Football – Why player agents and people like David Degen want to take over clubs

Football is usually a losing proposition in Switzerland. Not for David Degen, he claims. Is that his motive for buying FCB?

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The combination of investor and Swiss football doesn’t work. At some point, an investor wants his invested money and something on top of that back. This is possible in England, Spain, Italy, Germany or France – with the really big ones in the business.