Some of the most popular European leagues, with towering viewership, could be a global platform for branding, while an exchange of ideas and knowhow can trickle down to improve grassroots football in India
The Premier League (PL), England’s top domestic football league, might have gone on a month-long break to accommodate the Fifa World Cup, but two of its most storied clubs are engaged in frenetic activity, albeit on the side lines.
Manchester United, which has won the league 13 times, has been working the headlines double-shift: First, with an explosive interview by its Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, railing against the owners and manager Erik ten Hag. Ronaldo has subsequently exited through a “mutual agreement”, but the Glazers family, which bought the club in 2005, continues to remain in the news for putting Manchester United up for sale.