Taking a closer look at multiple-club ownership groups

With just a few days ahead of the new season, the David Blitzer era of RSL is about to debut. It’s only been a few weeks since Blitzer’s group took over control of the club, but some new changes among player movement have already been seen, most notably with Sergio Cordova being loaned to RSL from another member of Blitzer’s portfolio, FC Augsburg.

Signing Cordova could be the first of many players being shuffled to RSL through a shared ownership pipeline, as the future of international football could start to link teams across multiple leagues together. The most notable example of this is City Football Group, the ownership group that controls English giants Manchester City F.C. and fellow…