About this episode
Kieran Maguire discusses the financial dynamics of football clubs and the investment landscape surrounding them.
Why are football clubs - volatile, emotionally driven businesses - attracting billions from private equity firms, celebrities, and sovereign wealth funds? In this episode, football finance expert Kieran Maguire joins The Long-Short to unpack the economics of the global game: where investors find alpha, the true financial cost of relegation from the Premier League, the rise of multi-club ownership, regulation, valuations, and why capital keeps flowing into the world’s most popular sport. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: The Long-Short
Guest: Kieran Maguire
Topics covered
- football finance
- private equity
- multi-club ownership
- relegation
- investor strategies
- sports economics
Keywords
- football clubs
- private equity
- relegation costs
- multi-club ownership
- sports investment
- football finance
- capital flow
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: AIMA, Premier League, private equity firms, sovereign wealth funds
Places: global, football
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