Mike Ashley’s retail group Sports Direct International (SPD.L) said on Monday it had made a 5-pence-a-share offer for Goals Soccer Centres (GOAL.L), the struggling football pitch operator that said last month it had misstated historical accounts.
Sports Direct – Goals’ largest shareholder with nearly 19% – said it had made the offer, which values the group’s equity at about 3.76 million pounds $4.69 million), on Sept. 5.