He had already spent the better part of that afternoon touring Liverpool Football Club’s Anfield stadium complex in an attitude that is best described as devotional. The modern football team is far more than a corporation that runs a football team. Football teams all over Europe, but especially ones like Liverpool, have undergone a remarkable transformation over the last three decades or so. Once the beating heart of an urban working-class population, with deep roots in the local community, football teams such as Liverpool are now international...things. The global football club today has much more than just the action on the pitch to worry about.

Source: Mint January 12, 2018 10:52 UTC