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Bulgaria's football legend Nasko Sirakov becomes new owner of Levski FC

Nasko Sirakov
Photo: FC Levski

Nasko Sirakov, the best goal scorer in the history of Levski Football Club, is the new majority owner of the club. The current formal owner Georgi Popov and the real owner businessman Vasil Bozhkov, who is hiding from the Bulgarian judiciary in Dubai, after a month-long vicissitudes, transferred 86.6% of the club shares to Sirakov. 

From the club's website, Sirakov called on all Levski fans to be patient while he got acquainted with the real situation and promised to announce his intentions of how to overcome the crisis and revive the team by June 10. 
Founded in 1914, Levski has won a total of 73 major Bulgarian football trophies, which is a national record.



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