Charlie Morgan, a former Swansea City ballboy, sells his vodka enterprise for about £300 million, according to reporting. Morgan, who was 17 at the time, first became widely known 13 years ago after an incident involving Chelsea forward Eden Hazard. A video of the event went viral.
At the time, Morgan is reported to have tried to delay Hazard as Hazard attempted to retrieve a ball during a match, after which Hazard kicked him. The outlets agree on the broad outline of what happened and that the clip drew significant public attention. They also align on the later business outcome, describing Morgan’s sale of a vodka business and the reported sale value of £300 million.
While the coverage is largely similar, it focuses on different ways of framing Morgan’s rise—through the earlier viral sports moment in both accounts, and through the scale of the vodka deal in the same terms.
