EXCLUSIVE: Deeply unpopular Chinese billionaire Dai Yongge, 55, is the neighbour of King Charles III, MailOnline can reveal.
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese multi-billionaire revealed as King Charles III's neighbour. Reading FC owner Dai Yongge lives in a luxury mansion by Buckingham PalaceA Chinese multi-billionaire partly responsible for the ongoing demise of one of England's oldest football clubs is King Charles III's neighbour, MailOnline can reveal.
MailOnline can reveal the Chinese shopping mall tycoon is King Charles III 's neighbour. Pictured: Dai Yongge's front hallway Floorplans of his cushy giant home reveal he has eight bedrooms, a spa with a ten-metre swimming pool, sauna, gym, bar and treatment room, a private garage and even a six-person lift to each of the mansion's seven floors.
Reading's fortunes have spiralled since Dai bought the club in 2017, and with the billionaire searching for a new owner, bills have been left unpaid, landing the Royals with even more points deductions. It means the Chinese billionaire has cost the club more points than any of the club's opponents have won in matches against them.
Football finance expert Kieran Maguire told MailOnline that key figures in the Chinese government had suggested hosting the FIFA World Cup as a way to flex China's muscles on the world stage. His Victorian mansion is one of the most exclusive in the world, especially as his neighbour is the King. ' put a lot of money in . He's been advised by people focusing on self-interest rather than the interests of the club.The involvement of Dai's friend and super agent Kia Joorabchian in some of Reading's transfers prompted fans to voice concern.
He added: 'It's disgraceful that he's got a club that is paying wages late. 'It's not right to let us rot while you live this lavish lifestyle' Football finance expert Maguire said a regulator could act as a deterrent for untested owners and Reading could well be 'a good test case'.Nick Houlton, 33, is part of Sell Before We Dai, a group of fans pressuring Dai Yongge to sell Reading.
Nick added that fans needed to be involved in how the regulator was governed and suggested Reading should be the test case for the new body. Pictured: Reading fans throw tennis balls on the pitch to halt a match in protest of the ownership Asked what he would tell Dai Yongge, Nick said: 'It's time to go now. We are in England. Football is our lives.However, it's not all doom and gloom for Reading.
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