Blatter: Foreign investors must have game at heart

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has criticised the increasing trend of foreign investors buying up English clubs.

Tue, 28 Nov, 2006 - 07:22

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has criticised the increasing trend of foreign investors buying up English clubs.

West Ham are the latest in the Premiership to be sold off to overseas-based owners – taking the number in the top flight controlled by individuals or groups outside British shores to five.

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