How is multi-club ownership reshaping football?

Whether it’s Manchester City, Chelsea or even Bournemouth, more and more Premier League clubs are sitting as part of multi-club ownership portfolios. But why? How do multi-club ownership groups work, are they purely about making money, or do they help guarantee success on-the-pitch? Ayo Akinwolere is joined by Matt Slater for the first of our three-part series in multi-club ownership including Matt speaking with AJ Swoboda, Managing Director in the Americas for consultancy firm Twenty First Group about the role of MCOs within the global game. 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:36 What are MCOs? 00:05:50 Who is AJ Swoboda? 00:08:47 When did MCOs start? 00:12:03 Negatives of an MCO 00:21:40 Who does MCOs well? 00:27:24 MCO trends 00:34:27 MCOs effecting the fans 00:41:10 Conflicts of interests 00:45:35 Coming up in the series 00:48:24 Outro The Athletic FC Podcast is your essential guide to football's biggest stories, five times a week this season... Listen on Apple and Spotify: https://podfollow.com/athletic-fc-pod Subscribe to The Athletic FC Podcast channel 👉 http://bit.ly/athleticuk | 🔔Make sure to enable all push notifications!🔔 Follow The Athletic FC: Website 👉 https://theathletic.com Twitter 👉   / theathleticfc   Instagram 👉   / theathleticfc   Facebook 👉   / theathleticfc   Follow Tifo Football: Website 👉 http://tifofootball.com Twitter 👉   / tifofootball_   Facebook 👉   / tifofootball   Instagram 👉   / tifofootball_   Subscribe to Tifo Football 👉 http://bit.ly/TifoFootball Thumbnail: PAU BARRENA / Contributor OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images #premierleague #uefa #football