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New American owners have to prove football can be a good investment

Alamy | the entry of institutional investors with a fresh take on how to run a football club could turn out to be beneficial for an industry mired by poor management standards and overspending

Off The Pitch is profiling 20 individuals and leaders across the football industry that we expect to play key roles in the new season. Their work covers a range of issues from club ownership to World Cup delivery, legal and regulatory to women's football.

Professional investors from the US are promising to deliver sustainable strategies in part by replicating a model similar to that of American sports franchises. Can they?

3 August 2021 - 12:00 PM

By James Corbett and Emil Gjerding

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