Forget the idea that Hollywood A-listers are buying into our clubs for romance and love of the game. There's only one 推論する／理由 Ryan Reynolds and Co want a slice of the 活動／戦闘, 令状s MIKE KEEGAN

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持つ／拘留する?your breath. Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas and Will Ferrell at 物陰／風下d 部隊d, Tom Brady at Birmingham City, LeBron James at Liverpool, JJ ワット at Burnley, Patrick Mahomes at 冒険的な Kansas City, Matthew McConaughey at Austin FC…the A-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） goes on.

Almost every week it appears as though another high-profile American is 投資するing in a football club ― bringing a バーレル／樽 負担 of bizarre シナリオs. Like, for instance, last month when two of America’s finest golfers stood on a plush 運動ing 範囲 under the South Carolina sun を待つing their precious 貨物.

Spieth and Thomas were 推定する／予想するing a 配達／演説／出産. But while the PGA tournament for which they were in town was around the corner, it was not a club or even a sleeve of balls that was on their minds.

The 特使, a caddie for Matt Fitzpatrick, approached. Billy Foster, a 物陰／風下d 部隊d 支持者, carried the goods. Two personalised white jerseys, direct from Elland Road, were 手渡すd over to the Ryder Cup 星／主役にするs, along with a blue cap 耐えるing the 選手権 味方する’s crest Thomas quickly 工場／植物d it on his 長，率いる and 提起する／ポーズをとるd for a picture.

Last August, the landlord of a Small ヒース／荒れ地 boozer nearly keeled over when seven-time 最高の Bowl 勝利者 Brady strolled into the 王室の George, dropped £150 on a 一連の会議、交渉／完成する for Blues fans and left a £400 tab behind the 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業.

Almost every week seems to bring another high-profile American 投資するing in a football club

Tom Brady at Birmingham and LeBron James at Liverpool are just two examples - so what is going on?

So what is going on? Were the young Spieth and Thomas watching intently as David O’Leary’s 味方する 進歩d to the 支持する／優勝者s League 半分-final in 2001? Were their 塀で囲むs adorned with posters of 示す Viduka, Ian Harte and Nigel Martyn?

Did Ferrell seethe as a seven-year-old on the 郊外s of Los Angeles when Peter Lorimer and Co were robbed in the 1975 European Cup final in Paris? Was Brady dreaming of St Andrew’s when he made trips to San Francisco’s Candlestick Park to watch 伝説の quarterback Joe Montana? It seems ありそうもない.

What is in it for them? And how 伴う／関わるd are they? Do the golfers, actors, NFL and NBA 星／主役にするs turn up at training and bang on the 経営者／支配人’s door 需要・要求するing answers after a 敗北・負かす? It is a コンビナート／複合体 状況／情勢, but three simple words can 述べる the 動機 in the 広大な 大多数 of 事例／患者s: return on 投資. That is certainly the 事例／患者 with the 物陰／風下d pile-on.

When 49ers 企業s, the 投資 arm of the San Francisco 49ers, 完全にするd their 引き継ぎ／買収 last summer, it （機の）カム at a 殴り倒す／落札する price thanks to the Yorkshire 味方する’s 減少（する） into the 選手権. The 取引，協定 which saw the Americans take out Andrea Radrizzani and 追加する his 56 per cent 火刑／賭ける to their 44 per cent cost £170million, rather than the £400m it would have 始める，決める them 支援する had 物陰／風下d stayed up.

That difference in price 供給するs a 手がかり（を与える）. If 物陰／風下d 後継する in the play-offs, they punch a golden ticket. The 取引，協定 becomes the sale of the century, thanks in no small part to the 抱擁する 上げる in TV 歳入 they will pocket 国内で and 国祭的な. The 2022 to 2025 cycle is 価値（がある） an 概算の £100bn.

にもかかわらず finishing second 底（に届く） of the 首相 League in 2022-23, 物陰／風下d were on TV 19 times, which 確実にするd they finished the year with £111.3m, にもかかわらず a low 長所 支払い（額）. 現在／一般に, second-tier 味方するs get a basic £2.3m each. The gap is cavernous.

49ers 企業s are 長，率いるd by 物陰／風下d chairman Paraag Marathe (49ers’ (n)役員／(a)執行力のある 副／悪徳行為 大統領，／社長 of football 操作／手術s) and 49ers 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある and 原則 owner Jed York. But they own just 10 per cent of the company. The 商売／仕事 model is based on 多重の 投資家s. That is where Vin パン職人 comes in.

パン職人 was the NBA 星／主役にする who ended up working in a Starbucks. Typical of the time, the tall, gifted Connecticut native, 草案d eighth in 1993, was one of a 世代 of sports 星／主役にするs who made appalling 財政上の 投資s.

Did Will Ferrell seethe as a seven-year-old when 物陰／風下d were robbed of the 1975 European Cup final? It seems ありそうもない?

It's コンビナート／複合体, but the 推論する／理由 these 星／主役にするs are 伴う／関わるd often boils 負かす／撃墜する to this 動機: return on 投資

While 中毒 ― at his lowest he 訴える手段／行楽地d to drinking mouthwash ― played a major part, パン職人 is said to have lost about £80m before getting sober, donning the green apron and turning his life around.

He was one of many young 競技者s who were, all of a sudden, 激しい with cash and light with sound advice on how to spend it.

‘They would buy 急速な／放蕩な cars, 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業s, restaurants, the worst 決定／判定勝ち（する）s you could make,’ one (非，不，無-celebrity) US-based 投資家 told Mail Sport. ‘Remember the TV show 元気づけるs? Sam Malone, the Red Sox player who owned the 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 in Boston ― that was how it was.’

