Qatar Sports Investments: Why the world’s richest country is eyeing up the Premier League
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QSI – owner of Paris Saint Germain – has said it is looking to acquire a minority stake in a Premier League club to “turbo charge” the fund.
Fund has been linked to Tottenham, Liverpool and Man Utd; a multi club ownership expert tells us who he thinks is the most likely destiny of Qatar’s next football investment.
Why it matters: After investments by Saudi and Abu Dhabi in Premier League clubs, Qatar looks set to put its gas riches into the Premier League.
The perspective: A minority investor like QSI has to look at the risk and return factors in buying into the EPL.
19 January 2023 - 4:35 PM
When the most powerful man in European football spent ten days in London over the new year holiday, his visit was to inspire a change in direction for one of his many high profile football projects.
It was just days after Nasser Al-Khelaifi had seen his home nation of Qatar defy its critics and successfully host the World Cup. 72 hours prior to the World Cup final, the European Super League had suffered a possibly fatal setback after Europe’s highest court gave a legal opinion that
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