Victor Hedman is Sweden’s best hockey defender.
Now the 31-year-old is venturing into football.
– It is a dream come true, he says.
The Swede is one of the NHL’s best at his position, and one of the league’s best players by far. Victor Hedman has won two Stanley Cup trophies, and was so close to lifting his third this season.
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But the Tampa Bay Lightning fell in the finals against Colorado, missing the chance to win the Stanley Cup three years in a row. Now, however, Victor Hedman can console himself with something else. The Swede has bought himself in as a co-owner of the English football club Plymouth Argule FC.
– I have been a football fan all my life and I am very happy to join Argyle as an investor and as a supporter. What chairman Simon Hallett and the team are building in Argyle is remarkable and reminds me of what we have built in Tampa with Lightning, says Hedman according to Sportbladet.
“It’s a dream”
Victor Hedman is a partner in an American investment company that has now bought 20 percent of the classic club, equivalent to SEK 50 million. Plymouth are struggling in the English third division, League One, but have ambitions to climb the league system.
– It is a dream come true to be part of two organizations that are focused on achieving success at the highest level and maintaining that success for many years to come, says the Swede.
On Twitter, Victor Hedman has been welcomed by his new club – which he now joins and owns.
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