That is no longer the 事例／患者. ‘Players and celebs have 財政上の 助言者s who know what they are doing,’ the 投資家 追加するd. ‘Everyone wants a diverse 大臣の地位. These are smart people.’ Smart people who 的 high-逮捕する-価値（がある） individuals. If you live in the US and have more than $1m in liquid 資産s, you can 推定する／予想する 正規の／正選手 emails 申し込む／申し出ing the 最新の 適切な時期. An 電気の company that has created a new gadget that will transform its fortunes, and yours. A football club in the north of England that has 広大な 可能性のある.

Should 物陰／風下d return to the 首相 League, Elland Road is 始める，決める to become unrecognisable thanks to a transformational capacity and 法人組織の／企業の redevelopment. 投資家s know there are 20,000 on a waitlist for tickets. That the £1m they earn in matchday 歳入 is dwarfed by the £4.8m Tottenham rake in at their till-pinging new home.

49ers 企業s, who bring all this together, are on the doorstep of Silicon Valley, laden with those who joined tech companies, took 在庫／株 and all of a sudden became incredibly rich when those companies took off and were floated or sold.

With all that cash and a history of 支援 勝利者s, 物陰／風下d are 効果的に 見解（をとる）d as a start-up.

It was a prospect that attracted Spieth and Thomas, who have five ゴルフ majors between them, to take 少数，小数派 火刑／賭けるs. ‘Very, very 少数，小数派,’ Spieth says. There are dozens of others. NBA legend Andre Iguodala, who won four 選手権s with the Bay Area’s all-征服する／打ち勝つing Golden 明言する／公表する 軍人s, is also on board.

With cash and a high 天井, 物陰／風下d are 効果的に seen a a start-up for 投資家s?

Jordan Spieth has been attracted by that 可能性のある at 物陰／風下d, who are 始める，決める for 抱擁する 歳入 if they are 促進するd to the 首相 League

David Beckham decided to 投資する his hard-earned cash in buying の間の Miami, whose 人気 has 爆発するd

‘These people are not lifelong 物陰／風下d fans,’ the 投資家 追加するd. ‘The 推論する／理由 they are 伴う／関わるd is because they, or their 助言者s, see it as a 広大な／多数の／重要な 適切な時期 for a return on 投資. They know about the 首相 League and its 人気 and the TV 取引，協定s that keep getting bigger.

‘If 物陰／風下d go up, and stay up for, say, 10 years, they will be looking to get 支援する five times what they put in. Show me a bank that 申し込む／申し出s that 肉親，親類d of return.’

While Spieth and Thomas are ありそうもない to be spotted discussing 策略 with Daniel Farke, there are others who play a more active 役割. At Burnley, NFL 広大な／多数の／重要な ワット and his wife Kealia, a 退役軍人 of the 国家の Women’s サッカー League, are 正規の／正選手s.

ワット is known to sit in on board 会合s since taking a 少数，小数派 火刑／賭ける last year and is not shy of asking for explanations. He also speaks on a 公正に／かなり 正規の／正選手 basis to 経営者／支配人 Vincent Kompany, who is said to 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がる his input as a former エリート 競技者.

‘There’s not a 選び出す／独身 day in our 世帯 that Burnley is not spoken about,’ ワット told ESPN. ワット took advice from Wrexham co-owner and Hollywood 星／主役にする Ryan Reynolds before deciding to make treks from his 不死鳥／絶品 mansion, with 見解（をとる）s of the Camelback Mountain, to Turf Moor and its Pennine vista.

‘I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to get his 視野, find out what his experience has been,’ said ワット. ‘明白に, it’s a わずかに different 状況／情勢, but you want to hear from someone doing it 権利. When you look at the parade they’ve just had , the 人出／投票者数, and the ability to take eyeballs from around the globe and put them on Wrexham. That’s what Kealia and I want to do, take eyeballs from all around the world and put them on Burnley because of that town, that story… it’s been around since 1882.’

An 増加する in the 人気 of football across the Pond has also played a 役割. Mahomes, probably the NFL’s biggest 指名する until team-mate Travis Kelce got with Taylor Swift, is a fan of the game. When の間の Miami were in town he waited by the tunnel for Lionel Messi and 株d a 抱擁する with him. McConaughey married a Brazilian and within a １０年間 he was on the field in a green 控訴 at 2021 MLS newcomers Austin, 解雇する／砲火／射撃ing up the （人が）群がる with a Wolf of 塀で囲む Street-style 詠唱する.

The love is real, as it is in Los Angeles, where actress Natalie Portman played a 設立するing 役割 in the birth of Angel City FC. Portman is part of an all-女性（の） 所有権 featuring fellow movie 星／主役にするs, 競技者s and US women’s 国家の team heroes. Eva Longoria, Serena Williams and Mia Hamm are also 伴う／関わるd. It has tapped into a growth area, with more than 16,000 season tickets sold in 2022.

Some Americans, such as JJ ワット at Burnley, take a more active 役割 in running a club?

The 場所s are 変化させるd but the 目的（とする）s are 類似の. Former Westlife singer Brian McFadden is hoping for seasons in the sun (and the EFL) with 国家の League North 味方する Chorley after 投資するing with Boyzone crooners Keith Duffy and Shane Lynch. Those who know McFadden say he is fully 投資するd and is learning about the players to a 近づく obsessive level. Again, the 目的（とする） is to do a Wrexham.

支援する on the ゴルフ course, Thomas will often bump into Foster. When he does, the caddie knows what is coming next. Thomas will clench his 握りこぶし into a ball and, like thousands of 充てるs at Elland Road every fortnight, proceed to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 his chest with it. Marching on together ― hopefully に向かって a lucrative return on that 投資.