More and more clubs in the English Premier League are being taken over by mega-rich foreigners, the most famous being Roman Abromovich. Recently, Manchester City were taken over by a mega-mega-mega rich Arab investment group, being worth anywhere from £600b to £900b.
Now with the current trend, eventually all the clubs will be taken over by richer and richer groups/people, meaning quite a lot of players will just move for the money. Robinho is earning £160,000 a week, the most a player has ever earnt in history and City are talking about giving Ronaldo over £350,000 a week if he joins. With this sort of money, no wonder world class players like Robinho are chosing to join a relative average team in Manchester City. Ronaldinho is their new owners favourite player and he said he'd give him £400,000 a week or more. That's just insane.
My main point is, do you agree that in a few years time, every club will be taken over by uber-rich people/groups, and players will be earning the sort of money that they never even dreamed about?
Do you see the clubs being fought over by the mega-rich, spending money which will effectively mean the clubs without a rich owner, will fail to do well?
In my opinion, yes because it's too obvious that every club is looking for a rich investor. They'll sell to the most rich, and buy their way to the top. It's only a matter of time. Wage caps are needed now to stop the money grabbing players going to the club which pays the most. I'm just glad United already have a rich owner, so we're not in any trouble. But already there is talk of United being taken over by even richer people, which i'm not sure how to respond to.
Anyway, voice your opinions..
Now with the current trend, eventually all the clubs will be taken over by richer and richer groups/people, meaning quite a lot of players will just move for the money. Robinho is earning £160,000 a week, the most a player has ever earnt in history and City are talking about giving Ronaldo over £350,000 a week if he joins. With this sort of money, no wonder world class players like Robinho are chosing to join a relative average team in Manchester City. Ronaldinho is their new owners favourite player and he said he'd give him £400,000 a week or more. That's just insane.
My main point is, do you agree that in a few years time, every club will be taken over by uber-rich people/groups, and players will be earning the sort of money that they never even dreamed about?
Do you see the clubs being fought over by the mega-rich, spending money which will effectively mean the clubs without a rich owner, will fail to do well?
In my opinion, yes because it's too obvious that every club is looking for a rich investor. They'll sell to the most rich, and buy their way to the top. It's only a matter of time. Wage caps are needed now to stop the money grabbing players going to the club which pays the most. I'm just glad United already have a rich owner, so we're not in any trouble. But already there is talk of United being taken over by even richer people, which i'm not sure how to respond to.
Anyway, voice your opinions..
. I dont ike English football myself even so Im a long suffering Leeds fan. I also support Juventus and I like European football alot more than the 'pace,power and long ball' approach of the EPL. Give me Inter vs Siena over Tottenham vs Aston Villa anyday of the week.
