Barclays has already this summer demonstrated the emotional detachment required to make the toughest business decisions by selling its beloved asset management arm.
Having waved goodbye to BGI, it now has to contemplate the possibility of the end of a beautiful friendship with England’s favourite cricketer formed way back in 2004.
Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff is midway through his valedictory Test series, doing what he does best – taking on the Australians in the Ashes.
But as he bows out from Test cricket at the end of the series, Barclays Capital may be wondering which England star it could sponsor next.
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