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Football: Uncharted waters as Lion City Sailors kick off 2020 Singapore Premier League season

Billionaire Li hopes success of privatised SPL club will change local football landscape

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After a quarter of a century, Singapore football finally has its first privatised professional club.
In an exclusive interview with The Straits Times, billionaire Forrest Li revealed he will helm the Lion City Sailors Football Club, a new private entity that will replace two-time champions Home United in the Singapore Premier League (SPL).
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