Graeme Le Saux: Maverick Nineties England star guiding Real Mallorca's resurgence
RCD Mallorca | Former England, Chelsea FC and Blackburn Rovers left back Graeme Le Saux (M) with Real Mallorca players.
The Phoenix Suns ownership group, with Graeme Le Saux's guidance, has rejuvenated Real Mallorca – an island club with a rich history and a bright future.
In an era of laddish footballer pursuits, as a player Graeme Le Saux stood out for his diverse interests, challenging stereotypes in the process. Now he is following a different road in his post-playing career.
Why it matters: US ownership of European clubs has sometimes been fraught with cultural challenges. Le Saux’s role has been to bridge the gap between NBA franchise owners and Spanish football.
The perspective: Strategizing around playing in five different divisions in six years, was exhausting, but scenario planning helped – as did a twelve-fold leap in revenues.
20 October 2023 - 2:59 PM
As an elegant left back for England, Chelsea and Blackburn Rovers in the 1990s, Graeme Le Saux always trod his own unique path off the pitch. While his contemporaries spent their downtime pursuing the typically laddish footballer pursuits of the era – golf, snooker, drinking, womanising – the Channel Islander was cut from a different cloth.
The broadcaster and then national newspaper editor, Piers Morgan, described him as “the most reviled man in football” because Le Saux read
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