Minnowcore. Co-founder @dgquarterly. New book: Engulfed: How Saudi Arabia Bought Sport, and the World, out now with @BlinkPublishing. IG: @thirtyonenil
Apr 19, 2021 • 15 tweets • 6 min read
The problem with trying to stop a European Super League is that football has opened its doors to the kind of money & power that is ungovernable: Billionaires, royalty, oligarchs used to controlling & destroying governments.
Let's take a look at a few:
bbc.co.uk/sport/football…
AC Milan is controlled by Elliott Management, whose main man is Paul Singer. He runs a “Vulture fund”, buying distressed debt from poor countries & squeezes a maximum return. Peru, Argentina, Congo. Once tried to seize an Argentine navy ship in Ghana.