Livemint
Sanjoy Chakravorty
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Liverpool FC is a splendid example of how a local identity can be globalized through sports
Football is big business. An investor group led by Amit Bhatia that includes Jeff Bezos has acquired a 38% stake in Liverpool FC, valuing it at around $7.5 billion. Even city affiliations can go global as consumer brands. There’s little that’s English about t…
Unloving Liverpool FC is easy for me, but for Liverpudlians it is much harder. Most core identities (like nationality, ethnicity, language, race, caste and gender) are almost impossible to shake. It … [+5253 chars]
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