OPINION - Football fans can still have their say in this billionaires’ arms race
As American billionaire Todd Boehly, part owner of the LA Dodgers baseball team, buys Chelsea, cast your mind back to the absurd situation of a few weeks ago. The club was in limbo, operating at the Government’s grace and favour. Merchandise wasn’t allowed to be sold. An English Premier League club was effectively under Government control because of a vicious conflict thousands of miles away. How on earth had this happened?


