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Jul 2022
22m 45s

The Men Who Sell Football: Part 1

Al Jazeera
About this episode

All this week, we’re bringing you a series from the Al Jazeera Investigates podcast.

In The Men Who Sell Football, Al Jazeera’s I-Unit goes undercover to buy an English football club. But there’s a catch. The fictional buyer is a criminal and wants to use the club to launder his dirty money. That’s against the rules but that won’t stop The Men Who Sell Football from trying to close the deal.

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Kevin Hirten with help from David Harrison and Jason Gwynne. Craig Pennington is the audio editor. Clean Cuts did the final sound mix. Jo de Frias is the Al Jazeera Investigates podcast’s Executive Producer and Phil Rees is Al Jazeera’s Director of Investigative Journalism.

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