We have always wondered why some of the Global football financial powers never take a closer look at investing in more Irish Football teams as feeder clubs to their larger investments.
‘We have to be realistic that the GAA dominates Irish sport and that our population pool restricts football league and club growth to those seen in other countries’
According to a great article in today’s Sunday Times – Journalist, Sean Pollock is suggesting that “Irish football clubs could be a goldmine for sports investors” – The article suggests Dermot Desmond, one of the richest men in Ireland, is reported to be investing €3m in Shamrock Rovers in return for a 25% stake in the club.
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Irish Football clubs (North and South) have long had links with certain League and Premiership clubs in the UK and the Scottish Premiership (Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Leeds, Everton – all have a massive following in Ireland) – but with the value of players increasing significantly, it would make good marketing and business sense for more individuals to sensibly investment in Irish Clubs and use them as a marketing development platform – similar to those in the Portuguese and Dutch Football models.
Let’s hope that other parties start to invest in Irish Football clubs and enable them to enhance Irish player development and opportunities to reach the top – after all it may benefit the Irish and Northern Irish National Teams in the long term.
