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Profile: Richard Masters – Football supremo turned diplomat

PA Images | "He’s ambitious and wants to achieve things, but takes pleasure in seeing others achieve things too," says one source about the Premier League Chief Executive, Richard Masters (In the middle)

Having faced Covid-19 just four months into his job, Premier League CEO Richard Masters finds himself embroiled in rows in the Gulf and China as the Premier League kicks off on Saturday.

53 year old Brummie credited with revitalising the EPL brand after previous stints with the Football League and ECB.

Colleagues describe Masters as a ‘consensual and collegiate’ manager. “There’s an overwhelming decency about him.”

9 September 2020 - 7:50 PM

By James Corbett, Senior Correspondent

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