horse will have left the stable already at that point. FA and EUFA are toothless. Citeh already laid the groundwork for that, and are continuing on that trend with the 115 current charges. they’ll play the long game, and we’ll watch them skip away on a technicality like the CAS charges did.
there’s some big plays being made to the world right now. US power is on a serious decline, China are struggling with a huge dichotomy of wealth dispersion, and the Middle East is on the rise with their incredible wealth.
But this is how they do it (now I have that Alli G song in my head…). I’ve been a Liverpool fan for about twenty years - during that period, they’ve had around twenty permanent or caretaker managers, if I’m not mistaken, with some having two stints, yet they they’ve also won twenty major honours during that time, including two CL trophies, which I think is the most out of all PL clubs.
So, whatever they are doing, it’s working for them, even though it seems chaotic and is unethical from the point of view of a rival fan (an insane amount of debt completely written off, which PL/FA allowed at the snap of fingers). Abramovich has destroyed the league with his spending, Boehly has continued right from where his predecessor left off. It’s the Chelsea way.
This was all part of the buyout, though I have to admit that the strategy has seemed very incoherent.
At some point, the mad spending will stop because the money they’ve earmarked for investment will be exhausted. The question is whether they’ve invested wisely. In aggregate, I don’t think they have.
This is all about success. If they aren’t successful, we are going to be in a much better situation than them down the road.
the middle-eastern ownership groups have accumulated enough clubs and quality players to form their own super-league from across Europe, and effectively cut out EUFA.
considering the acceleration of the number of clubs currently under questionable ownership, how long do you think it will take before another version of the Super League is created.
You saw what happened to LIV. Think it’s a one-off? Writing is on the wall.
I agree with you, but in these times the middle east have the funding to make it happen. they tried to do it first with the clubs themselves. but now, they can just buy their own clubs and players to create it. it’s already happening.
PSG
Man City
Newcastle
Aston Villa
Sheffield United
Chelsea (via BlueCo)
RC Strasbourg (via BlueCo)
Malaga FC
yes, once the DP World Tour took 3rd fiddle to PGA and LIV, it struggled
note, on who owns DP World though? Irony…
DP World is an Emirati multinational logistics company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It specialises in cargo logistics, port terminal operations, maritime services and free trade zones. Formed in 2005 by the merger of Dubai Ports Authority and Dubai Ports International, DP World handles 70 million containers that are brought in by around 70,000 vessels annually. This equates to roughly 10% of global container traffic accounted for by their 82 marine and inland terminals present in over 40 countries.
Crap. In fact their incredible wealth has been around for decades but now they realise it is soon to run out as their hydrocarbon planet killing is clamped down on and they are in a panic trying to find new avenues for investment. There will be no rise of the sand dwellers.
I very curious about how the owners/investors plan to recoup their money? Are they going to take interest payments or dividends from the club’s revenue, or are do they plan to sell the club at a mark-up in the future.
