The Miami Connection

Given the current situation, this is a good read, or re-read, about the big silent (too silent) partner in the Miami Beckham United ownership consortium: Marcelo Claure. 

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The Miami Connection

Billionaire Marcelo Claure wants to bring soccer to South Florida. He just doesn't want to talk about it.

ROBERT ANDREW POWELL • HOWLER

This article appears in the latest issue of Howler, our favorite soccer magazine. See the full issue here. All illustrations by James Gulliver Hancock.

Here’s a little tossed-off aside from Marcelo Claure, the wealthiest Bolivian alive, a self-described embodiment of the American dream, and a guy trying, for the second time, to bring a Major League Soccer team to South Florida.

“Departures magazine asked me for an interview about our plans in Miami. I said, ‘Sure!’ But then I ran it past David and he said, ‘I hate Departures magazine.’ So that was that. No interview. No more contact. Completely cut off.”