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Revealed: Abramovich, the super-agent and the footballers owned as ‘commodities’
(www.theguardian.com)
This community is being retired in favor of !football@soccer.forum.
The difference between this and selling clubs is that the selling clubs and the player’s interest align far more than this model (what I understand seems to be, and I may be mistaken)of :
snapping up cheap talents and sending promising players between horribly managed clubs you have connection with for a cheap buck with no regard for long term values of anyone.