Week by week, more and more multimillionaire sports stars from the USA seem to crawl out of the Leeds United woodwork. The current 49ers Enterprises landscape could not look more different to the vision we expected to unfold when Paraag Marathe was paraded in 2018.
Yesterday, The Athletic reported Rudy Cline-Thomas, a US sports entrepreneur, and Andre Iguodala, a four-time NBA champion, were the latest names to emerge as investors in the 49ers vehicle. Cline-Thomas could even end up with a seat on the Elland Road board.
You can add their names to the likes of Larry Nance and T.J. McConnell, of the NBA, and prospective investors Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas, world-class golfers. All of them millionaires, all of them with high-profile followings and potentially legions of new Leeds fans.
