Nassef Sawiris flies to Valencia after Aston Villa's Europa League triumph

Nassef Sawiris flew from Nice to Valencia on June 9, 2026, a short hop across the Mediterranean in his Gulfstream G700, M-YNNS. The flight comes just over two weeks after his English Premier League club, Aston Villa, won the UEFA Europa League in Istanbul, beating Freiburg 3-0 on May 20, per Birmingham Live. Sawiris told reporters that night that "the sky is the limit" for the club, which he and Wes Edens bought for £30 million in 2018 and is now valued above £1 billion, according to Billionaires Africa.

The Valencia landing follows a busy week of travel for Sawiris. On June 7, he flew from London to Nice, and on June 8, he made a brief trip from Nice to an area near Elba, Italy, before returning. Sawiris relocated his primary residence to Italy in April 2025 under a flat-tax regime, per Shore Africa, and his family office is now based in Abu Dhabi after he closed its London arm in early 2026. The Nice-Valencia leg suggests a Mediterranean circuit between his Italian base and a Spanish destination.

Valencia itself is not a documented hub for Sawiris's business or football interests, but the city is home to La Liga club Valencia CF and sits within a region where V Sports—Sawiris and Edens's holding company—is reportedly in talks to acquire French second-tier club FC Annecy, as covered by Business Insider Africa. Whether the trip involves scouting, investment discussions, or simply a leisure stop, the timing aligns with a period of active portfolio expansion for the billionaire, who is also preparing a $50 billion push into U.S. infrastructure, per Billionaires Africa.