Private Equity
<p data-incom="P0">At present,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/592e9bc2-8f9e-11e5-8be4-3506bf20cc2b.html#axzz3saZMF3rv">most English football teams are owned by foreign individuals</a>.&nbsp;All the majority shareholders of the major&nbsp;Premier League clubs are not English. For instance,&nbsp;the owners of Manchester United and Liverpool, two of the most popular football teams in the United Kingdom,&nbsp;come from the United States. A few days ago, new overseas investors entered&nbsp;the English football industry. The Chicago based PEAK6 Investments&nbsp;<a href="http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11743/10060485/bournemouth-close-on-deal-with-us-private-equity-investors">has purchased the 25 per cent shareholding in the AFC Bournemouth</a>, one of the twenty Premier League clubs.</p>