Following the money would have led us to an Arab sheikh. Or a man in a suit controlling sport from his seat behind a desk. But this has not been a rich list. It is The Times Power 100 and, among our criteria, we have measured the power to put bums on seats, to stir our emotions, to shape events.
The Times also mention how Benitez failed will always find it hard to deal with the most powerful people on British sport (ummm… well it’s too obvious) and also how Sir Alex opposes the idea of 39th game, which was built because of the popularity of his club in other part of the world, that ended killing the proposal. Oh, he also top Manchester City’s Arab owner. Well, it’s not news anyway.
More on Times Power Power 100 here, I gotta go watch the FA cup game…
Thank you Sir Alex!
