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    On the lookout for a bargain

    By Phil Holland

    Tuesday, February 24, 2009

    Surely it's a sign of the times when ex-footballers are lining up bids to buy Premier League football clubs, something we've become accustomed to only being the preserve of billionaires. Looking to upset the balance is former Tottenham Hotspur defender Ramon Vega as he tries to prise Portsmouth from the weakening grip of current owner Alexandre Gaydamak. Rather than opening a pub - as cliché dictated was the route for retired players a few decades back - since hanging up his boots in 2003 Ve ...

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