By Andres Gonzalez and Pietro Lombardi MADRID (Reuters) -U.S.-based buyout fund Apollo Global Management is in talks with the lead shareholder of Atletico Madrid about a possible deal to invest in the Spanish top-flight side,

Atletico Madrid have been run by the same family for the past 38 years, but their control over the club is on the wane. There has been talk of a sale for some years, but now Los Colchoneros could

While talks between the club and Apollo started off focusing on financing for Atletico Madrid’s building project, the US fund is now interested in a stake in Atletico Holdco, which owns the majority of the club, one of the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the talks are private.