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Tuesday 2 June 2020

Five Great Footballers who own football clubs.


Footballers gives back to the beautiful game in various ways during their career. Some buys shares to encourage their early clubs while others try their hand in management, commentary or administrative roles. But these footballers went a stepts ahead to own football clubs.
1.       The English man David Beckham (Miami MLS).
David Beckham move to the united states of America in 2007 to play in the major league soccer MLS. In 2014 the English man bought a team outside New York for 25 million dollars.

2.Didier Drogba (Phoenix Rising )
Didier Drogba is the first to become a player owner when he signed for Phoenix Rising.


3.Manchester united legends of 1992(Salford city )
A part of the Manchester united class of 1992 own aclub name salford city in the lower league of England since 2014, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and brothers Gary and Philp Neville bought the non league club and control it’s operations.

4. Paolo Madini (Miami FC)
AC Milan and Italian league Paolo Madini own a team in Miami. He tied up with TV rights business Riccardo silva to form Miami FC in the north America soccer league (NASL) the second division in the united state.

5. Demba Ba’s consortium (San Diego NASL)
The most recent one among the list, Demba Ba along Eden Hazard, Yohan Cabaye and Moussa sow are the owners of an NASL expansion club in san diego, the club is expected to compete in the 2018 seasons.


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