Football’s richest match: How Liverpool, All Blacks helped inspire $328m PL playoff game – Fox Sports

Brentford and Swansea will slug it out for promotion to the Premier League on Saturday (12am Sunday AESR) as they meet in a Championship playoff final worth an estimated £180 million ($328 million).
The Wembley showdown is often called the richest match in world football given the vast rewards on offer to the winners once they reach the Premier League.
After 74 years outside the English top-flight, unfashionable Brentford are within touching distance of an unexpected berth among the elite.
In contrast,…

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