Money and soccer
Subtitle: a soccernomics guide
By: Stefan Szymanski ; introduction by Simon Kuper
Contributors: Kuper, Simon, writer of introduction
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781568584768
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Economic aspects; Soccer teams; Soccer; Professional sports
Description: The most recent winners of the UEFA Champions League are the richest club in the world; the richest club in Germany; the billionaire oligarch-owned English club; the second richest club in the world, twice; and the richest club in England. Meanwhile, more than half of all clubs lose money. With startling clarity, Stefan Szymanski reveals how money decides the destiny of your soccer club.
Notes: "Why Chievo Verona, Unterhaching, and Scunthorpe United will never win the Champions League, why Manchester City, Roma, and Paris St. Germain can, and why Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Manchester United cannot be stopped."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-281) and index.
Table of contents: title: Dominance and distress; title: Players; title: Stadiums; title: Revenue; title: Debt; title: Ownership; title: Strategy; title: Insolvency; title: America; title: Regulation.