Former NFL star JJ Watt and his spouse Kealia, an ex-US soccer worldwide, have introduced their funding in Burnley forward of the membership’s return to the Premier League.
JJ is a three-time NFL defensive participant of the 12 months, whereas Kealia performed for Houston Sprint and Chicago Purple Stars in addition to the US nationwide ladies’s crew.
The couple, who’ve hung out at Burnley and inside the area people lately, attended the membership’s 3-0 win over Wigan in March. On Monday they confirmed their involvement with the Clarets.
“Once you put money into a membership that’s been round since 1882, you should have nice respect for its historical past and custom,” the Watts stated in an announcement. “We perceive that not solely are we investing within the squad and supervisor, we’re investing within the city and its folks.
“We take that accountability very severely and intend to work laborious in incomes their belief and assist. We imagine that Burnley is a particular membership with unimaginable supporters and we need to assist proceed to raise its world profile on its return to the Premier League.”
US sporting energy couple, NFL star JJ Watt and soccer professional spouse Kealia Watt, be a part of the Clarets household! 🤝
Welcome to Burnley @JJWatt & @KealiaOhai 😃
— Burnley FC 🏆 (@BurnleyOfficial) May 1, 2023
Burnley have clinched an instantaneous return to the English top-flight after final season’s relegation by wrapping up the Championship title.
“We’re completely delighted to welcome JJ and Kealia into the Clarets household,” Burnley chairman Alan Tempo stated. “Each JJ and Kealia convey with them an unimaginable quantity of top-level sporting pedigree and success, in addition to concepts and connections that will probably be invaluable in serving to us to proceed telling the Clarets story to a world viewers.”
Kealia can also be taking a look at serving to Burnley’s ladies’s facet, who sit within the third-tier FA Ladies’s Nationwide League North division and had their first ever outing at Turf Moor on Sunday.
“Within the US, I’ve seen the NWSL develop into one thing actually unimaginable, and we’d like to be part of rising the ladies’s crew right here and be part of their journey,” Kealia added.
