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Hafiz Mammadov completes Sheffield Wednesday takeover

Azerbaijani businessman Hafiz Mammadov has completed his takeover of Sheffield Wednesday.

Mammadov - who also owns French club Lens and FC Baku in his homeland - sealed his deal to buy the Hillsborough club yesterday.

"I am immensely pleased and proud to have agreed a deal to buy this wonderful club," Mammadov told Wednesday's official website.

"I am a passionate football fan with enormous respect for English football. I have been looking at investing in England for some time but I was determined to find the right club.

"I am hugely ambitious and feel the Owls match my passion and desire for success and represent our motto of Azerbaijan - Land of Fire.

"I promise the supporters I will work extremely hard to bring the success everyone so rightly craves."

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