Football Clubs owned by Billionaires, Investors and Ordinary People
Football in the UK increasingly has become a playground for the wealthy. Surprisingly it’s not all elusive Chinese or Russians occupying the upper echelons of the game at the bigger clubs like Arsenal, Manchester, Liverpool and so on. In fact, there are some surprising names at the top but not all of them have brought…
So maybe you have sold your business and you are a big fan of football. And now you want the ultimate: your own football club. Ok. The following question must come to mind. What would a football club cost? So we have good and bad news. Buying a football club doesn’t come cheap. But…
The Bundesliga is a great inspiration for millions of people and is worth billions of dollars. The wealthiest clubs like to compare themselves with successful companies, like Siemens and Apple. Are they right? Of course, football moves millions of people but you might not know that there it moves als dollars. According to the German…
Most Football Club Owners see ownership not as the only motivation, there are many ancillary benefits too. Looking at the U.K. football clubs there is a long history of ownership by local buyers. Lately also foreign buyers show up and have gain a strong position in the Premier League. In the past, English…
In 2002, John van Zweden became one of the owners of Swansea City that nowadays plays in the Premiuer League. Must have been a dream come true, does it? He describes his live as one great adventure. ‘I just started as a hard working young man that had a great hobby, football. I went often…
