Football investigated: How foreign players seized control of Australian soccer | Four Corners

Almost half of Australia's premier soccer clubs are owned or controlled by foreign entities, raising the question: Why? Who are they? And what are they getting out of it?
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For decades, Australian soccer has operated in the shadow of the other major sporting codes.

Despite its immense popularity as a community sport, it's struggled to attract the eyeballs, sponsorship, and the profile of the AFL and the NRL.

But some A-League clubs don’t publicly reveal how they are kept afloat.

From the foreign owners funding Melbourne City, Sydney FC and the Brisbane Roar, to the faceless investors backing Adelaide United, Four Corners investigates the powerbrokers dominating Australian soccer.
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