The multi-club ownership model in football is becoming increasingly popular and influential at the top level, but its existence has already created multiple instances where it challenges the integrity of footballing competition. Increasingly regularly, teams that have the same owner qualify to compete against each other in multiple international competitions. So far, in each case, the owners create management structures to allow them to maintain control using a series of methods, from reducing their ownership percentage, blind trusts, to sale of their assets.
The multi-club ownership model in football is becoming increasingly popular and influential at the top level, but its existence has already created multiple instances where it challenges the integrity of footballing competition. Increasingly regularly, teams that have the same owner qualify to compete against each other in multiple international competitions. So far, in each case, the owners create management structures to allow them to maintain control using a series of methods, from reducing their ownership percentage, blind trusts, to sale of their assets.
