We are running out of oil countries. Barcelona have fucked themselves trying to keep up spending with the oil money clubs, so I’m not sure where they’ve gotten the idea that this is a rocket ship to the moon.
Well if you look at the PL prize payout, 10th place, where Chelsea sit, gets £24.2 (figure pulled from a May 2022 article) while the champions get £44m. Almost double your money right there!
I know this board is more aware than the average fan base about American capitalism, but this is like play #2 (after levering the shit out of things) in the private equity buyout playbook. Spend a ton of capital acquiring talent, products, etc - drown the competition with your money and then 3-5 years later you are worth double because you have killed your competition by means of endless consumption of a zero sum consumable. You ate it so they couldn’t, they died, you are only person left in the room. I don’t think this works in club soccer - however - it doesn’t mean asshole billionaire Americans won’t try and in the process degrade European soccer in a way that only Americans can. The walk outs from supporters of clubs owned by Americans in the next 3-5 years once they realize what this is actually all about is going to be something.
no wonder Chelsea were so adamant about getting this deal finalized https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/mykhailo-mudryk-apologises-n-word-tiktok-video/
Maybe poorly worded. I meant more generally. I think the English/Europeans will come to understand that American sports investment is antithetical to English/European soccer culture and there will be a backlash against it.
call me crazy, but I don't think it's American ownership that will cause the next major stir in European soccer.
Recent example: But I don’t think it’s some uniquely American thing. Supporters will hate bad owners regardless of nationality. An American owner who respects a club’s values would be received quite well imo, though of course there may be more initial skepticism.
I think it is even more than that now. Supporters hate owners who can't/won't buy them what they want, and when they do and the player doesn't work out it becomes a double edged sword because their opinion at the time of the transfer no longer matters. There is a real entitlement thing going on. This hypocrisy drives me crazy.
Fair. I think it extends down below the big 6 now too. I would say it is a Premier League thing as teams are frustrated with how they will keep up with the oil money spends or The Boehle type spends. The only solution is if I can't beat them at that then let me get new owners in who can join them at that.
fans will put up with anything as long as the teams win. and they'll find issues with everything when the team isn't winning. I don't think it's all that complicated. different clubs just have different expectations.
For the non top six, it’s less about oil money and Boehle and more about the Bournemouths of the world spending over 50 million in January. When that happens I guess it’s inevitable that other EPL supporters want the same. It’s no wonder Brighton has been so successful.
Going to go full into corny mode for a second. While this is mostly true, it’s not fully true for a lot of clubs and that’s what makes soccer so special.
So do I understand correctly that of the 8 players Chelsea just brought in, only three can be newly registered for CL?
I believe this to be true. It really isn't a transfer window, it is more of a window you can register players. It is more of a registration window. A club could sign a transfer for a player today, they would own that player but they couldn't register him, so no point in doing a transfer now. I am not sure how UCL stages work (yet).
My son was born in 2007 and plays, Jesus. that said one of his friends is an NYCFC a homegrown, so I guess this makes sense.
Saw that this morning. I do not pay attention to anything until the NE journalists start talking about it. They don't ever break stories, but they are pretty good at filtering out what is real and what is not pretty quickly. I haven't seen anything yet.