The Billionaires Club: The unstoppable rise of football’s super-rich owners
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (671 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1472923103 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Today it is the plaything of billionaire oligarchs, staggeringly wealthy from oil and gas, from royalty, or from murkier sources. But who are these new masters of the universe? Where did all their money come from? And what do they want with our beautiful game? In The Billionaires Club, James Montague delves deeper than anyone else has dared, to tell this story for the first time. It is part history of club ownership, part in-depth investigation into the money and influence that connects the super-rich around the globe, and part travel book as he crosses national boundaries in an attempt to reveal the real force behind modern-day football.Whilst almost always cloaked in secrecy, the billionaire owner has to raise his head above the bunker when i
About the AuthorJames Montague is an award-winning freelance journalist who writes about soccer, culture, and politics across the globe. He also features regularly on the BBC World Service's World Football podcast. His previous books are When Friday Comes: Football in the War Zone and Thirty-One Nil: On the Road with Football's Outsiders. He has reported from over 765 countries for TheNew York Times, CNN, World Soccer, and the Guardian. Sports Illustrated described him as "the Indiana Jones of soccer writing." @JamesPiotr
He also features regularly on the BBC World Service's World Football podcast. His previous books are When Friday Comes: Football in the War Zone and Thirty-One Nil: On the Road with Football's Outsiders. James Montague is an award-winning freelance journalist who writes about soccer, culture, and politics across the globe. He has reported from over 765 countries for TheNew York Times, CNN, World Soccer, and the Guardian. Sports Illustrated