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Kuwaiti billionaire in talks with Liverpool

More foreign money to be poured into the Premier League

Nasser Al-Kharafi

According to this morning’s Sun newspaper, Liverpool’s financial chief Philip Nash and commercial director Ian Ayre have been sent to the Middle East to thrash out a takeover deal with the man above, Nasser Al-Kharafi.

The Kuwaiti, [...]

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Why the credit crunch is good for Liverpool but bad for Manchester Utd

Global belt tightening brings mixed fortunes to the big four

Manchester Utd’s £14m-a-year- AIG shirt sponsorship looked to be on rocky ground earlier this week, and the future of the deal looked no more certain as the US Federal Reserve rescued the insurance behemoth with a £47bn refinancing package yesterday: rather understandably, they will no [...]

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How has foreign ownership affected the Premier League?

Forty per cent of the top flight now owned by overseas investors

Sulaiman Al-Fahim, Demi Moore and Kutch

For a team like Chelsea, foreign investment has proven the difference between success and slightly more success, but not every club benefits. Now that Dr Sulaiman Al-Fahim [...]

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