Overview
- CD Eldense announced on Thursday, October 1 that Lionel Messi has acquired the club and described his arrival as the start of a long-term project to improve the team’s sporting, institutional and social structures.
- The transfer of control is not yet final because the Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD) must authorize the deal under Spanish sport law that limits significant ownership across multiple Sociedad Anónima Deportiva.
- Reports say the purchase was executed through a Grupo Mas business structure linked to Messi and partners Jorge and José Mas, which the CSD will examine for any ownership conflicts with Messi’s stake in UE Cornellà.
- Eldense faces immediate challenges on the field and off it: the team sits 19th in the Segunda División and local reporting notes a court-ordered 15% embargo on club shares tied to prior litigation.
- Messi’s takeover expands a wider investment plan that already includes UE Cornellà, Deportivo LSM and family-linked Leones FC and could bring new funding, player pathways and commercial attention to Eldense if regulators approve the move.