Kieran Maguire: The Most Hated Man in Leicester

Our guest today is Kieran Maguire. Maguire is a Senior Teacher in Accountancy at Liverpool University. He focuses on Football Finance and has been teaching for 27 years. He’s won many awards while teaching, including the Innovation in Teaching and Learning award and the Best Overall University Lecturer award.

He’s also appeared on a number of national television and radio shows including the BBC, TalkSport and has been interviewed by the Sunday Times, The Independent, The Guardian among many.

In this interview, we talk about how he celebrated promotion with Brighton and Hove Albion on a train, what is the best indicator of financial stability, how he’d reform the FA to limit bad ownership and why he’s the most hated man in Leicester. Sit back, relax and enjoy the interview.

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Timeline

Celebrating Brighton’s promotion with the players and staff 6:00

How he transitioned from financial accounting into football financial accounting 8:20

The importance of cost vs. value 15:25

What he thinks makes a club financially secure 23:20

How shady owners buy teams 29:17

Why the FA permits high loan based owner takeovers 35:15

Possible reform for the FA and EFL 38:18

What fans don’t see about player transfers 42:14

The steps to financial steps to a successful player transfer 50:27

Using off-shore companies to avoid taxes 1:04:05

How clubs could use VR to increase revenue 1:14:00

Best advice he’s ever received 1:17:46

Key References

Brighton and Hove

Glazers Man United Takeover

Football MBA

Coventry City Ownership problems

FA & EFL ownership requirements

Related Parties note

The Companies House

Leeds multiple ownerships

German Rule 50+1 (restricts foreign ownership…)

Intangible asset note

Image Rights

Zlatan Ibrahamovic

Tax investigation (France/UK)

Football leaks website

Kodi Box

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