A woman wearing a face-covering walks past Liverpool soccer club merchandise on sale in Liverpool, England, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. - AP
THE playbook for making sports teams more valuable is, in theory, quite straightforward: Invest adequately in the playing squad, improve commercial revenue with better stadiums and expanded merchandising, and bank on broadcasting rights becoming more expensive.
The practice tends to be more complicated, particularly in European football.
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