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The Documentary: Billionaire ball game

Billionaire Ball Game 

14/05/2022 GMT

Billionaire ball game

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How the super-rich bought English football

How the super-rich bought English football and Chelsea FC became a sanctioned asset.

James Montague, award-winning author of the The Billionaire’s Club, tells the story of how the super-rich bought English football and Chelsea FC became a sanctioned asset. From Putin’s oligarchs to hyper-capitalist Americans and oil-rich Middle Eastern royal families, James explores the concerns, crimes and crises that large waves of cash have brought to the home of the beautiful game.

Photo: Chelsea fans protest the UK government’s sanction of their club following owner Roman Abramovich’s alleged links with the Kremlin.” Credit: James Montague /BBC

Producer: Ben Wyatt
Presenter: James Montague 
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