..."maybe" Roman eats his babies too Sid.
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I think it's actually good to see the real underlying belief systems at play here. Clearly I am in the minority. Most of you see no harm from the US invasion on our league. Happy in the knowledge that more than half of all our clubs are fully or part owned by investors seeking a return from a nation where this sport doesn't even rank in the top 4!
It seems the bulk of you only see the harm in the modern game stemming from the gulf and a certain former owner of Chelsea FC...
I would ask this though and it's not aimed at anyone in particular... ...Maybe if we can take our cloth-head fearing, Ruskie loathing, Anglo/US centric jingoistic hats off for one second and ask ourselves..
What IF United were winning at the rate City have been..? What if they were doing the same now as they were under Fergy? With the mahusive spend and salaries they have put down this last 10 years.. What would people be saying about them and the ownership model they possess?
We all know PSG warped the game with £200 million for Neymar.. Sickening...
BUT who benefitted the most? Surely it was us? For that is the only way we sell Coutinho for £142 million and afford Klopp the means to capture the key players needed.. Perhaps we should be careful what we wish for..?
United have spent and spent and kept spending - the fact that they have been chasing the legacy of Fergy allied to the employ of some questionable managers (unable to escape his shadow) - the likely reason it has come to so little. Why is their spending seen as so much more benign? City have done a far better job on that front and have become supremely successful after finally landing their main man - Pep. As for what is allowed and what should not be - well personally - I loathe City and and the entire Petrodollar charade... but Saudi Arabia only buy Newcastle and UAE only own City -- ditto Qatar PSG, because of the hegemonic system rooted in the US dollar. A system that DIRECTLY enriched each and every US owner operating inside the Premier league!... Any legal framework is clearly 100% political (see Roman) and a total sham - the bodies involved obviously under the auspices of the global hegemon.
Only one club has spent more than £1 Billion net in this last decade - United. and Chelsea Under Boehly have just spend half of that in 6 months..
But to call it....what it is - is to be labelled anti American.. In here at least. Good luck people
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