The 27-year-old chairman of the five biggest leagues has a "smallest" ambitions

Written by/Hanbing The schedule for the new Premier League season has just been announced, and Black Cats Sunderland will face West Ham at home in the first round. Yes, after winning the English Championship and upgrading play-offs on May 24, Sunderland returned to the Premier League after 8 years.

Sunderland's return not only brought back the Premier League "Northeast Derby" with Newcastle United, but also brought the youngest club chairman of the Premier League and even the five major leagues: Kirill Louis Dreyfus (27 years and 5 months) surpassed former Inter Milan president Zhang Kangyang (27 years and 10 months) to become the youngest chairman of the five major leagues.

Sunderland's biggest star in the new season is not the player and coach, but the young chairman who has brought the team back from the Premier League in four years. He is a professional in football management and has good skills.

Although he is the youngest club chairman in the five major leagues, Kirill has a lot of ambitions. He has just been promoted to the Premier League and has begun to acquire more clubs, hoping to make Sunderland a "multinational group" of football clubs like Manchester City and Chelsea. Kirill's football career has just begun.

was born in Kirill in December 1997 and comes from the famous Louis Dreyfus family in France. The Louis Dreyfus Group, which has the same name as the family, is one of the four largest grain and oil giants in the world. The annual turnover exceeds 100 billion euros and the family's wealth exceeds 10 billion euros. Kirill's father Robert was a major shareholder of the French Ligue 1 giants Marseille and died of leukemia in 2009. Kirill's interest in football originated from his father, who was once a major shareholder of Marseille. When he was a child, he often felt the fanaticism of Marseille fans in the Verodom Stadium.

The 12-year-old father passed away, and Kirill experienced the warmth of football during the memorial ceremony at the Marseille Club. Although he lives a luxurious life like most "rich second generation": he fed cheetahs in the morning in Namibia and sunbathes on the beach in the Maldives in the afternoon, Kirill left more enthusiasm for football. At the age of 14, Kirill flew back to Europe from a boarding school in Singapore to watch the Champions League match between Marseille and Inter Milan. There are many photos with stars in Kirill's social media account, including French celebrity Ribery, Dembele in Barcelona, ​​Manchester City's Mendy and Chelsea's Bashuai. Former Marseille president La Brune once commented on Kirill's enthusiasm and ambitiousness.

Kirill considered becoming a professional player or coach, but was forced to give up his player dream due to injury. However, the dream of becoming a coach or club manager continues. In 2017, he studied sports and business management at Beckett University in Leeds, England. After one year he transferred to Richmond International Academic and Football Academy (RIASA) to continue his degree in international sports management. Kirill manages a trust fund with 2 billion euros, laying the capital foundation for his acquisition of the club.

In 2017, the Sunderland Club invited Netflix to film the season documentary "Sunderland 'Til I Die", which was released in December 2018 with the goal of attracting potential acquirers. At the end of 2020, Kirill acquired 65% of Sunderland's shares and served as chairman, which was moved by the fanatical fan atmosphere, reminding him of his childhood experience in Marseille. Half a year later, the 23-year-old youngest president of English football led the team to return to the English Championship. The following season, Sunderland lost the Championship and advanced to the play-offs without achieving "two consecutive gains". This year, he finally got his wish and returned to the Premier League.

Leading the team back to the Premier League is just the first step in Kirill's dream of "Football Multinational Group". He and Sunderland's minority shareholder Satoly formed a new company (Bia Sports Group) to acquire more clubs. The company is registered at the Black Cat Building, just a stone's throw from Sunderland's home court, the Light Stadium.

Kirill hopes to complete a new club acquisition in the second half of 2025. His shareholder partner Satoli is the vice chairman of Monaco in Ligue 1 and the son-in-law of Monaco boss Rebolovlev. North America's 777 Partner Investment Company was once the major shareholder of Genoa, Hertha Berlin, Standard Liège, Paris Red Star, and Da Gama Club. It also owns a small number of shares in La Liga Sevilla and A-League Melbourne Victory. However, in 2024, 777 Partner Investment Company went bankrupt and closed, and its clubs were all for sale. Except for Genoa, which has been acquired, the other clubs mentioned above are on Kirill's acquisition list.

Kirill, who has just emerged, does not have the power of the big bosses such as Florentino (Real Madrid), Mubarak (Manchester City), and Nasser (Paris Grande), but KLD (Kirill's abbreviation), who has just shown his strength, will inevitably be a new name hotly discussed by European fans and the media in the new season.