Soccer Money Now Pray Later

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Men from the Middle East do not like the way British girls dress. They also don’t like their freedom of speech and movement. They cannot imagine their daughters and sisters raising half pints in a pub or singing at a soccer game, but that does not stop them from making money from soccer, a British passion.

Arab families have some cash, so they own property all over the world, including the United Kingdom. Their money insulates them from local customs and freedoms, while they do research on how to profit from their borrowed countries. It’s all legit. Strictly business. Capitalism without borders. Money has no colour or religion. That’s why men who don’t eat pork for religious reasons have no qualms investing in bacon factories or buying stocks in pot bellies, which brings us to English soccer.

Premier League clubs have owners who don’t live in England and were not born there. Some of them are Arabs. The ownership is based on numbers. England had the British Empire. That’s how soccer was planted all over the world. Owners are investing in those numbers.

Soccer Club

Owner

Aston Villa

Nassef Sawiris (Egypt)

Manchester City

Sheikh Mansour (UAE)

Newcastle United

Saudi Arabia confederation

Paris Saint-Germain

Qatar Sports Investment

Religious Exemption

Religion takes a back seat when there are dollars to be mined. Kids are brought up to respect parents and religion they are born into. In some cases, they are welded into fanatics that will kill for it. But when it comes to money, their parents overlook the different books that embody world religion. Make money, pray later.

Nonqaba waka Msimang

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