A new company called Sillsport Sports Development is hoping to use private investors cash to
invest in professional footballers at the beginning of their careers. The company plans to generate profits to investors by gaining contractual rights to individual young footballers and then make gains from the transfer fee when a player moves from club to club.
A new company called Sillsport Sports Development is hoping to use private investors cash to
invest in professional footballers at the beginning of their careers. The company plans to generate profits to investors by gaining contractual rights to individual young footballers and then make gains from the transfer fee when a player moves from club to club.
For example, if Sillsport acquires a 40 per cent interest in a player, the remaining 60 per cent interest would belong to the club for whom the player is currently playing. When the player moves to another club, the company then gains 40 per cent of the fee paid by the new club.
More details at the link above, but beware: Sillsport is not regulated by the Financial Services Authority and therefore such an investment would not be covered by the Financial Services
Compensation Scheme.