10 of the most powerful people in world football

#4 Richard Scudamore

Scudamore has overseen the growth of the Premier League into a global brand

Richard Scudamore was elected as the President of the Premier League all the way back in 1999. Since then, he has been at the forefront of TV broadcasting rights negotiations that has seen teams pocket in excess of €7 billion.

These agreements have seen the league become widely accessible throughout the world, with people tuning in to watch from over 200 different countries.

Scudamore has been one of the most progressive Presidents, doing everything in his power to expand the league’s reach even further; he famously proposed that clubs play an additional league match a season overseas.

He has been constantly working on measures to ensure that clubs do not accumulate debt by needlessly spending and going down the same path as Leeds United and Portsmouth before them.