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Football Godfathers

By BY JOHN LAWRENCE AND GILBERT WANDERA | Jun. 6, 2013

BY JOHN LAWRENCE
AND GILBERT WANDERA

Top European leagues have in recent years been associated with wealthy club owners like Roman Abramovich (Chelsea), Malcolm Glazer (Manchester United) or Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan (Manchester City) without whose financial support, the elite clubs would strain to survive.

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