More gambling in the EPL?

[Chicog]

Doyen Sports, an investment fund that finances player purchases for soccer clubs, wants to expand into England’s Premier League, the sport’s richest domestic competition, its top executive said.

Doyen is looking to invest 200 million euros ($273 million) after profiting from its first 100-million euro venture, according to Nelio Lucas, the 35-year-old Portuguese chief executive officer of the Malta-registered subsidiary of London-based Doyen Group. He declined to identify the central European businessmen who are backing the fund.

Doyen lends cash to clubs to sign players, and expects to be repaid in three years. The teams can keep the players and repay the debt, or sell the athletes, returning the loan money and a share of any profit from the transfer to Doyen. Lucas says the setup doesn’t breach a Premier League ban on funds owning stakes in the economic rights of athletes.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-15/english-top-soccer-league-riches-targeted-by-fund-amid-concerns.html

I didn't realise that Atletico essentially borrowed 40m euros to buy Falcao, although it probably paid off winning the Europa League and all.