Irish Sunday Mirror

ZARA TYCOON ORTEGA JUST CAN’T BUY A WIN

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THE Premier League may be home to some of the richest clubs in world football.

But even the financial clout of Sheikh Mansour (right) and Roman Abramovich pales into insignific­ance compared to the size of the wallet available to Spanish side Deportivo La Coruna.

Amancio Ortega is the founder of high-street fashion chain Zara and he is packing a serious financial punch, with an estimated fortune of £54billion.

According to a recent study by Online Betting Guide that makes him football’s richest owner and leaves him third in the list across aall sports.

Only Mukesh Ambani, the e Mumbai Indians chief in cricket’s mega-bucks Indian Premier League, and Los Angeles Clippers boss Steve Ballmer, can

They were relegated at the end of last season to hit a new 39-year low.

Ortega, 84, is a boyhood fan of Deportivo and could never be described as flash.

He once said you should only appear in a newspaper three times in your life… “When you’re born, when you get married and then when you die.”

Given the coverage given to club owners in the Premier League, it’s a fairly safe bet to assume that he won’t be splashing his cash on an English club anytime soon.

Mind you, if he did go a little bit crazy with that money, he could cause quite a stir.

The kind created by Abramovich when he bought Chelsea back in 2003. Now the Russian doesn’t even make the top 10 of the wealthiest sports owners.

Mansour is the only Prem owner to make it on to that list – at No.8 with nearly £23bn.

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