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Investment and English Football

English Football has always attracted wealthy businessmen for investment. Undoubtedly English Football is becoming increasingly important for business honchos to take interest in it. So we have found out the top four investors of English Football.

Let’s have a quick look!!

1: Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour – £20 billion
Sheikh Mansour has a stake in Virgin Galactic, Daimler, and Sky News Arabia. He also just happens to be the deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates. But City is not the only club Sheikh Mansour owns, as he controls Melbourne City, New York City, Atletico Torque, and has a minority stake in Yokhoma F. Marinos through City Football Group.

2: Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich – £8 billion
An oil, gas, and metals oligarch, Abramovich made £10 billion when he sold a 73% stake in Sibneft to Gazprom in 2005.
Since Abramovich became owner of Chelsea, the West London club has enjoyed an unprecedented era of success thanks to five Premier League titles, four FA Cups, three League Cups, one Champions League trophy, and one Europa League title.

3. Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke – £5.8 billion
Stan Kroenke developed is wealth having established the commercial real estate empire called Kroenke Group and the Kroenke Sports & Entertainment.

4. Stoke City owners the Coates family – £5 billion
Peter Coates left school at 14-years-old in 1952. After National Service, he became regional manager at a restaurant chain before founding a catering firm that served football grounds.
The Coates family fortune hit fever pitch in 2000 when Peter's daughter Denise set up bet365 in a portacabin. Now one of the world's leading online gambling platforms, bet365 own and sponsor Stoke City, with Peter Coates the club's chairman.

With such whooping investments in English Football, the arena is big in the days to come. Popular clubs like Manchester United, Liverpool etc are also in  this big league comprising of renowned investments. We hope that English Football attracts more fans,  bigger investors and outshines all.




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