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Mbappe’s Cash Grab, Hendo’s Legacy, and Why the Saudi Pro League Is the Future of Elite Football

The Ripple Effect with James Lawrence Allcott

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The Importance of Protecting Football Clubs

Football clubs in England have huge community value and huge significance, and they should be protected. I think the idea that you would sell them to a foreign state is kind of wrong. And my view is Derby County just to be clear. And many others actually. You just, I think government legislation should have protected our football clubs. That we thought, do you know what new castle 50,000 fans a week? It's not cool. But it wasn't like, it wasn't hard. We're probably in a building right now owned by the Qatari state or like we're in London right now,. London is massively invested in by Qatar and other and Saudi Arabia. Ultimately, our state

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