Birmingham City chief Yeung sentenced to six years in jail

Businessman Yeung, the club's majority shareholder, was found guilty on five counts of money laundering on Monday and was duly sentenced on Friday.

It remains to be seen whether the 54-year-old will appeal against the length of the jail term.

He was arrested and charged in 2011 having bought Blues two years earlier, and had denied laundering 720million Hong Kong dollars (£55.4million) through his accounts between 2001 and 2007.

Yeung last month resigned from his position on the boards of the football club, Birmingham City plc and Birmingham International Holdings Limited (BIHL), the club's parent company.