RELIGION & ETHICS
Billionaire Boys Football Club
Sunday 18 December 2005 13:30-14:00 (Radio 4 FM)
Foreign billionaires want to join one of sport's most select clubs, following in the footsteps of Abramovich, al-Fayed and Glazer - by buying themselves a football club.
It doesn't matter where you're from or how you made your money, all that's important is you have lots and lots of it. From West Ham to Edinburgh, overseas investors want our clubs. Simon Cox investigates why billionaires from Eastern Europe to the Far East have been queuing up to get their hands on a club and how will it affect our national game.
