Investors profit from soccer as Premier League club losses skyrocket
LONDON, Aug. 19. English football clubs are drawing investors from around the world even as the teams remain risky and often unprofitable ventures, an analysis shows. Premier League club losses are skyrocketing while investor appetite for the sport holds.
Key takeaways
- English football clubs are attracting investors from around the world despite remaining risky and often unprofitable ventures, according to an analysis.
- Premier League club losses are skyrocketing even as investor appetite for the sport holds steady.
- Global enthusiasm for English football has grown, but the clubs themselves have not become more financially sound as a result.
- Investors are finding returns in the sport even though the clubs regularly lose money, the analysis indicates.
LONDON, Aug. 19. English football clubs are drawing investors from around the world even as the teams remain risky and often unprofitable ventures, an analysis shows. Premier League club losses are skyrocketing while investor appetite for the sport holds.
The gap is the story. Clubs popular enough to attract global capital are, at the same time, clubs that regularly lose money. Global enthusiasm for English football has grown, yet the clubs themselves have not become more financially sound because of it. Investors are finding returns in the sport anyway, the analysis indicates. How exactly they do it while the clubs bleed losses is the question at the center of the analysis.