Rob Hersov, the man who became the public face of Sportal, has spilt the beans on how his dream collapsed.
He reveals Sportal were just weeks away from securing a $400m deal with French media giants Canal Plus before the deal fell through and left him forced to sell the company as it became engulfed in debts.
"We were just two weeks away from a deal," said Hersov, "the press releases were already written."
In a special feature in the April issue of our sister publication SportBusiness International
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