Aston Villa
Aston Villa owner Nassef Sawiris has called for the Premier League to overhaul their rules on club spending. He claims that the system in English football has essentially made the sport a “financial game” Sawiris is Egypt’s richest man with an estimated personal net worth of $9 billion (£7 billion)
Nassef Sawiris said “Some of the rules have actually resulted in cementing the status quo more than creating upward mobility and fluidity in the sport. The rules do not make sense and are not good for football. Managing a sports team has become more like being a treasurer or a bean counter rather than looking at what your team needs, It’s more about creating paper profits, not real profits. It becomes a financial game, not a sporting game. This obvious flaw is to the detriment of the fans.”
