Soccer Football - Carabao Cup - Second Round - Barnsley vs Derby County - Oakwell, Barnsley, Britain - September 12, 2017 Barnsley's Adam Jackson celebrates scoring their first goal with team mates Action Images/Ed Sykes
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - "Moneyball" baseball executive Billy Beane is joining a consortium including Chinese businessman Chien Lee and American investor Paul Conway to acquire English soccer club Barnsley, a source close to the matter told Reuters on Friday.
The consortium will pay 20 million pounds for a 98.5 percent stake in the club from current owner Patrick Cryne, who is terminally ill and said to fans he was "living on borrowed time" in a poignant letter earlier this week.
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