Five lessons in business from the footy

Business owners and investors can learn a thing or two from Leicester City's inspirational Premier League triumph, says Matthew Lynn.

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It is one of the most unlikely success stories in all sporting history. The Premier League was meant to be dominated by money, with the giant clubs hoarding all the best players, and with a top four that competed largely with each other, while the rest of the league just made up the numbers.

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Matthew Lynn

Matthew Lynn is a columnist for Bloomberg, and writes weekly commentary syndicated in papers such as the Daily Telegraph, Die Welt, the Sydney Morning Herald, the South China Morning Post and the Miami Herald. He is also an associate editor of Spectator Business, and a regular contributor to The Spectator. Before that, he worked for the business section of the Sunday Times for ten years. 

He has written books on finance and financial topics, including Bust: Greece, The Euro and The Sovereign Debt Crisis and The Long Depression: The Slump of 2008 to 2031. Matthew is also the author of the Death Force series of military thrillers and the founder of Lume Books, an independent publisher.