How a deluge of money nearly broke the Premier League – podcast

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It’s the world’s most lucrative football league. But a civil war over all that money almost toppled it

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Soccer - TV Rights<br>File photo dated 10-02-2015 of A TV camera films a close up of a Premier League football. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday February 11, 2015. The Premier League has sold its domestic television rights for a staggering  5.136billion across just three years. See PA story SOCCER Premier League Money. Photo credit should read Peter Byrne/PA Wire.
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