{"id":302166,"date":"2023-12-12T18:24:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=302166"},"modified":"2023-12-12T18:24:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:24:39","slug":"phil-taylor-and-robbie-williams-want-to-buy-port-vale-and-rival-ryan-reynolds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/phil-taylor-and-robbie-williams-want-to-buy-port-vale-and-rival-ryan-reynolds\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Taylor and Robbie Williams want to buy Port Vale and rival Ryan Reynolds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Phil Taylor recently announced his retirement from competitive darts and has now outlined an intention to purchase League One football club Port Vale with singer Robbie Williams. The pair are local to the area and could mimic Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney\u2019s purchase of Welsh team Wrexham.<\/p>\n

Taylor is yet to speak with Williams about a plan to purchase Port Vale, but confirmed that he would like to take over his hometown club with one of his close friends – the former Take That frontman. \u201cMe and Robbie are good friends,\u201d Taylor told OLGB. \u201cAnd his dad is like my second dad, Peter is, and talkSPORT mentioned that Robbie was interested in investing into Port Vale and, if he does would you be interested?<\/p>\n

\u201cI said well, yeah I think so, but we\u2019d have to see what it is and how much they want and stuff like that. But I\u2019ve heard nothing from Robbie. So, no I think it\u2019s just a rumour. I haven\u2019t (spoken to Williams about buying Port Vale). I know he was in Australia, so I don\u2019t bother him with the time difference.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll probably text him when I get home tomorrow morning and I\u2019ll give him a text in the week because I want an update on his dad because his dad’s not very well. He lives in one of my bungalows. So, I\u2019ll just give a little update on his dad, just to keep him informed really.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Port Vale are in the bottom half of League One, having dropped outside of the top two divisions in 2004 and are yet to return in the nearly two decades since. But Taylor would have promotion in his sights should he and Williams take over the club, with former boxing and snooker promoter Barry Hearn to be tasked with advising the pair.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet them to the Premier League,\u201d Taylor replied when asked about his ambitions at Port Vale. \u201cI don\u2019t know in all seriousness to be honest with you, I haven\u2019t got a clue. I\u2019d probably give Barry Hearn a ring and ask his advice. You know, Barry was my ex-manager and because he owned Leyton Orient, he knows a lot more about running a football club than I do, so I\u2019d ask him for a bit of advice.\u201d<\/p>\n