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"One Direction&amp;#039;s Louis Tomlinson has completed his takeover of Doncaster Rovers. He has bought the League One club together with former chairman John Ryan.  The singer had been rumoured as a bidder for the side, having previously signed as a player to benefit the Bluebell Wood charity and playing against Barnsley in a reserve match. Ryan&amp;#039;s spokesperson today told PA: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s done, the takeover is complete.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s a bit like a young John Ryan, in the sense that he&amp;#039;s ambitious for Rovers and he really loves the club,&amp;quot; Ryan told the Doncaster Free Press. &amp;quot;Although we&amp;#039;re at opposite ends of the age spectrum, I think that helps. &amp;quot;As a combination we&amp;#039;re great because he&amp;#039;s a superstar, he attracts younger people, and I&amp;#039;m probably the more established businessman that has been through it all before.  &amp;quot;Eventually, I sincerely hopes he takes over the club from myself and takes it on to greater and greater heights,&amp;quot; Ryan continued. &amp;quot;I think that with Louis on board, anything is possible. &amp;quot;In his own life, he&amp;#039;s gone from being a waiter at Doncaster Rovers to being one of the biggest superstars in the world. So, in his mind anything must be possible, and it certainly is in my mind too.&amp;quot; Ryan previously left the club in November, having overseen Rovers&amp;#039; rise up the divisions from non-league status to their current position. It is understood that the reasons for delays in the purchase concerned the exploitation of Tomlinson&amp;#039;s image rights, which are owned by his management team. Full details of the acquisition will be announced at a London press conference on Thursday afternoon (June 19). "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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