JPMorgan’s Pinto is laid back about losing the Super League gig
Daniel Pinto’s firm was bankrolling the breakaway soccer project, anticipating millions in fees, then the fans spoke out
24 April 2021 - 08:26
New York/London — Daniel Pinto had one of the best seats in the house for the short-lived soccer Super League. At the start of the week, JPMorgan Chase’s co-president saw his firm bankrolling the breakaway football project, which soon inflamed the passions of fans worldwide.
“We were expecting this to be emotional,” Pinto said in a Bloomberg TB Front Row interview on April 20. “We arranged a loan for a client. It’s not our place to decide the optimal way for football to operate in Europe and the UK.”..
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