Ex-Milan Leonardo harsh on American funds: ‘Running a football club is not like selling chocolate’

"There are two problems, I think, I don’t want to enter any specific thing because I’m not technical about business, but we can see that the American funds, not only the Americans but a lot of them are investing in Europe. They invest in Europe for two things. Because football is important, but football in Europe for them is cheaper than in the USA. So, if you consider your investment the cheaper one of your group, I think the kind of management you can put in, perhaps is not the top level you have. We can see a lot of American funds investing in football but not putting the top-level management, and not even football management."- Leonardo, Former Milan Coach & Sporting Director

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