City grandee and Revolut chairman Martin Gilbert has emerged as an investor in the rebel R360 rugby union league.

City grandee and Revolut chairman Martin Gilbert has emerged as an investor in the rebel R360 rugby union league.

Gilbert, formerly of Aberdeen Asset Management, is named on Companies House as a director of AOTG Sport Ltd alongside former Bath Rugby captain Stuart Hooper and former agent Mark Spoors, who are founders of the R360 rebel league with England World Cup winner Mike Tindall.

City AM understands that the league, which would see a player draft tempt athletes from the world’s top leagues into contracts worth as much as £750,000 per season, has raised more than $100m in capital ahead of a proposed launch next October.

Sky News ’ Mark Kleinman reported that 885 Cap

See Full Page