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Pics: FORBES' "The World's Richest People" --- The 10 Richest Billionaire Soccer Club Owners
forbes.com - 2/7/2008
Pics: FORBES' "The World's Richest People" --- The 10 Richest Billionaire Soccer Club Owners
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FORBES Magazine Slideshow: Featured are the 10 wealthiest soccer team owners (according to Forbes' own 2008 calculations). --- Americans on the list include two MLS owners: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and AEG's Philip Anschutz. --- American owners of Premiership clubs including Manchester United and Liverpool did not make this 'wealthiest of the weathly' list of 10.

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QPR REPORT — ... against the cap. The rule allowed Anschutz to bring mega-star David Beckham to the Los Angeles Galaxy with a five-year, $250 million contract. The aging Beckham isn't going to win L.A. a championship single-handedly, but the well-financed club isn't stopping with him. AEG has lobbied for teams to receive extra cap exemptions, and a Portuguese newspaper said last month the entertainment group was in talks with former world player of the year Luis Figo. Forbes In Pictures: The 10 Richest Billionaire Soccer Club Owners Lakshmi ...

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