The former point guard now spends a lot of his time in the soccer world as a minority owner of Major League Soccer club Vancouver Whitecaps and La Liga side RCD Mallorca. "We are a group of people who know each other and work very well together. And the next year we went down, the next year [after that] we went back up, and obviously went up again [to La Before climbing up to the upper echelon of the Spanish game, Mallorca needed to reinvent itself. Nash is part of an American investor group, led by Phoenix Suns' owner Robert Sarver, that purchased a controlling stake in the club for $21 million in January.Suddenly, one of the greatest point-guards in basketball history became the least likely face of a European football club. "We are thrilled to be a part of it, and hopefully leave it in a much better place than where we found it one day many, many years for now," he adds. "Nash's involvement with Mallorca has already taken on a far more personal role than his hands-off investment with the Whitecaps.

It is out of our control and we cannot influence the game in any way.” Entrevista a Steve Nash, asesor del RCD Mallorca - Duration: 4:37.

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The journey for promotion was more memorable for Mallorca, which is owned by Robert Sarver.

These Cookies allow us to understand how visitors use our site. Former NBA star Steve Nash says his aim as co-owner of Segunda Division club Mallorca is to return the Balearic Islanders to the top division.Former Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and LA Lakers player Nash is part of a consortium including Suns co-owners Robert Sarver and Andy Kohlberg, who bought a controlling share in the club last January for a reported €20 million.Nash and Sarver attended Saturday's 1-0 Segunda win over Real Oviedo, a game which marked Mallorca's 100 years of the club's history.

Even so, the elder Nash would have preferred if the Whitecaps had advanced in the Canadian cup competition, but still feels the West Coast club is headed in the right direction. Osasuna and Granada secured their places in La Liga weeks ago. "European football is littered with overseas ownership -- including Americans with interests in clubs as diverse as Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Swansea, Crystal Palace, and Roma.Some, like late Manchester United owner Robert Glazer and former Liverpool owners Robert Gillette and Tom Hicks, were accused of burdening their teams with debt and profiting off the back of supporters' wallets. Mallorca played in La Liga for 16 seasons, but ran into financial problems and declared bankruptcy in 2010. In January 2016, with the team at risk from relegation to the third tier, American investor Robert Sarver and former NBA player Steve Nash bought the club for just over €20 million. Although the club had some money pumped into it by local superfan Rafael Nadal -- and his uncle Miguel Angel Nadal, who once starred for the club -- it was relegated to the second tier of Spanish football three years later. Former NBA star Steve Nash says his aim as co-owner of Segunda Division club Mallorca …

These are cookies that are required to provide you with features or services that you have requested. The two-time NBA MVP who moved into Spanish footballThe two-time NBA MVP who moved into Spanish football Shortly afterward he bought a minority stake in the MLS's Vancouver Whitecaps, the team his brother Martin captained.

To make matters worse, the Whitecaps fell in the quarterfinal stage of the Canadian Championship to brand new outfit Cavalry FC of Calgary — which plays in the upstart Canadian Premier League — in July despite carrying a payroll thought to be 10 times bigger than that of the fledgling Alberta club.Nash has a personal connection to Cavalry as his younger brother Martin is the assistant coach in Calgary. "He's been outstanding at — I don't want to say enforcing — but creating that environment and culture [we wanted]. "That's not our goal.

"I'm in a unique position, because I was a player -- and I'm not necessarily a businessman -- so there is a little bit of a different dynamic there, and room for interaction."

And that gave us a format and a template to try to change our Mallorca part-owners Steve Nash and Stu Holden loving their club's promotion to La While Nash has been enjoying the upward trajectory of his Spanish club, the Whitecaps have been mired in the doldrums both on and off the field. "Maybe the most important person is the head coach," Nash said.