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Leagues & Clubs
EDITION 2026 14 September, 2026 ISSUE 04

Multi-Club Ownership Is Quietly Rewriting the Transfer Market

Sports industry — is one of those topics where the obvious answer is right about sixty per cent of the time, which is exactly often enough to be dangerous.

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Written By Arjun Mehta
14 Sep 5 min read
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