England's "Premier" league is not in vain called the most interesting local championship in the world. Many of the planet's wealthy individuals dream of acquiring the famous Albion club of the Ūkanotojas, but it's practically impossible to do so - the famous teams belong to people who count their wealth in billions of pounds sterling. Here is a list of the top ten wealthiest: 10. John Henry - 1 billion pounds sterling ("Liverpool") Controversial American and Fenway Sports Group acquired the "Reds" team in 2011, and since then they have been running it as they wish - they fired coach Kenny Dalglish, hired Brendan Rodgers and let him work for a long time, despite calls to give a chance to another specialist. He became famous for his message on Twitter, "What do they smoke?", when he responded to Arsenal's £40,000,001 offer for forward Luis Suarez. 9. Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha - 1.4 billion ("Leicester") The founder of King Power Duty Free acquired the team in 2010. Later he appointed his son Aiyawatt as vice president and helped Leicester return to the Premier League. He caused a stir when he fired coach Nigel Pearson in 2015. 8. Katharina Liebherr - 1.9 billion ("Southampton") The woman became famous in 2010, when her father Markus died of a heart attack. She drew the fans' ire in 2014, selling a bunch of famous players, but the fans forgave everything when Ronald Koeman became the coach, and the team had victories in the 2014/15 season. 7. Ellis Short - 2.4 billion ("Sunderland") Another American who controls a Premier League team. Hasn't achieved miraculous results, but has managed to avoid relegation to a lower league several times. 6. Glazer Family - 3 billion ("Man Utd") Starting with plans in 2003, Americans finally took control of the team in 2005. Some dissatisfied fans even founded FC United of Manchester, and the owners' attempts to smooth things over became another failed public action. Father M.Glazer died in 2014, but this did not radically affect the team of the "Red Devils," led by sons Joel and Avram. 5. Mike Ashley - 3.5 billion ("Newcastle") The billionaire who made his fortune in sports goods acquired the Magpies in 2007 when the then owner Freddy Shepherd resigned. Unpopular with fans due to lack of ambition and unwillingness to invest in the team. 4. Stan Kroenke - 4 billion ("Arsenal") The businessman from America joined the Gunners' management in 2008, and after three years he already owned 63 percent of the shares, which he bought from Danny Fiszman and Nina Bracewell-Smith. Rarely gives interviews and receives ambiguous opinions for avoiding clear talk about the team's vision. 3. Joe Lewis - 4.9 billion ("Tottenham") One of the wealthiest Britons, included in the Forbes top ten in 2014. Likes to sell team leaders, but only for a very high price (L.Modric, G.Bale). 2. Roman Abramovich - 5.3 billion ("Chelsea") Perhaps the most famous Premier club owner in the world. Having amassed his wealth from oil, steel, and other valuable resources, he bought the Blues in 2003 for $400 million and forever changed the face of the English championship. The London team lived through the golden age and won titles, but when the team's mechanism stuttered a bit, the coaches often became unemployed. The current strategist J.Mourinho was supposed to become a guarantor of stability, but it seems that history will repeat itself. 1. Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan - 20 billion ("Man City") A billionaire who makes other owners look like paupers. In 2008, he bought the Citizens for £200 million and immediately turned them into a different caliber team. Countless millions and the most famous planet's footballers lured to Manchester gave them their first titles in a few years. Unafraid of UEFA FFP rules, Mansour aims to dominate not just for another decade in England, but throughout Europe.
