Former United States men’s national team striker Jozy Altidore is one of the sports stars hoping to buy a stake of the Buffalo Bills, alongside former NBA legends Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady. 

The Pegula family, which owns the Bills, has been looking for investors, hoping to sell of around 25 percent of the team.

The common link between Carter, Altidore, and McGrady is their professional careers giving them long stints in Toronto.  

Now, the trio with ties to the closest major city to Buffalo are in talks to join the Bills’ ownership group, per Sportico.

Nothing has been officially signed by any of the three. The NHL’s Buffalo Sabres, who are also owned by the Pegula family, are not involved in these transactions. 

Jozy Altidore is one of the former athletes looking to buy a minority stake in the Buffalo Bills

The Bills are valued at more than $5billion and their value could rise in the coming years

The Bills are worth more than $5billion, per Sportico, making a 1 percent stake in the team worth more than $50million. 

Altidore played for Toronto FC from 2015-2021 and most recently played for the New England Revolution last season. 

The 34-year-old Altidore is best known for his time with the USMNT, where he was the starting striker for America in the 2010 and 2014 World Cups. 

Altidore’s national-team career was flourishing heading into the latter of those tournaments, until a hamstring injury forced him off in the first half of the USA’s opening game against Ghana. Altidore’s national team career never truly recovered. 

Carter played for the NBA’s Toronto Raptors from 1998-2004, while being teammates with McGrady, who played for the NBA’s Canadian franchise from 1997-2000. 

The Pegula family bought the Bills for $1.4billion back in 2016 and could earn all of that back if 25 percent of the team is sold to investors.