Eight of the top 10 Premier League clubs are now owned by Americans. So are a third of all clubs across the four divisions of the English Football League. With the 2026 World Cup arriving on American soil this summer, U.S. investors have already conquered a different kind of field — Britain’s Premier League and the English football pyramid below it.
Why American Billionaires are Abandoning Wall Street for English Soccer Clubs
In a guest opinion essay for Fortune, GGL co-director Andrés Martinez explains the appeal attracting so many American investors to buy into European, and especially English, soccer clubs.