Limited, was liquidated.
The winding-up order issued by the high court in London is the result of a dispute between Sheffield United’s owners and their predecessors, Prince Abdullah’s United World, who claim they are owed £35m by Rosen and his business partner Helmy Eltoukhy in unpaid fees resulting from their £110m sale of the Championship club in December 2024. Abdullah filed the winding-up petition last month after Rosen and Eltoukhy transferred ownership of the club to a new parent company, 1919 Partners LLC, which he alleged was part of an attempt to avoid paying the outstanding debt.
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