One Direction star Louis Tomlinson is now the proud co-owner of League One side Doncaster Rovers FC.
The 22-year-old singer and former chairman John Ryan have finally completed the deal and a press conference will take place in London at 3pm on Thursday to explain the takeover in detail.
Doncaster-born Louis, who is a life-long fan of the team and made his football debut when he played for the reserves side in February, had been close to a takeover before but negotiations were delayed.
They've now been resolved and Ryan's spokesman told the Press Association: "It's done, the takeover is complete."
John, a multi-millionaire, already has a quarter share in the club and previously sold it to a group called Keepmoat but plans to become co-chairman with Louis, who would be the first pop star to own a football club since Elton John bought Watford in 1976.
Talking about Louis co-owning the club, John said that even though he won't be at the club itself much due to his hectic schedule, the singer is as "keen as mustard about the future and wants to be kept in touch with everything going on".
The initial snag had related to Tomlinson's image rights, which are owned by his management team and would entitle them to a share of any money generated from the use of his image or name.
They believe that interest in the club will increase as a result of Tomlinson's ownership and it is understood they battled for a share of any extra revenue made through merchandise and extra ticket sales.
Tomlinson signed on as a player at the start of the season in a move to make money for the Bluebell Wood charity and turned out in front of nearly 10,000 fans for the reserve team in February.
By a strange quirk, Ryan has also played for Doncaster, with the then 52-year-old having brought himself on as a substitute in a 4-2 win against Hereford which came after his club had sealed promotion from the Conference in 2003.
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